Author: Biyi Lawrence

No fewer than 131 Nigerians evacuated from war-torn Sudan has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the evacuees arrived at the Pilgrims Terminal of the airport at exactly 1:45 p.m., on board a TARCO aircraft from Port Sudan. Receiving the returnees, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Sani Gwarzo, said that psycho-social support would be given to all the returnees. “NEMA, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Ministry of Health, and the Dangote Foundation have put in place a robust plan to…

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Sonia, the daughter of former deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has broken her silence on the news of her parents’ conviction. In an interview with BBC, Sonia said she feels guilty that her parents were convicted because they were looking for ways to find a solution to her health condition. She said although she understands why her parents were convicted, she disagrees with it from a “very biased perspective as their daughter.” “I understand the conviction, however, I personally disagree with it. That is from a very bias perspective as their daughter, I will obviously always back my parents. “However,…

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A legal practitioner, Kayode Ajulo, has said that the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, is a good opportunity for those making pleas for pardon on behalf of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu to do that. At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and eight months, his wife Beatrice was sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment while Obeta received a 10-year prison term. The three were found guilty after arranging or facilitating a young Nigerian man’s travel into the United Kingdom in a bid to obtain his kidney on behalf of…

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Media personality, Tomike Adeoye, and her husband Tosin, have welcomed their second child. The TV host took to her Instagram page on Saturday to announce the good news and shared photos of her holding the baby on the hospital bed. She went ahead to reveal that they welcomed their baby boy into the world on 17 March, 2023 at 11:24a.m. She revealed his names and said the devil tried but “my God is bigger! In a nutshell, GOD SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OFF!!!” She wrote: “11:24am on the 17th of March 2023, my boy made his grand entrance into this…

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The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Usaini, has ordered a manhunt for one Ibrahim Musa, who allegedly stabbed his 50-year-old mother, Hajara Mohammed, to death. The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, made this known in a statement in Kano. “On May 3, at about 6 p.m., we received a report that Musa, who lives in Rimin Kebe Quarters, Kano, stabbed his mother with a sharp knife on different parts of her body and fled the scene. “Upon receiving this, the CP directed the immediate deployment of all police assets to ensure that…

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The Federal Government, on Friday, said it has successfully evacuated all Nigerians willing to return home from Sudan to Port Sudan for onward airlift to the country. The government’s statement came as another batch of returnees numbering 130 arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, on Friday. They arrived onboard B737-300 aircraft belonging to TARCO Airlines, by 3:45 pm. They were received by top government officials including the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Habib Mustapha, officials of the National Commission…

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The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has revealed that the outgoing Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, will be made to pay dearly for some of his actions in recent times. The cleric stated that the relationship between the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Wike will not last. He made the assertion in a statement signed Friday by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin. According to him, cabals in the incoming government of the APC will fight the Rivers State Governor. The cleric made it known that after the inauguration of the incoming government on 29 May,…

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Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, who has been in custody for interrogations in the course of investigations into allegations of impropriety during the supplementary gubernatorial pools in the State, has been granted administrative bail. This was made known by the Police High Command on Friday, 5 May, 2023. A statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the embattled REC “is expected to report at the Police Headquarters every weekday while investigations are ongoing on the matter”. The statement reads: “the Nigeria Police Force…

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Another batch of Nigerians who fled crisis-ridden Sudan has returned to the country barley 24 hours after the first batch of returnees arrived. A total of 130 evacuees returned to the country on Friday afternoon. It was gathered that the 130 Nigerians; 128 females and two males, were the first evacuees from Port Sudan and the flight arrived 3:22pm. In a earlier video via Twitter on Friday morning, the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan, Safiu Olaniyan, said it had been tough, expressing joy that some of the students would arrive in Nigeria. Olaniyan noted that the airlift was…

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Colleagues of Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie have commiserated with her over the death of her father, NWO Johnson Ametuo Daniel. The film star took to her Instagram page on Friday to mourn her dad while describing his death as the “greatest pain of all”. She, however, did not reveal when he passed away and the cause of death. The 38-year-old actress shared a video of her late father’s 74th birthday celebration, wherein she posed with him. The mother of four also removed her Instagram profile picture as a tribute to her late father. “For the rest of my life Daddy,…

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