Author: David Great

The national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu has said he is not deterred by the mass defection of leading members of the party, especially those in the National Assembly. Adamu while addressing the Senate Press Corps after a closed-door meeting with the Senate caucus on Wednesday said, defections rocking the APC were seasonal and normal, stressing that all manner of behaviour is expected at this time. “It is an unfortunate development when it happens. But this is a season for all manner of behaviour in the political space. He added that, “Nigeria is not an…

Ajax’s Brazil forward Antony, 22, is ‘determined’ to join Manchester United this summer. (Goal) Paris St-Germain are willing to sell Neymar if they receive an acceptable offer for the Brazil forward, although the 30-year-old does not want to leave the French champions. (Goal) Manchester United’s English full-back Brandon Williams, 21, could be sold for £10m. (Sun) Ajax are set to make another offer for Tottenham Hotspur’s Netherlands winger Steven Bergwijn, 24, but the Premier League club will not accept anything under £25m (Sky Sports) Southampton have attempted to deter interest from Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and West Ham in…

The Kogi State House of Assembly said the three impeached and suspended members of the House were black legs whose stock-in-trade was to cause disharmony between the executive and legislative arms of government. The house position followed the deliberation on the discovery that the suspended lawmakers allegedly forged members signatures in what the house described as evil machinations to impeach the Speaker. Three lawmakers, Ahmed Ahmed, former Deputy Speaker, Abdullahi Bello, former Majority Leader and Moses Ododo, former Chief Whip, recently impeached and suspended, had in a statement, claimed to have impeached the Speaker by a notice signed by 19…

Mary Dauda and Hauwa Joseph, two girls who escaped from their Boko Haram camps eight years after they were abducted from the GGSS Chibok in Borno in 2014, have revealed that more than 20 missing others are still in Gazuwa camp in Sambisa Forest. The Gazuwa camp is acclaimed headquarters of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, a Boko Haram faction, formerly known as Gabchari, Mantari and Mallum Masari, located about nine kilometres to Bama Local Government Area of Borno. The rescued girls disclosed this while interacting with newsmen on Tuesday in Maiduguri, at a news conference at the Command…

For many decades, the music sector has played a pivotal role in laundering Nigeria’s image all over the world. Despite the country’s abysmal economic and political rating, some Nigerian musicians have succeeded in giving the West African country a good export value with their craft. This list of Nigeria’s music ambassadors has continued to grow with the addition of Clamizzy, a dynamic Afro-fusion and dancehall musician. Born Prince Emmanuel Clement, Clamizzy is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, music director, model and voiceover artist who has got the charisma, good looks and spontaneity to conquer the international music scene. Clamizzy flows effortlessly…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to, as a matter of urgency, wade into the crisis presently rocking the judiciary. Lawan gave the directive on Wednesday, moments before the chamber adjourned plenary. He said, “We may recall that there were some issues coming out of the judiciary. “We must have interest in what is happening in that arm of government. “I believe that we owe it to Nigerians, to look into what is happening in that arm of government, with the view to bringing solutions to the problems,” he said. “So,…

A Yahoo Boy, Amusa Abdulhakeem, has been sentenced to eight months of community service after he was found guilty of internet fraud by a court. The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 20, secured his conviction and that of four others before the Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State respectively. Abdulhakeem, a final year student of Transport Planning Management at Tai Solarin University, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State was sentenced to eight months community service for fraudulent impersonation. The other Yahoo Boys are Ajisafe Sodiq Olaide,…

The healthy eye of a patient was mistakenly removed instead of the damaged one during an eye operation in one of Slovakia’s major hospitals, blinding the patient as a result. The doctor who conducted the operation was no longer in contact with patients, a Bratislava University Hospital spokesperson said. The hospital offered the victim and his family psychological care and support in coping with the consequences. According to the TASR news agency report on Wednesday, the health supervision authority have started an investigation into how this unprecedented case could have happened. Drama over Nnamadi Kanu’s clothes, eyesight The tragic mistake…

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if Governor Nasir El-Rufai and the Kaduna State Government fails to reverse the decision to sack 2,357 teachers, including its National President, Audu Amba. The union made its position known on Wednesday at its National Executive Council meeting at the Teachers House, Lugbe, Abuja. The NUT Deputy National President Kelvin Okonkwo, said the sack followed refusal by the president and some teachers to write a competency test organised by the Kaduna State Government among other reasons. “It is very sad and curious that the dismissal letter…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, has said that the upper chamber would, next week Wednesday, screen the seven ministerial nominees forwarded to the chamber by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation. Lawan stated this in an announcement on Wednesday, moments before the Senate adjourned plenary. “The ministerial nominees will be screened on Wednesday, next week”, he said. President Buhari, in a letter dated 15th June, 2022, requested the Senate to confirm the nomination of seven ministerial nominees. He said the confirmation request was made in accordance with Section 147(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended. The…