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Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor. …Denies Ordering Removal Of PDP Flags From Govt House Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he did not filed any suit challenging the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Report had suffaced in the media on Friday claiming Wike had …

Adesina Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, has said Nigerians blame his principal for everything, including bad performance in bed. According to him, Nigerians blame Buhari because “resentment is their daily food and drink.” Adesina disclosed this in his weekly article shared on his …

COEASU logo The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has suspended its ongoing strike for 60 days to see if its demands would be met by the federal government. Smart Olugbeko, COEASU president, and general secretary, Ahmed Bazza, announced the suspension in a statement on Friday. The union said …

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, has distanced himself from a purported suit said to have been filed by him seeking the removal of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023 general election. Wike who spoke to ThisDay on Friday, denied ever knowing …

Ifeanyi Okowa The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Comrade Uchenna Madu, Thursday, said the claim by Gov Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to be of the Igbo extraction is politically motivated. Uchenna in a statement said, “Because of his nomination as …

CDS, General Lucky Irabor The Nigerian military says it has arrested two other high profile commanders of the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) in connection with the deadly June 5, 2022 terrorist attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Director Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor, disclosed …

Ayobiyi Cook A 12-year-old Nigerian boy has accidentally killed his mother, Ayobiyi Abeni Harris Cook, at their home in Forestdale, Alabama, United States. CBS News reported that the boy “accidentally discharged a firearm” which struck and killed his 29-year-old mom on Monday. His father, Djuan Cook, a policeman, was said …

he President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed In light of Nigeria’s dwindling revenue, the continued payment of trillions of naira on fuel subsidy by the government and the attendant economic challenges, the World Bank on Wednesday raised the alarm that the …

Two more high profile members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) linked with the deadly attack on worshippers in Owo, Ondo State have been arrested, the military disclosed on Thursday. The suspects, Al-Qasim Idris and Abdulhaleem Idris, were apprehended at Omialafara (Omulafa) in Ose Council Area of Ondo State. …

CBN Nigeria’s federal government’s total borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through Ways and Means Advances rose from N17.46tn in December 2021 to N19.91tn in June 2022, representing an increase of N2.45trn in six months. This is according to data from the apex bank. The N19.91tn is not …