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Award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, has berated the “two-facedness of the US government” when it comes to African politics.  Speaking in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Tuesday, Adichie was reacting to her recent article entitled Nigeria’s Hollow Democracy on the conduct of the 2023 presidential election. She described the election as  “a slap to the face of the Nigerian people and an insult to collective intelligence of Nigerians.” The famous writer who earlier wrote an open letter to the United States President, Joe Biden, condemned his congratulatory message to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, accused the US of being two-faced…

The police say they have arrested the police officer caught in a video flogging an unidentified man in the street of Rivers State. The culprit, Inspector Adejoh Siaka, was arrested alongside Inspector Friday Obaka, and Sgt. Ndiwa Kpuebari from Rivers State. The spokesperson for the Force Headquarters, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated this in a Twitter post, Monday night. “These men have been arrested, and their commander will personally bring (them) to the Force Headquarters tomorrow Tuesday for further actions. They are 3 in number, attached to RRS, Rivers State,” Mr Adejobi wrote on the social media site. He described the officers’…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Dino Melaye has hit Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who mocked his aspiration to succeed Governor Yahaya Bello. In a statement on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday, Melaye said Kogi is not Rivers State where Wike determines who becomes governor, adding that power belongs to God. At a media chat earlier on Tuesday, Wike ruled out Melaye ahead of the PDP primary which precedes the November 15 governorship poll in the North Central state.   “When you give Dino that ticket, you know he won’t win in Kogi…

One of Nigeria’s Pentecostal fathers,  Archbishop Elijah Akpan Mboho, has transited to eternity. Until his death, Archbishop Elijah Mboho was the prelate, Goodnews Community International Gospel Village, Abak in Akwa Ibom State that made greater evangelism and spiritual waves in the 70s and 80s across the country. Aged 89, he hailed from Akpan Mboho Family in Atai Otoro, Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. In a telephone interview with Straightnews publisher on Easter Monday, Rev. Akaninyene Mboho, one of his brothers, confirmed that the Prelate died Saturday evening and the corpse had been deposited in the morgue. Rev.…

Canadian rapper Drake won $2.7 million (₦1,234,425,722.40) following Israel Adesanya’s stunning victory over Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to reclaim his Middleweight title on Sunday. Adesanya won back the 185lb title just five months after he lost it to his bitter rival, Pereira, who has previously beaten him twice in kickboxing. Drake lost £1.4 million after placing a bet on ousted middleweight champion Israel Adesanya to beat Brazilian Alex Pereira at UFC 281 on Saturday night, November 12. Also read:  Drake loses £1.4m bet to Adesanya’s defeat ‘Drizzy Drake’ placed a $500,000 bet on Adesanya to win which returned $885,000 and a $400,000 bet for him to win…

A one-time editor of the defunct National Concord, Lagos, Nsikak Essien has announced suspension of Facebook ‘friendship’ due to the spread of vile ethnic messages after the concluded general elections in the country. Writing under the topic: Notice of suspension of Facebook “friendship,” Essien announced ‘‘This is to inform my Yoruba and Igbo friends on Facebook that I have temporarily suspended our friendship until sanity returns. The engineer-turned journalist said ‘‘I am referring to those tribalists in both ethnic groups who have taken the election to be an intertribal war. They abuse each other without restraint in spite of their…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over the N5 million fine on Channels Television. In the suit, they are asking the court to “declare arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional the N5m fine imposed on Channels Television over a recent interview with the Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed.” Joined in the suit as Defendants are the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture. The NBC had recently fined Channels Television N5 million over an interview with Datti Baba-Ahmed.…

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto tasked Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to focus on security of life first,  as the world celebrates Easter Sunday. According to Bishop Kukah, Nigeria’s most pressing need is not infrastructure, but rather, ensuring the safety and well-being of Nigerians. “These are important, but first, keep us alive because only the living can enjoy infrastructure,” he stated, adding that Tinubu’s most urgent mission should be to create a large tent of opportunity and hope for all Nigerians. Bishop Kukah called for the expansion of the frontiers of collective freedom,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a new date for commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. The board stated this in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Sunday. Benjamin said the UTME which was earlier fixed to commence on April 29, is now rescheduled to April 25, 2023. He also said the board would hold its rescheduled mock-UTME on April 18, 2023. ”JAMB had earlier conducted its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday,  March 30, in 725 centres across the country. ”However, the exercise ran into…

Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of Labour Party have congratulated Israel Adesanya for reclaiming his UFC middleweight belt title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship 287. On Sunday 9th of April, Adesanya reclaimed the UFC middleweight title from Brazilian Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 287 at the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida. Pereira unleashed body hooks and a knee to the ribs, with Adesanya threw a right hook that froze Pereira, with no buzzer to save Pereira reclaim the title he lost to the Brazilian last year. In a post via Twitter, Tinubu applauded the…