By Samuel Owooso An elder statesman and leader of pan Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo has told a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to expect the support of president Muhammad Buhari. Adebayo gave the warning during a Greater Nigeria conference organized by Nzuko Umunna and held in Abuja on Monday, said the desire of the president is to divide the South to enable the North retain power. “I told Bola Tinubu himself, not in the paper, face-to-face. You believe this man (Buhari) will make you President? He said ‘yes’. I said he…
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By Samuel Owooso The 10 year old student of Chrisland Schools, Julie Anke who was suspended over alleged sexual misconduct with a male colleague during a school competition in Dubai, has deleted all videos on her social media app, Likee. Anke’s social media account, Bhadgurl4k drew people’s attention after a video clip of the pupil and her male colleague engaging in alleged sexual acts, went viral. However, the mother who, in a video clip said her daughter was raped, also accused the school management of conducting a pregnancy test on her daughter without the parents consent. Recall that the Lagos…
By Women Power Africa Shylette Ngwenya, 23-year-old aspiring Medical Doctor from Binga, Zimbabwe. She is the last born in a family of eight and a first generation to go to the university. Shylette experienced a horrendous scene at the age of five, when she witnessed her father take his last breathe in their homestead in the small village of Binga. She skipped kindergarten due to her father’s long illness and had to start school at the age of seven. During forth grade, one of her siblings who is a professional teacher took her in, having realized her tremendous potential and…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has disagreed with the Presidency that the opposition as well as Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah are to blame for the United State’s delay in delivering 12 Super Tucano jet fighters for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to fight insecurity across the country. The Presidency had blamed Kukah and opponents of government for the perception of the US government of poor Christianity and Islam relations in Nigeria, which had led to delays in the supply of fighter jets to the country. However, speaking in AIT Kakaaki Programme monitored in Abuja on…
The Naira exchanged at N417.30 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Monday, representing a -0.25 per cent appreciation, compared to N418.33 to the dollar recorded on Friday. The open indicative rate closed at N417.92 to the dollar on Monday. An exchange rate of N444 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N417.30. The naira sold for as low as N410 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of $291.09 million was traded in foreign exchange at the official Investors and Exporters window on Monday.
The Chief Executive Officer of Tesla, Elon Musk has bought micro blogging platform Twitter, after a Sunday meeting with representatives of both companies that lasted into the early hours of Monday morning. Mr Musk had secured $46.5 billion for the takeover and proposed $54.20 per share, causing Twitter 11 board members to backtrack on their initial position to fight off the acquisition and re-examine the bid. The company’s stock increased by four per cent on Monday as a result of heightened speculations regarding the takeover. However, after several hours of deliberations on the matter, an agreement has been reached to…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had prepared him to succeed him as president as their tenure expires in May next year. Osinbajo said this on Monday, when he visited Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in his office in Akure on Monday. According to him, Buhari ensured that he was given very serious responsibilities as vice president and also acted as president. He added that President Buhari on many occasions while away, had told him pointedly to use his (Osinbajo’s) discretion as acting president and never to refer anything to him (Buhari). Osinbajo there said it…
Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says the death toll in the illegal refinery explosion in Imo state has risen to 110. The agency’s Head of Operations, Mr Ifeanyi Nnaji confirmed the toll in an interview with ChannelsTV on Monday. Recall that the explosion occurred at an illegal refinery site located within Abaeze, a community in Ohaji/Egbema local government of the state on Friday night. Giving an update on the incident, Nnaji revealed that authorities were planning a mass burial of the victims of the explosion. He added that they were considering using an excavator to pack the bodies to…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday claimed that his main spy agency had foiled a Western plot to kill a prominent Russian journalist. “This morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned to attack and kill one famous Russian TV journalist. “They have moved to terror, preparing the murder of our journalists. Putin told reporters. He did not immediately provide evidence to support his claims. Reuters was unable to immediately verify the claims. The Interfax news agency said that members of a nationalist group had been detained by Russian authorities. Interfax said the group,…
At least 201 people died and 98 injured, in violence in West Darfur state in Sudan, an official working for the governor of the region said on Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) reported that tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes by the violence. It added that houses have been set alight, hospitals attacked and businesses plundered. The violence, which erupted in Al Kuraynik on Friday spread to the West Darfur capital of Al Geneina by Monday. The reasons for the violence remain unclear. According to some reports, the clashes are between nomads and farmers…