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The governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, has lent his voice to the call for power to shift to the South in 2023.   Governor Zulum stated this when he spoke at the presentation of a book by Dakuku Perterside, former director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), …

Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu has fired back at his colleague, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe over comments he made about him.   Abaribe was the deputy governor when Kalu governed Abia in 1999 but he was impeached before the end of Kalu’s first term.   The Senator representing Abia South had alleged in his book …

Nigerians in Libya have protested after one of their compatriots was arrested by the police for alleged theft.   Arabic media on Monday, March 22, reported that a Libyan citizen accused his Nigerian housemaid of stealing 40 thousand Dinar (N3,382,222.19) from him and she was subsequently arrested.     Details on …

The Federal Government has raised an alarm of an alleged racketeering of COVID-19 vaccine in the country.   Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Abdullazzi Abdullahi who disclosed this at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, alleged that some people are selling their vaccination slots.   Abdullahi …

Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe has apologized for the incendiary statement he made about an Igbo Presidency.   He had tweeted: “A national consensus for Igbo Presidency cannot evolve until the core north forgives the Igbos for the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto by nigerian soldiers of igbo extraction in …

A Nigerian woman, Ego Oyibo has publicly celebrated the end of her marriage.   She took to Twitter on Friday, March 19, to announce the completion of her divorce proceedings.   Sharing dancing gifs, she thanked the Lagos State High Court, adding that she is ready to party.   “Signed the dotted …

The University of Ibadan (UI) Tuesday held its first virtual matriculation ceremony for over 7000 students admitted for the 2020/2021 academic session. 4,000 students were admitted for the conventional degree programmes while over 3000 others were for the Open and Distance Education (ODE) programmes. Addressing the matriculants, the Acting Vice-Chancellor …

Nigeria has been ranked 16th in FBI’s list of countries which are worst affected by internet crimes.   The State-specific statistics which can be found within the 2020 Internet Crime Report and in the accompanying 2020 State Reports, includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime, an increase of more than …

As Nigeria continues to prosecute the war against insurgents, the presidency has announced that six of the twelve Super Tucanos to be used by the military are on track to arrive in mid-July 2021.     According to a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on …

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the 2019 presidential election.   The Bauchi state Governor in an interview on Channels Television, claimed that fraud on the part of either INEC or security operatives cost his party the election.   Bala also added that …