The National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has asked members of the National Assembly to collaborate with the executive arm of government for peace and national development. Speaking while receiving some senators led by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Sallah homage to his residence in Keffi, Nasarawa State at the weekend, Adamu said Nigerians expect better dividends of democracy under the present administration through harmonious relationship between the legislative and the executive arms of government. The chairman, who congratulated Akpabio and his deputy, Senator Jibrin Barau over their emergence as the new presiding…
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has claimed that a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma inflated her result and announced herself as the top scorer for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was revealed in a statement released on Sunday by JAMB. Ejikeme is said to have received a scholarship from Innoson Motors as a result, and would have been honoured by the Anambra State government before she was exposed. “The most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded a N3m…
An Ondo-based chef, Adeola Adeyeye, 26, also known as ‘Chef Deo,’ has embarked on a culinary challenge in an attempt to displace the current cook-a-thon Guinness World Records, GWR, holder, Hilda Baci. With the aim of surpassing Baci’s 93 hours and 11 minutes record, Chef Deo, revealed that she had informed GWR of her intentions and received the green light before commencing the cook-a-thon. During a visit by The media to the community, where people within and outside the town had been trooping into, the graduate of Esae University, Cotonou, Benin Republic had gone past 47 hours. This feat by…
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been urged not to hasten his return to the country from his medical leave abroad. While giving the admonition, over the weekend, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, who is representing the Ondo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, advised the governor to cancel his return flight and take extra time to relax before starting his official duties. The senator gave the advice to the governor during a telephone conversation. Akeredolu, who left for a 21-day medical leave abroad a few days ago, is scheduled to return home on July 6, 2023, according to a letter he…
Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu of planning to reward the immediate past Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike with a ministerial appointment. Shaibu said the ministerial appointment was to appreciate Wike for rigging the presidential election in Rivers State to favour Tinubu. He insisted that the results in states like Rivers showed that the last presidential election was far from credible. In a statement he signed, Shaibu said it was tragic that Tinubu was planning on rewarding Wike with a ministerial portfolio…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has vowed to recover all government funds and property in the hands of alleged corrupt persons in the State. This is even as he has assured that his administration would disconnect the mouths of more looters of public funds and property from the ‘feeding bottle’ of the State. Otti made the vow in Umuahia during a thanksgiving service of the Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Austin Okezie Meregini, held at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. He explained that various changes he had made so far in the State’s civil service and the…
An aide to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the 2023 general election, Daniel Bwala, has decried the rate of hardship in the country. Bwala, a former federal lawmaker, lamented the high cost of basic necessities in the country, including food items, transportation, goods and services, medicals and school fees. In a post via his verified Twitter handle on Sunday, Bwala claimed he receives no less than 30 calls from people daily asking for help. He wrote, “Nigerians are suffering; men, this is too much. High cost of everything; food items, transportation, goods and services, medicals,…
A federal lawmaker representing Ado/ Okpokwu/ Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, Benue State, in the House of Representatives Philip Agbese has said the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor played a great role in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents. Agbese spoke to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday while reacting to Irabor’s retirement from the Armed Forces of Nigeria which took place on Friday. The lawmaker said Gen Irabor’s 30-month reign was “the best in the country’s recent history”, stressing that the former CDS left the military bigger, and better. According to Agbese, Irabor showed extraordinary patriotism, commitment, and…
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has taken to the internet to express gratitude to his fans for always supporting and coming out to watch him perform. The media recalls that the singer had on Friday performed at the grand finale of the 2023 Afro Nation Festival in Portugal amidst his baby mama and pregnancy scandal. He has been under heavy criticism on social media after two foreign-based women, Anita Brown and Ivanna Bay, called him out for impregnating them despite being married to his long-time girlfriend, Chioma Rowland. While the singer is yet to comment…
Tunji Balogun, aka Teebillz, a music executive and estranged husband of Tiwa Savage, has declared his ex-wife as the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) among Nigerian female artistes. He said Tiwa Savage paved the way for female artistes in Nigeria. Teebillz who was the ex-manager of Tiwa Savage, also harped on his contributions to the success of Nigerian female music stars. The music executive stated this via his Instagram page on Sunday. Sharing a photo of his ex-wife, he wrote, “Without her, without me no female artiste will stand the chance… Let’s start the debate! She’s still the GOAT regardless.”…