Shocking!: Grandfather impregnates granddaughter in Niger

The Niger State Child Rights Agency says a 65-year-old grandfather, Musa Gado, has been detained in police custody for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old granddaughter (name withheld). The Director General of the agency, Hajiya Kaltume Mohammed, made this known to newsmen in Minna, Niger state. She said that a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test confirmed that Gado,…

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I was only rubber stamp, Diezani tells London court, says she had no control over oil contracts

The trial of former Nigerian Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, continued on Day 18 at the Southwark Crown Court, where she mounted an extensive defence of her tenure, insisting she had limited direct control over oil contract awards and describing herself as largely a “rubber stamp” operating within a highly layered bureaucracy. She told the court…

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Opinion: Akpabio’s dance of death: The senate president as a terror enabler and the moral bankruptcy of Tinubu era

​By Erasmus Ikhide ​The tragic theatre of Nigerian politics has long been populated by characters of questionable virtue, but rarely has it witnessed a performance as macabre and morally hollow as that of the current Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. In a display of chilling callousness that can only be described as dancing on the fresh…

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Edo ADC crisis escalates as faction suspends Alile, Odigie-Oyegun, Osunbor, others for anti-party activities

A faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Edo has suspended Chief John Odigie Oyegun, former governor of the state, Sen. Osareimen Osunbor and Sen. Ehigie Uzamare, over alleged anti-party activities. Also affected by the suspension are Sen. Yisa Braimah, Hon. Nosa Ehima, Hon. Sylvester Ewanehi, newly elected chairman, Tony Alile, Jafaru Sumaila, Stella…

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‘Go Scatter Them’ — Tinubu charges Akpabio in fresh political charge against opposition

In a light-hearted remarks, President Bola Tinubu has said he would send the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to ‘the other side” (the opposition) to “scatter them.” President Tinubu said this on Tuesday during his speech at the inauguration of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), headquarters in Abuja. He said: “Senate President, I will send you…

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Mark-led ADC wades the big stick, expels Nafiu Bala over alleged anti-party activitie

The faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) led by David Mark has expelled Nafiu Bala, the party’s factional chairman, over alleged anti-party activities. The party also announced the expulsion of several members, including Leke Abejide, a member of the House of Representatives, as well as Kingsley Temitope, Obinna Norman, Kennedy Odiong, and Stella Chukwuma….

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