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Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed spokesperson of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, says plans are underway to activate sit-at-home in Lagos state. Disclosing this in a tweet on Tuesday, the controversial IPOB activist said the sit-at-home was in reaction to the recent attacks on Igbos of the South East region in Lagos. His tweet reads, “I have just watched another Igbo Biafran market in Lagos being burnt down in Balogun, Lagos today, and I am...

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The eighth edition of the Nigerian Idol will kick off on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Busola Tejumola, the executive head of content and West Africa channels at MultiChoice, disclosed this at a press briefing on Tuesday. The show, aimed at harnessing the musical talents in Nigeria, will run for nine weeks, Tejumola said. The judges from the previous season: Nigerian entertainers, D’banj and Simi, and music producer, Obi Osika, will also serve as judges this...

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Nollywood actress Nancy Isime says she only prefers sex or kissing scenes with veteran actors because they understand the dynamics of the scene and are always professional about it. In an interview with media personality Dadaboy Ehiz, the actress revealed that such intimate scenes can be discomforting, adding that the scenes are nothing but scripts. Isime said, “Well, it’s a script, and yes, I do kiss in movies. But why will I enjoy it? 5,000...

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Habeeb Okikiola, the Nigerian singer known as Portable, trended on social media yesterday over his encounter with some police officers who stormed his ‘office’ to arrest him. The incident, captured live on Portable’s Instagram page, saw him challenging the authority of the policemen as they invaded his bar in Ogun state and attempted to take him away. The singer rebuffed the efforts of the police to arrest him, claiming that he works for the ruling...

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Former senator and a spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential campaign council, Dino Melaye has declared his interest to contest in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Kogi state. Melaye disclosed this on his Twitter page on Sunday, calling on Nigerians to support his governorship ambition. Lets do it together. We shall recover Kogi State. pic.twitter.com/3hI8RMClGm — Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) March 26, 2023 Melaye, who represented Kogi West senatorial district in the...

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Ayodeji Makun, alias AY, says his long-running fallout with his colleague Bright Okpocha, also known as Basketmouth, is because the latter refused to pay him N30,000 for an event he stood in for him. AY made the revelation in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, on the latest episode of his podcast, #WithChude. He narrated how he had represented Basketmouth on an occasion because he had other engagements and when his payment was not forthcoming, he...

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Supporters of Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last presidential election, staged a peaceful protest in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Monday to defend the mandate of the president-elect. The declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the election held on February 25 has continued to spark controversies with the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively, discrediting the...

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The Institute for Economics and Peace, IEP, says the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, is a pro-Biafra secessionist movement, not a terrorist group. The clarification is coming about a week after the institute ranked IPOB as the tenth deadliest terrorist group in the world in its Global Terrorism Index, GTI, report. IEP, in a statement published yesterday, described IPOB as a secessionist movement that aims to establish an independent state of Biafra and absolved the...

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“None of Nigeria’s presidential election results has ever been overturned by the courts” No election in Nigeria’s recent history has faced many protests and rejections by those who lost. So controversial was the 2023 general election that aggrieved candidates have headed to court to challenge the outcome of last month’s presidential election. Nigerians demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians who believe that the president-elect, Bola...

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In commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day, Sr. Rose Uchem, a Missionary Sister of the Holy Rosary (MSHR) says the ordination of women as priests in the Catholic Church is a possibility. Speaking during a recent interview with Ugochukwu Anadi, a literature enthusiast, which was exclusively shared with The West African Pilot News, Uchem stressed the need for women’s inclusiveness in church affairs. She said that the Bible, though used to support the marginalisation...

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