Month: March 2023

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News

EX-COMMISSIONER BAGS THREE-YEAR JAIL TIME IN IMO STATE.

A State High Court sitting in Owerri presided over by Justice K.A Lewanya has sentenced a former Commissioner for Transport under the Rochas Okorocha administration, Laz Okoroafor-Anyanwu to three years imprisonment having been found guilty of a three-count charge bothering on fraud, looting public funds and stealing. Justice K.A Lewanya while delivering the judgment in court 14 said Okoroafor-Anyanwu was found guilty of diverting 180 million of state funds into […]

todayMarch 15, 2023 119

Politics

LABOUR PARTY BEGINS LEGAL BATTLE OVER FEBRUARY 25 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT.

The presidential candidate of the Labor Party LP, Peter Obi says he is challenging Bola Tinubu’s victory at the February 25 presidential election. Obi, in a television interview yesterday claimed he was not interested in challenging the outcome of the election but in the process that led to the declaration of Tinubu as the president-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. Earlier yesterday the legal team of the Labor […]

todayMarch 14, 2023 43

Entertainment

TEMILADE OPENIYI aka TEMS Stirs Controversy with Outfit at the Oscars 2023

Nigerian award-winning singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems yesterday suffered heavy criticism over her outfit at the OSCARS. Tems who lost her category at the Oscars for the Best Original Song after she was nominated for her contribution as a songwriter on “Lift Me Up” one of the songs on Marvel's 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at the 95th edition of Academy Awards wore a puffy white gown that wrapped […]

todayMarch 14, 2023 73

Foreign

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FACES BACKLASH FOR ALLOWING MAJOR OIL AND GAS DRILLING PROJECT IN ALASKA.

The President of the United State Joe Biden has approved a major oil and gas drilling project in Alaska that faced strong opposition from environmental activists. The company behind the Willow Project, Conocophillips said it would create local investment and thousands of jobs but the 8 billion dollars proposal faced a lot of online activism in recent weeks, particularly among youth activists on TikTok, with opponents arguing that it should […]

todayMarch 14, 2023 110

Economy

CBN ORDERS BANK TO ACCEPT OLD NAIRA NOTES

The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN yesterday night said old 200 Naira, 500 Naira, and 1,000 Naira banknotes remain legal tender till December 31, 2023. The Acting Director of Corporate Communications of the apex bank’s Isa Abdulmumin disclosed this in a statement yesterday 10 days after the Supreme Court ruled that old naira notes should co-exist with new ones till the end of the year. The CBN accordingly met with […]

todayMarch 14, 2023 111

Politics

LABOR PARTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE IN ENUGU STATE ACCUSES PDP OF PLANS TO FRUSTRATE ELECTION

The Governorship candidate of the Labor Party in Enugu State Chijioke Edeoga has raised the alarm of alleged plans by the People’s Democratic Party in Enugu State, to use armed thugs to frustrate efforts at free and fair Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the State. Edeoga in a press statement that he signed, accused the State Government and the PDP of distributing to hired party thugs, the arms, […]

todayMarch 13, 2023 102

Politics

President Buhari Praises Xi Jinping on Re-Election as President of China.

President Muhammadu Buhari has praised Xi Jinping on his re-election for a third term of five years as President and chairman of the Central Military Commission CMC of the People’s Republic of China. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina in a statement yesterday said his principal believed that under the leadership of President XI, relations between China and Nigeria, which dates back to […]

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