The pan-northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum, on Wednesday, came hard on Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), for declaring that any political party that fielded a northern candidate in the 2023 presidential election would lose. The group argued that the governor, being a senior legal practitioner,… Read More
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The pan-northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum, on Wednesday, came hard on Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), for declaring that any political party that fielded a northern candidate in the 2023 presidential election would lose. The group argued that the governor, being a senior legal practitioner,… Read More
Two factions of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University chapter, are divided over the decision to join the looming national industrial action over the welfare of members. The two factions led by Prof. Okey Aniebo and Prof. Osita Chiaghanm met in separate congresses on Tuesday and arrived at different conclusion. Prof…. Read More
Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in a jihadist terrorist rampage that killed 130 people in coordinated attacks across Paris in November 2015, has told a French court he had never killed or wounded anyone. French-Moroccan Abdeslam, is the only surviving member of the Islamist group alleged to have carried out the gun and bomb attacks on six restaurants and bars, the Bataclan concert hall and national soccer stadium in Paris. He is the only defendant among the 20 defendants to be directly accused of murder, attempted murder and hostage-taking. Police believe his explosive vest malfunctioned while he was attempting…
The body of a 70-year-old woman has been found in her house in Italy, two years after her death. Marinella Beretta’s decomposed body was discovered by the Como fire brigade following complaints that a tree had fallen in her garden as a result of overgrown vegetation, Como City Hall press officer Francesca Manfredi said on Wednesday, February 9. Before her death, she lived alone near Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy. Manfredi said the cause of Beretta’s death is unknown, and the coroner has established that she died sometime toward the end of 2019, based on the level of…
Fans have taken to social media to berate sportswear giant, Adidas after they announced on Wednesday, February 9, an end to sponsorship of West Ham Footballer Kurt Zouma. Zouma, a black French footballer has been under heavy criticism after a video surfaced on Sunday showing him kick his cat severally. His club have fined him £250,000 for the act, the pets have been seized from him while Adidas announced a termination to its endorsement of the footballer. Meanwhile in 2014, Luis Suarez, a white Uruguayan footballer was only warned by Adidas after he racially abused Manchester United footballer, Patrice Evra.…
Nollywood actor, Blossom Chukwujekwu’s ex wife, Maureen Esisi and Big Brother Naija star Cross have set tongues wagging after getting sensual in a new pre-valentine video they shared. With Muni Long’s Hrs and Hrs song playing in the background, Cross who wore a t-shirt at the beginning of the video, pulled it off as Maureen twerked for him. The duo also made some raunchy moves, with the reality show star running his fingers on Maureen’s body and eventually carrying her out of the room towards the end of the video. The video shared with the caption “We be Tiktoking for…
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige has accused ASUU ofwhipping up sentiments against the Federal Government to attract sympathy to its planned strike. Ngige who was reacting to the lecturers’ threat of engaging in another round of strike to protest their yet-to-be met demands which include the full implementation of their 2009 agreement with the Nigerian government, insisted that the Buhari-led administration has been implementing the Memorandum of Action signed in 2020 with the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister stated that the federal government released N70 billion in 2021 for both Revitalisation of Public Universities (N30…
Popular Nigerian singer and songwriter, Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, professionally known as Oxlade is yet to release an official statement since his s3x tape got leaked online. A check on his social media accounts by our correspondent shows that Oxlade has not shared any content on his account in the past 24 hours. The last activity of the singer on his Twitter account was a retweet of his picture with legendary singer, 2baba. While his last post on his Instagram account is a picture of him dishing outlines in a studio session. Unlike the case of Tiwa Savage who was quick…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has berated Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, over his comment on the Northern presidency. On Tuesday, Akeredolu had declared that any political party that fields a northern candidate in the 2023 presidential election will lose. He maintained that in the spirit of fairness and justice, the person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari should be a southerner as the north would have completed eight straight years of leadership by 2023. The governor spoke on Tuesday at his office in Akure the Ondo State capital when he played host to…