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The recently concluded BBNaija Season 4 winner, Mercy has on Tuesday been presented a IVM Innoson SUV by the chairman, Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma. During the presentation of the SUV, Chukwuma announced Mercy as the ambassador of Innoson brand. READ: BREAKING: Mercy wins BBNaija season four “[Mecry] automatically today becomes our brand ambassador “She will enjoy the vehicle in a way she will feel all her life has been…with Innoson vehicle. Nigeria News

The Senate’s Ad-Hoc Committee investigating a case of assault against Senator Elisha Abbo on Tuesday submitted its report to the upper chamber. The report was presented during the plenary by Chairman of the Ad-Hoc committee, Senator Sam Egwu (PDP, Ebonyi North). The Senate had on July 3, 2019 set up a committee to investigate Senator Abbo (PDP, Adamawa North) for allegedly assaulting a lady at a sex toy shop in Abuja. The lawmaker was seen in a video clip which was widely circulated online having an altercation with the lady in question. Abbo allegedly assaulted the woman for taking side…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Tuesday signed a strategic partnership deal with the European Data Protection Office (EDPO) to enable Nigerian businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Partnership deal was sealed at the Gulf International Technology Exhibition, GITEX taking place in Dubai, UAE. This partnership, the Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa said is a huge step forward in Nigeria’s drive towards compliance with data protection. It will be recalled that NITDA issued the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) in January 2019 with the objective of protecting personal data, improve ease of doing…

Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court Kano, on Monday, struck out a plea that the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mr. Tunde Fowler be asked to vacate his office on account of claims that his tenure has expired. Justice Allagoa made the order in Kano following a request by John Mary C. Jideobi, counsel to the plaintiff, Stanley Okwara. Fowler’s lawyer Paul Erokoro (SAN), who was supported by FIRS Director of Legal Services, Ike Odume; and counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation (the second defendant in the suit), T. A. Ghazalli, in a preliminary objection,…

Entrance gates are cordoned off, the vicinity is lined with the police, army and agents of the Department of Security Services (DSS), as members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, expect President Muhammadu Buhari to present estimates of the Appropriations Bill at 2:00pm today. Details later….

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has shut-down the “Cold Room”, where lecturers allegedly assault student sexually. The development comes 24 hours after the British Broadcasting Service (BBC) through a video documentary “Africa Eye” reveled what goes on in the location. READ: Nigeria ready for 5G – Pantami The documentary had also exposed one of the lectures Prof. Boniface Igbeneghu, sexually assaulting an undercover journalist who pretended to be a student seeking for admission into the university.

Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is set to miss the rest of 2019 with a dislocated elbow but does not need surgery, the club said. Lloris, injured during Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Brighton, is not expected to train again until next year. He fell awkwardly as he failed to hold a third-minute Pascal Gross cross, with Neal Maupay nodding in the loose ball. READ: Man City 8 points adrift after shock home loss to Wolves “Although surgery will not be required, our club captain has suffered ligament damage,” Spurs said in a statement. “He is not expected to return to training before the…

Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications says Nigeria is ready to deploy 5G network across the country to ease network flow. Pantami said this on Monday at the ongoing 39th Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) holding in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). GITEX is a global technology exhibition that brings together over 200,000 trade visitors, investors, innovators, IT experts, countries, Information Communication Technology startups from over 145 countries of the world, to share trends of ICT and ways of advancing technology innovations. Nigeria’s participation in GITEX, which is spearheaded by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is a week long…

President Muhammadu Buhari will present the 2020 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS) on Tuesday. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development at the end of an extraordinary meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The meeting which considered the 2020 budget proposals before its presentation to the National Assembly on Tuesday by 1:30 p.m., was presided over by President Buhari at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday. Adesina, who briefly spoke to State House correspondents, said: “No briefing, we only looked at…

A church in Nigeria says it has ordered a pastor to step down from ministerial duties after a BBC Africa Eye investigation implicated him in a “sex for grades” scandal at a leading university. Boniface Igbeneghu, a lecturer in French at the University of Lagos, was caught on video sexually harassing a 17-year-old undercover reporter. “Let me just hug you. My baby. My baby. No wait. Don’t ask me what I want to do. I’m not going to harm you,” he said at one point. Dr Igbeneghu was also a pastor at The Foursquare Gospel Church, which said in a…