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Mar
05
2025
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Sexual Harassment: Finally, Akpabio Speaks, As Protests Rock Abuja For Natasha

Sexual Harassment: Finally, Akpabio Speaks, As Protests Rock Abuja For Natasha

News
By Felix Durumbah The man in the eye of the sexual harassment storm in Nigeria's National Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who is the country's Senate President, has flatly denied the allegations levelled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central). Speaking on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, during the resumption of plenary in the Senate, after a week’s recess, the former two-term governor of Akwa Ibom State stated that he has never harassed any woman at any time. Shortly after he made the pronouncement, Sen. Natasha presented a petition under Order 40 formally accusing the Senate President of sexual harassment. Obvious…
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Mar
04
2025
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‘Ex-Immigration CG Parradang Received Female Guest, Died In Abuja Hotel Room’

‘Ex-Immigration CG Parradang Received Female Guest, Died In Abuja Hotel Room’

BREAKING
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has stepped in to clarify the mystery surrounded the death last Monday of the former Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, David Parradang. According to then, Mr. Parradang died in a hotel room after a female visitor who visited him, left. Initial report had indicated that Parradang died in the hands of gun-wielding kidnappers.   But a statement by FCT police spokeswoman, SP Josephine Adeh, said contrary to report that Parradang died in the hands of kidnappers, he actually died in a hotel room in Abuja. The statement reads: “In light of the recent…
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Mar
04
2025
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Anambra Exco Congratulates Soludo on Sun Award, Launch of ANAMGIS

Anambra Exco Congratulates Soludo on Sun Award, Launch of ANAMGIS

BREAKING
The Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) at its 5th meeting held on March 3, 2026, congratulated Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo CFR on his recent award as the Sun Newspaper's Governor of the Year. The award, received in Lagos, was dedicated to the Solution Team (ANSEC), stakeholders, and the people of Anambra State. This was contained in a statement by the State's Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, on Tuesday. According to him, the Council also commended Governor Soludo's launch of the Anambra Geographic Information Service (ANAMGIS), a significant milestone in the state's efforts to modernize land administration. ANAMGIS provides an…
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Mar
04
2025
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Options Before Chijioke Edeoga

Options Before Chijioke Edeoga

Opinion, Politics
By SHEDDY OZOENE All through the last Yuletide, the grapevine in Enugu State was abuzz with speculations that Chijioke Edeoga, the Labour Party (LP) state governorship candidate in the 2023 election, was getting restless watching political actions from the sidelines. Speculations centred on his possible move away from the party on which platform he came close to becoming the state’s helmsman, to either the All Progressives Congress (APC) that holds sway at the federal level or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that was his nemesis in 2023. Reports of his closed door meetings with leaders of the PDP in the…
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Mar
03
2025
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Embattled Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, Resigns

Embattled Lagos Assembly Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, Resigns

Entertainment
The embattled Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Lasbat Mojisola Meranda has resigned from her post after serving 49 days in office. Other principal officers of the Assembly, including the Chief Whip and his Deputy, the Majority Leader and his Deputy also resigned. A new set of leaders where also elected by voice votes after the resignation. Meranda, in her resignation speech, appreciated her colleagues for their gallantry. She said her resignation was to allow for peace in the tumultuous Assembly where the impeached Speaker Mudashiru Obasa was laying hold to the office. The 44 year-old former…
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Mar
01
2025
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UPDATE! Akpabio’s Wife Slams N350b Defamation Suit Against Senator Natasha

UPDATE! Akpabio’s Wife Slams N350b Defamation Suit Against Senator Natasha

BREAKING
By our reporter Barely hours after threatening to sue Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for levelling accusations of sexual advances against her husband, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, his wife, Unoma, has made good her threat. Mrs Akpabio has filed several suits before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court seeking,among others, claims to the tune of N350 billion for aggravated damages. Alleging a breach of fundamental rights and defamation, Akpabio's wife said the suits are a fallout of statements made by Sen. Natasha (Kogi Central) on Friday, February 28, during an interview on Arise TV. She claimed that by Natasha's statements, she…
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Mar
01
2025
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Trump To Make English US Official Language -Here’s What It Means

Trump To Make English US Official Language -Here’s What It Means

Foreign
President Donald Trump plans to sign an Executive Order making English the official U.S. language, reversing a Clinton-era rule that required federal agencies to provide language assistance for non-English speakers. For the first time in nearly 250 years, the U.S. might officially have a national language, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. According to White House officials, President Trump is set to sign an Executive Order making English the country’s official language at the federal level,per English translation of Mundo Deportivo quoting The Wall Street Journal. Right now, the U.S. has no designated national language. With a long history…
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Mar
01
2025
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Tension Over Confrontation Between Zelenskyy, Trump

Tension Over Confrontation Between Zelenskyy, Trump

Foreign
Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy just walked out of the White House after a heated face-off with Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office. At one point, Trump put the Ukrainian president in his place, calling Zelenskyy “disrespectful” and telling him he should be thanking the U.S. for its support. “You don’t have the cards,” Trump snapped. And he didn’t stop there. Looking straight at the Ukrainian president, Trump bluntly told him, “Your country is in big trouble. You're not winning … You have a damn good chance of coming out okay because of us.”
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Mar
01
2025
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IGP Gives Financial Succour To Families Of Deceased Cops

IGP Gives Financial Succour To Families Of Deceased Cops

News
By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has presented cheques for N72,259, 935 to the families of 30 deceased officers of the Benue State Police Command. Represented by the Commissioner of Police (CP), Benue State Command, Steve Yabanet,the IGP presented the cheques to 30 beneficiaries of the Police Welfare Scheme. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benue State Command, Sewuese Catherine Anene, said the representative of the IGP lamented that the money could not replace their loved ones, but it was given to families of the deceased to cushion the effects of…
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Mar
01
2025
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Sultan Declares Ramadan Starts March 1

Sultan Declares Ramadan Starts March 1

News
Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr Sa'ad Abubakar III, has declared Saturday, March 1, 2025, as the first day of Ramadan 1446 AH in Nigeria,reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is a sacred period during which adult Muslims observe compulsory fasting from dawn to sunset for a complete month. The Sultan made the announcement in a nationwide radio and television broadcast on Friday, February 28, confirming the sighting of the new crescent of Ramadan in various parts of the country. He stated…
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