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Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, sworn in as new Ekiti State governor, has retooled the administration with appointment of two principal officers. Oyebanji, 54, won the governorship race on June 18 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the same party with Kayode Fayemi, and took the oath of office at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion on Sunday, October 16. A candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he was declared winner of the Ekiti governorship election on June 19 with 187,057 votes. Related news: Oyebanji to replace Fayemi after Grabbing Ekiti Governorship seat The former Secretary to the state government defeated his…

The death of Bimbo, wife of Lagos car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, has sparked controversy as different reasons are given for the tragic incident that occurred on Saturday. One source claimed that Bimbo confronted her husband IVD on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, over the constant beatings she received, and fight ensued. The fight resulted in their house being set ablaze. Her husband was said to have escaped with minor burns while Bimbo suffered severe burns. Read also: Lagos to investigate death of three-year-old at medical facility Bimbo, who suffered severe burns during a violent incident at their residence in Megamound Estate, Lekki,…

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in the Clasico to overtake their fierce rivals at the top of La Liga on Sunday. Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 12th minute by converting a rebound after Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved from Vinicius Junior, with Fede Valverde drilling home the second from the edge of the box before the break. Ferran Torres pulled one back for Barcelona in the final stages after good work by Ansu Fati, but Rodrygo won and converted a late penalty to ensure Carlo Ancelotti’s reigning champions inflicted Barcelona’s first domestic defeat of the season. Related news Ancelotti…

Atiku Abubakar, former Nigeria’s Vice President, says northerners need a president who hails from the North. Abubakar, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spoke Saturday at the interactive session of the Arewa townhall policy dialogue in Kaduna. This was as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu Friday called Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ”a termite party.” Abubakar, who hails from Adamawa in the north-east, told his audience which included a significant percentage of persons of Hausa and Fulani extraction, that they don’t need an Igbo or Yoruba as president but “someone from the…

As the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepens, Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor, and his allies have jetted to Madrid, Spain for political jaw-jaw in apparent move to strengthen forces over the 2023 presidential election. Wike left the country early Saturday morning with Samuel Ortom, Benue governor; Seyi Makinde of Oyo, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu governor, who is also an associate of Wike is expected to join them later. Related news Wike, Ortom, three other governors shun PDP flag-off presidential campaign in Uyo Despite BoT Chairman’s resignation, Wike wants Ayu to go Crisis: Wike,…

Two brothers were on Friday jailed for 40 years each for the car bomb murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Galizia uncovered corruption in high places and her killing sparked an international furore and forced the resignation of the prime minister. Galizia, 53, was one of Malta’s most prominent public figures. Once described as a “one-woman WikiLeaks,” she was a vocal critic of the country’s political elite in her blog, accusing them of cronyism and corruption. Read also: FG vows to get justice over killing of physically-challenged in Italy “There are crooks everywhere you look now,” she wrote, hours before the…

Commuters voyaged with canoes on the East-West Road, a flooded federal highway in Niger–Delta, Wednesday, as raging flood waters submerged the Ughelli-Patani axis in Delta State. The latest incident is coming three years after a similar natural disaster in which flood swamped a different section of the East-West road, 2012, in Delta State. This is as a commercial bus plying the Ughelli/Port Harcourt section of the East-West Road plunged into a river at Umeh Junction in Delta State on Thursday evening. The road initiated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration in 2006 is still under construction. The unfortunate incident turned…

November 28 is set aside as the day for Federal High Court to give final verdict on the long-drawn legal battle between Mr Umo Eno and Mr Akan Okon bordering on alleged certificates scandal.  Eno, the Akwa Ibom Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate is being challenged by Okon, the state governorship aspirant over his eligibility to contest the 2023 general elections.   At the resumed hearing at Federal High Court, Uyo on Friday, October 14, counsel to Umo Eno urged the Court to dismiss the suit filed against him by Mr Akan Okon, for it is “frivolous, tendentious and wholly…

Nigeria’s Flamingos walloped New Zealand 4-0 in their second group B game to record their first win at the 8th FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India on Friday. Following the 2-1 loss to Germany in the opening game of their competition, Nigeria needed to pick up the maximum three points to increase their chances of advancing to the quarterfinals. Nigeria were obviously the dominant team in the game as Flamingos won the first half 2-0 thanks to a powerful header from Bello in the 17th minute. Related news: FIFA U-17 World Cup: Brazil Are Champions After Beating Mexico 2-1…

Some nurses in a private hospital in Lagos State are in trouble as the state government is investigating their unprofessional conduct the death of a reality TV star, Patrick Fakoya, aka Rico Swavey. Swavey, Big Brother Naija star, was involved in a motor accident that later claimed his life while some nurses were videotaping instead of attending to his health. A 30-second viral video is showing some nurses at a hospital in Lagos State being lackadaisical with their duties while Rico was in a critical condition has sparked outrage on social media. Related news: Parents Decry Negligence as Student Dies At FGC in Akwa…