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Two suspected robbery women were burnt to death by mob in Surulere, Ogbomosho Local Government Area of Oyo State. The suspects, Mary Linus and Bose Olumide, who had reportedly been on the wanted list of the police for a long time were caught with two locally made guns used for criminal activities. Eyewitnesses narrated that the suspects were notorious in their attacks, as they not only robbed their victims but also subjected them to physical harm. Upon apprehending the suspects, the mob paraded them at the community square, beat and set them on fire. By the time a police team…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has become the latest public figure to join Meta’s new Twitter rival-app, Threads.  Announcing his arrival in a humorous way, President Tinubu posted a short video of himself in an open parade vehicle with the caption, “My fellow tailors, Idan has landed.”  The term ‘Idan’ is a popular street slang in Nigeria that has gained popularity on social media recently. It serves as a means of showing appreciation for something or showing respect towards affluent individuals and their accomplishments. Also read: Tinubu Defers 10% plastic tax to cut costs President Tinubu is, however, not the only Nigerian public…

Italy’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi has left €100 million to a 33-year-old girlfriend and control of the family holding company, Fininvest, to his two eldest children. The billionaire, who was one of Italy’s richest men died on 12 June from Leukaemia at the age of 86. The three-time Italian prime minister whose empire is estimated to be worth mor e than €6 billion, also left €100 million to his brother, Paolo, and €30 million to Marcello Dell’Utri, a former senator with his Forza Italia party who served jail time for association with the mafia. Marina and Pier Silvio –…

The Senate says it will probe the gas supply contract agreement awarded to a private firm, Accugas Limited, during the administration of immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari. This followed a motion by Aniekan Bassey (PDP, Akwa Ibom) at the plenary presided over by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, on Thursday. Mr Bassey said in 2017, the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) entered into an agreement with Accugas Limited for gas supply to Calabar Generation Company Limited (Calabar Genco). Also read:  Universal Energy Goes Under As Savannah Petroleum Takes Over Seven Energy Accugas Limited, one of the top four gas…

Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk lawyer Alex Spiro accused the company of “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.” The letter accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees who “had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets and other highly confidential information.” Also read: Meta to lay off 11,000 employees On Thursday, Zuckerberg…

Terror reigns supreme in Nigeria’s South East region following the declaration of a one-week sit-at-home order by members of the dreaded Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). On Wednesday, July 5, the members stormed the streets in Enugu State to attack people who had defiled the sit-at-home order given by Simon Ekpa, the Biafra agitator. Media had reported that the outlawed Ekpa, the acclaimed leader of the Biafra Republic Government, declared a one-week sit-at-home protest in the South-East from Monday, July 3 to July 8, 2023. Also read: IPOB: Delta Govt Dismisses sit-at-home order in Asaba In a trending video, the…

The Founder and Spiritual leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned the second richest African, Aliko Dangote to stop bloodbath in his company. This was a recent warning Ayodele claimed to have received from God to the second richest businessman in Africa, Aliko Dangote. Taking to his Tiktok handle, primate Ayodele posted a video where he asked Dangote to end the bloodbath in his company- Dangote Group, in order to avoid adverse consequences on his business. Also read: Akwa Ibom loses 12 Pastors, two others in The Salvation Army’s Tragedy He also counseled Dangote to…

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of a newly introduced 10% tax on single-use plastics and excise duty on some locally manufactured products to reduce business costs in Africa’s biggest economy, his spokesman said on Thursday. Nigeria is one of the biggest plastic polluters on the continent, contributing some 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, some of which ends up in the sea, official data show. Dele Alake, Special Adviser on special duties, communications and strategy to the president, said his principal signed the Finance Act (Effective Date Variation) Order, 2023, which now defers the commencement date…

House of Representatives has moved to stop ceding Danare and Biajua communities in Boki local government area of Cross River State through Pillar 113A to the Republic of Cameroon. The House took the decision when it unanimously adopted a motion jointly sponsored by members of the House from Cross River at plenary Wednesday. Moving the motion on behalf of the Cross River Caucus, Hon Victor Bisong Abang, said on October 10, 2002, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the proprietorship of the Bakassi peninsula belongs to Cameroon, due to an agreement between the governments of Nigeria and Cameroon…

By Moffat Ekoriko In his native Annang land in Akwa Ibom State, there is a philosophical idiom which best fits the ascendance of Godwsill Obot Akpabio, former governor, former Minority leader of the Senate and former Minister, to the position of Senate President. It is mkpo ama odot agwo, ejak eno. The translation is deeper than the literal meaning of ‘when a man deserves a position, give it to him’. It also means ‘any position should be given to the man who merits it and will make good use of it’. This trumps the English equivalent of ‘who the cap fits’.…