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Mar

05

2025

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Sexual Harassment: Understanding My Link With Natasha -Fayemi

News

We have become aware of a statement made by Senator Cyril Fasuyi during today’s Senate plenary, in which he alleged that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan had previously accused Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, of sexual harassment. We categorically state that this claim is entirely false. At no time has Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan—or anyone else, for that matter—ever accused Dr. Fayemi of such misconduct. It appears that the Distinguished Senator from Ekiti inadvertently misrepresented the facts, as no such allegation has ever been made against Dr. Fayemi. Consequently, there is no basis for Senator Fasuyi’s further assertion that…

Mar

05

2025

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How Poetry Can Help Prevent Substance Misuse In Schools -Expert

Education

By Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna An academic institution, Outstanding Groomers Academy Nursery and Primary School in Makera, Kaduna State, has hosted the Tobacco and Substance Abstinence Club, an initiative designed to teach children the dangers of substance misuse at an early age. The program, led by internationally recognized Substance Use Disorder (SUD) prevention professional and 2024 Ecolink Institute of Well-being Award winner, Margaret Kwa'ada Julius, introduced poetry as a powerful tool for engaging children in prevention education. Research has indicated that children in Nigeria are often exposed to smoking and local alcohol at a young age, sometimes as a means to…

Mar

05

2025

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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…

Mar

04

2025

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‘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…

Mar

04

2025

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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…

Mar

04

2025

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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…

Mar

03

2025

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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…

Mar

01

2025

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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…

Mar

01

2025

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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…

Mar

01

2025

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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.”