#TinubuTheDrugDealer trends on Twitter as UberFacts reports Tinubu’s drug trafficking case

The Nigerian Twitter space is agog as #TinubuTheDrugDealer trends following the publication of Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu’s drug trafficking case by UberFacts. UberFacts, an online outlet that publishes random facts, on Monday, informed its 13.5 million followers on Twitter about Tinubu’s legal woes with the United States government in 1993 which made him forfeit $460,000 ill-gotten gains from heroin trafficking. In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court...

2023 Elections:  Group berates Soyinka over Comment

…Tells Nigerians to boycott his  literary works A group, under the aegis of Free Nigeria Movement (FNM) has berated the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka over his comment on the 2023 general elections and has accused him of pursuing a selective witch-hunt instead of focusing on the real issues surrounding the elections. Recall that the group has been protesting for the past 21 days at the Unity Fountain, Abuja over alleged irregularities and manipulation of the...

Christian Pilgrimage: Last batch of pilgrims returns to Nigeria- NCPC boss, says

Having completed its pilgrimage exercise, the last batch of pilgrims for the December 2022 Main pilgrimage exercise to Israel and Jordan has returned to the country   According to report, the batch was the 10th batch of pilgrims that participated in the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) December 2022 Main pilgrimage exercise, made up of pilgrims from Plateau, Ekiti,  Kwara, Osun, self-sponsored Pilgrims as well as Consulars.   The last batch of pilgrims departed Nigeria on...

N20bn Payment Probe: northern youths tell NNPCL boss to step aside

…Warns of mass protest TheGroup Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Kolo Mele Kyari, has been told to  to step aside by The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to allow for an unfettered probe by the House of Representatives into the payment of N20 billion to a ghost consultant. The group alleged that  the NNPC manipulated the fuel subsidy regime which according to it was seen during the acute fuel scarcity that...

Top performing senators, reps members to be honored by stakeholders

Twenty lawmakers in the ninth National Assembly said to be Most Valuable Parliamentarians (MVPs) are set to be honoured by stakeholders ahead of the resumption of the tenth Assembly. According to a report, the lawmakers were gleaned from “an independent, thorough and unprecedented data-driven annual performance appraisals of the 469-member ninth National Assembly since its first anniversary in 2020,” are said to have made the semi-finalists based on their contributions to legislative strengthening and promotion...

NDLEA Apprehends South American With 117 Parcels Of Cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have apprehended a 34-year-old South American man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State with 117 parcels of cocaine concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman in a statement, said the suspect claimed to come to Nigeria in search of his lost Nigerian father by name Omini. According to...

CAN President Urges Nigerians Not To Despair

The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Daniel Okoh, has urged Nigerians not to despair but to unite and keep hopes alive for a new beginning for Nigeria. In his Easter message, Okoh noted that Nigeria had faced many challenges ranging from insecurity and economic instability to social and political unrest in recent years, and urged Nigerians to extend a hand of love and kindness to the less privileged in the society.  “However,...

Armed invaders within five days in separate attacks on villages in Otukpo, Apa and Guma local government areas of Benue state have killed at least 134 people. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State said the death toll of Wednesday’s attack on Umogidi village in Otukpo LGA rose to 52 from the initial 46 recorded on the spot, adding that three people had been killed in the same village a day before the massacre. Ortom, who...

Easter Message: Like Christ, Nigeria Will Resurrect From Economic, Political Hell – Cardinal Okpalaeke

The Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, Peter Cardinal Okpalaeke says with Christ’s victory over death it is assured that a new Nigeria where the dream of a society where the citizenry live decently, justice flow like water and righteousness like a never failing stream is possible. Cardinal Okpalaeke stated this in his Easter message to Christians and Nigerians. He revealed that Easter is a manifestation of God’s recreative power, adding that Lazarus was raised to...

Easter: Nigeria Needs Divine Intervention- Archbishop Ibezim

The Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Alexander Ibezim has urged christians to key in into the the spirit, mind and wind of the Easter season which is a period of appropriating the redemptive works of Christ in salvaging humanity. In his Easter message to christians, Archbishop Ibezim said the season calls for sober reflection and a time to evaluate both personal and national lives. The prelate explained...

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