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Former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu is reportedly dead. Mantu died in a private hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday after falling ill nine days ago, family sources confirmed to Channels Television. The deceased was elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 to represent Plateau Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly. He gathered political relevance in national politics after emerging as the Deputy Senate President in 1999, a position he held for eight years. Before his demise, Mantu was a member of the PDP Board of Trustees. He equally served in…

Akwa Ibom High Court has remanded a royal father in the state in prison custody over allegation of fraud and perjury leveled against him by two of his kinsmen, Straightnews has gathered. Etebom Enefiok Effiong Okpon, the clan head of Oku in Uyo Local Government Area, who is the man in the eyes of the storm, is battling hard to wriggle himself out of the two-count charge. The court presided over by Hon. Justice Archibong Archibong gave the order Monday, August 16 for the remand of the royal father in the prison custody. Justice Archibong who sat at the state High…

Despite opposition by some people, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, signed the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. In a statement, Presidential aide Femi Adesina said President Buhari who is working from home assented to the Bill on Monday, August 16, in his determination to fulfil his constitutional duty. The Nigerian leader is complying with a mandatory five days quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on Friday, August 13. Mr Adesina in the statement said “the ceremonial part of the new legislation will be done on Wednesday, after the days of mandatory isolation would have…

Zambia opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema secured a stunning landslide victory over incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia’s presidential election, results showed on Monday. The electoral commission said Hichilema got 2,810,777 votes against Lungu’s 1,814,201, with all but one of the 156 constituencies counted. “I therefore declare that the said Hichilema to be president of Zambia,” electoral commission chairman, Esau Chulu, said in a packed results centre in the capital Lusaka. That would make the third time that power has shifted peacefully from a ruling party to the opposition since the southern African country’s independence from Britain in 1964. Across Zambia, celebrations…

Popular Nollywood actor, Okon Lagos, has described the reactions of BBNaija housemates during the live eviction shows as ”Premium fakenes.” In a post shared on his Instagram page, Okon said the same housemates who nominated themselves would express joy when the nominated housemate is saved or act sad whenever the nominated housemate is evicted. ”This BBNaija Enh…e funny o. Na dem go nominate you for eviction, Na dem go still run come hug and show you ”love” and express ”happiness” if you are saved or ”grief” if you are evicted! Hahaha world people,” Okon wrote.

Two of the housemates in the 2021 Big Brother Naija ‘Shine Ya Eye’ reality TV show were evicted on Sunday. The two housemates – Princess and Arinola- were evicted during the live show on Sunday handled by the host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. Last Sunday, three were evicted while four new ones were admitted into the reality show. Housemates who were up for eviction this week were Emmanuel, Arin, Princess, Saskay, Nini, and Tega but viewers have the ability to keep those they want in the show based on the number of votes. However, when the votes were unveiled on Sunday, Princess…

Heung-Min Son fired Tottenham to a 1-0 victory against the defending champions, Manchester City on Saturday to begin the campaign for premier league trophy on a bright note. City lack the bite they possessed that made them a terror to clubs last season, as the homers took advantage of a shaky side to deliver the goods. Steven Bergwijn had teed up Heung-Min Son on 57 minutes on the edge of the box and he fired the ball into the bottom left corner. As usual, City kept possession by 66 percent and had 18 attempts on goal with two shots on goal and 11…

Some Nigerian pastors have torn the reputation of Pastor Chris Okotie, like a piece of cloth, into shreds over his tantrums and tirades on Prophet Temitope B. Joshua. A few weeks ago, Prophet Joshua had died after conducting a church service at his church, several pastors had portrayed the deceased in a bad light. Okotie had in a 75-minute video shared a cryptic post on his Facebook page in which he referenced a certain ‘’wizard of Endor” who assumed the title of ”Emmanuel.” He remarked that the wizard who assumed the title of Emmanuel had been consumed by divine indignation.…

Fear has gripped residents of Afghanistan as its embattled president, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners, undeservedly fled the country Sunday to avoid unpleasant encounter with the rampaging Taliban insurgents. The shocked flight happened as Afghan officials and Taliban leaders were said to be negotiating on transfer of power, thus signaling the end of a 20-year Western rule aimed at remaking Afghanistan. The Taliban, who for hours had been on the outskirts of Kabul, announced soon after they would move further into a city gripped by panic where helicopters raced overhead throughout the day to evacuate personnel from the U.S.…

Worried by the grievances of striking doctors in Nigeria, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), wants President Muhammadu Buhari to use the proposed N4.87 billion for WhatsApp monitoring to pay their allowances. SERAP noted that part of the funds should be used to improve public healthcare facilities for the sake of poor Nigerians. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2021 supplementary appropriation bill of N983 billion into law with N4.87 billion allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians. The Federal Government said the allocation was to increase the…