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As the race for the Speaker of the House of Representatives hots up, members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the house have denied endorsing Femi Gbajabiamila or any other candidate for the speakership in the 9th National Assembly. The Minority Leader in the house, Hon. Leo Ogor, in a statement on Thursday, described the reports of endorsing any candidate as the handiwork of propagandists and mischief-makers. Ogor further stated that the PDP lawmakers have not endorsed any candidate for the speakership seat. “In our Eid-el-Fitri message, we felicitated all our Muslim brothers and sisters across Nigeria, and emphasised the…

The Bago Campaign Organisation has denied a story making the rounds that Mohammed Umaru Bago, a speakership aspirant for the incoming 9th House of Representatives, was sacked from his job at the defunct Afribank, over fraudulent conducts. An Abuja based legal practitioner, Paul Ajiroba, had reportedly approached a Federal High Court, Abuja, with a suit seeking to disqualify Hon. Bago from contesting the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly. In the suit, marked FHC/ ABJ/CS/598/2019, with Bago, All Progressives Congress (APC) and Polaris Bank Plc as 1st to 3rd respondents and filed on…

A former serial killer nurse has been convicted of murdering at least 85 patients at two hospitals in northern Germany and handed a life sentence. Judge Sebastian Buehrmann described Niels Högel’s killing spree as “incomprehensible”. Högel, who is already serving life for two murders, administered lethal doses of heart medication to people in his care between 1999 and 2005. He is believed to be the most prolific killer in Germany’s modern history. Prosecutors said he attacked patients in order to impress colleagues by subsequently trying to revive them. A former colleague told the German newspaper Bild that Högel was nicknamed…

Rihanna is the richest female musician in the world, according to Forbes’ annual rich list. RiRi has an estimated fortune of $600 million (£471m) with the bulk of that coming from her Fenty beauty range, though her last studio album Anti came out in 2016. The 31-year-old singer has accumulated a $600 million fortune, edging out other famous women in music including Madonna with $570 million, Céline Dion with $450 million and Beyoncé with $400 million. However, the 31-year-old has been putting her efforts into her beauty, lingerie and clothing ranges. Rihanna – real name Robyn Rihanna Fenty – launched Fenty Beauty…

By Gab Efo Like a meteor, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba is almost a fast rising star in the political landscape of Nigeria. Nwajiuba represented Obowo/Ehime Mbano/Ihite Uboma Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. In 2002, he made attempts to contest for the governorship of Imo State under the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) but he failed to actualise his ambition owing largely to the consensus in the party that his senatorial district with six local government areas was too weak to challenge an incumbent who hailed from a senatorial district with 12 local government areas.…

Tension is brewing in Kano ancient city as Governor Abdullahi Ganduje administration has allegedly perfected plans to dethrone Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Recall that three months after the outspoken Emir had cautioned politicians in the state against acts capable of plunging the state into political crisis, Ganduje appears bent on dethroning the monarch. The state Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has already recommended the suspension of the controversial former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over an alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion. The monarch had in the second week of February this year warned against plunging…

Gianni Infantino has been re-elected president of football governing body FIFA for a four-year term lasting till 2023. The 49-year-old Swiss national was elected by acclamation as the sole candidate at the FIFA congress in Paris. Infantino has served as president since his election in February 2016 to complete the term of his predecessor, Joseph Blatter, who is serving a six-year football ban. The president told the 211 member associations before the vote that FIFA had come a long way since being embroiled in a series of corruption scandals that helped bring down Blatter in 2015. “The last three years…

Less than three months after it signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Railway Construction Corporation (international) Nigeria Limited, the Ghanaian Ministry of Railways Development has pulled out of the deal. Straightnews reported on Sunday, June 2 that Nigeria and Ghana had entered into a pact with China Railways Construction Corporation (CRCC) for the building of railways in their countries at $2 billion for 560 kilometres and 156 kilometres respectively. Announcing the development in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, the ministry cited alleged breach of confidentiality as reason for the action. The Nation reported that the withdrawal was triggered by a…

Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, has expressed confidence that Nigeria would soon overcome its security challenges. Babangida, who spoke with newsmen Tuesday in Minna, expressed optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would tackle and end the skirmishes in some parts of the country “very soon”. “What is required now is for Nigerians to rally round the President to enable him provide adequate security and good leadership. “The people’s support will help the President to succeed; he needs everyone’s cooperation to trudge on to success,” he said. He stressed the need for Nigerians to remain peaceful and pray for peace to…

The Presidency said President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Saudi Arabia for Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting was in the national interest. Buhari’s attendance of the meeting has generated criticisms from many Nigerians who argued that the country had no business attending the meeting, Nigeria being a secular state. But Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said in a statement that the President acted in “the overall national interest”, and “preferred not to worry about the storms” generated by his critics. The statement read: ”On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari delivered the address of…