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All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday says only exercises conducted by duly inaugurated State Congress Committees would be recognised by the party. The National Secretary of APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention PAPClanning Committee, James Akpanudoedehe, who stated this in a statement in Abuja, described the parallel congresses in many parts of the country as futile activities. He, however, congratulated its members on the conduct of state congresses across the country held in the 36 states across the country on Saturday. But the exercises were trailed by crisis in many states with rival factions holding parallel congresses in defiance with the…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued President Muhammadu Buhari over plan to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls and text messages of Nigerians. SERAP asked the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by Buhari’s administration to track, intercept and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people, as it severely threatens and violates the right to the preservation of privacy.” The suit followed the proposal in the Supplementary Appropriation Act signed in July 2021 to spend N4.87 billion to monitor private calls and messages, the amount is part of the N895.8 billion of…

MTN Nigeria says it has compensated its subscribers with airtime and data due to the outage its consumers witnessed last Saturday, October 9. The Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, shared the information with subscribers on Sunday. Toriola, via a video message posted on the company’s YouTube channel with its link sent to all subscribers of the network, apologised for the error. In his message, Toriola said, “Last Saturday we had an outage that left our customers without connection for several hours. On behalf of the entire MTN team, I want to start with a heartfelt apology. We are…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied claims ordering a to sit-at-home order across the Southeast region on October 18, 19, and 21 for its leader, and one year anniversary of #EndSARS protest. In a statement released by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB warned those behind the rumour to retrace their steps and stop tarnishing its image. The group said it did not issue any sit-at-home directive except on October 21 when its leader was expected to appear in court. The statement in part reads “Our attention has been drawn to the fabricated statement being circulated by mischief…

At least, 17 US Christian missionaries and their family members including children, have been kidnapped by gang members in Haiti. Haitian security officials told The New York Times that the missionaries were kidnapped while leaving an orphanage. Local officials said the missionaries were taken from a bus headed to the airport to drop off some members of the group before continuing to another destination in Haiti. The message stated that the mission’s field director is working with the US Embassy, and that the field director’s family and one other unidentified man stayed at the ministry’s base while everyone else visiting the orphanage was abducted. A US State Department…

Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo was bestowed with The Sun Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2020 at the Expo Convention Centre of the prestigious Eko Hotels & Suites, Lagos on Saturday, October 16. In the letter of nomination to the Deputy Governor signed by the Managing Director, Mr. Onuoha Ukeh, the Sun Newpapers traced the career trajectory of Mr. Ekpo and described him as “a role model for the youths of contemporary generation”. It noted “You started as a journalist, rose through the ranks to the pinnacle of journalism, went into public service where you distinguished yourself, showing dynamism,…

Confusion trails the factional leaderships of the Akwa Ibom All Progressives Congress (APC) held separate congresses at the weekend in elect new state executive to take over from the interim regime led by Dr. Ita Udosen, as Chairman. This followed the conduct of the exercise by the feuding factions loyal to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio; Group Captain Sam Ewang, Chairman, Akwa Ibom Elders’ Forum and that of Senator John Udoedehe, the National Care-taker Secretary in-charge of the Congress Planning Committee. At the end of the parallel congresses, different list flew throwing the exercise into more…

Nigerian twins from Nasarawa State are currently at loggerheads after the man informed the sister that he wanted to marry another woman. According to media personality, Bello Lukman, who shared the story online, the twins- Amos and Juliana Kunde- lost their parents to gunmen attack sometime back. They started sleeping together and soon the sister became pregnant for her brother. To avoid the prying eyes of those who know them, they moved to another village where many believed they were a married couple.  They later welcomed another child together. Trouble started between them when Amos told Juliana that he wants…

Tuface’s baby mama who finally spoke after the singer’s wife, Annie Idibia’s trolls calling the husband out for sleeping under same roof with her (Pero) when he visited his kids. Pero Adeniyi’s reaction came after she was being addressed as “Tuface’s first wife” by her friends, as they hung out in Abuja. Annie had sparked the row that Tuface also known as 2Baba slept under same roof with Pero during his recent visit to his children in the United States of America. Annie who noted that she has made many sacrifices for Tuface, had claimed that his baby mamas “use…

Queen Elizabeth 11 is ‘ordered to quit drinking to make sure she’s as fit and healthy as possible,’ the royal doctors advised. Her Majesty, who is in good physical health and has been seen using a walking stick during recent engagements in Wales with no specific medical reason given, has allegedly been advised to forgo alcohol except for special occasions due to her busy autumn schedule. According to two sources close to the monarch quoted in a magazine, doctors have also given the advice ahead of the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations next June. ”The Queen has been told to give up her…