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Naira Marley and Zlatan will appear in court alongside other suspects once charges against them have been officially filed. The EFCC has refused to release Naira Marley even on bail with claims that the anti-graft agency has overwhelming evidence on him. EFCC’s spokesperson, Tony Orilade is quoted to have told …

Honour came the way of former governors, monarchs, legal icon, Yoruba culture exponent, educationists of Oyo State indigeneship as the Governor Abiola Ajimobi led government, on Tuesday, announced the renaming of some roads and institutions. Among those who got honoured are former governors, late Lamidi Adesina, Adebayo Alao Akala, Rashidi …

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a “strong warning” to all Nigerian celebrities to stop using him for comedy. President gave the warning in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Monday, May 13, 2019. President Buhari stressed that other countries have their challenges and yet their citizens don’t publicly criticize their leaders. “My …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday May 16, 2019 announced a schedule of activities for the governorship election in Kogi and Bayelsa States. INEC had earlier shifted the date for the Kogi and Bayelsa States governorship election from November 2 to November 16. In a statement, Festus Okoye, …

The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has asked Nigerians to stop eating foreign rice noting that they are poisonous. Speaking at a news conference organized by the ministry of finance, the Customs Boss said that the Federal Government is yet to issue license for importation of rice …

More facts have merged on how Africa’s richest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote intervened in the impasse between Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir Sanusi II of Kano. It was gathered that troubled started when the powerful Emir supported the opposition party in the just concluded governorship election which Ganduje eventually won …

About fifty (50) stakeholders/members of the Music Publishers Association of Nigeria (MPAN) have signed a petition written to the Nigeria Copyright Commission (N.C.C), demanding the immediate ordering of the forensic audit of the Copyright Society of Nigeria’s (COSON) account. This was the resolution at the MPAN’s town hall meeting recently …

Twenty-one out of the 27 lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly on Wednesday suspended the Speaker, Acho Ihim. The suspension of Ihim came after he had adjourned the ongoing plenary and escaped with the maze after reading a letter announcing the lifting of the suspension placed on the …

The Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has distanced itself from the victory of the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Dapo Abiodun at the last governorship election in the state. This was conveyed by the state deputy chairman of the party, Bamgbose Samson on Tuesday May …

The King of Swaziland, King Mswati III has made a declaration in the country that from June 2019, men will be required to marry at least five wives or go to jail. A statement by the King called for all men in the country to marry at least five wives, …