I’ve no regret over my statement, they started it, we suffered — Jingir
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo KADUNA — Islamic cleric and leader of the Izala Scholars Council, Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir, has said he has no regret over his recent declaration of support for a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, despite criticisms trailing the statement. Jingir, who spoke in an interview with BBC Hausa monitored by our correspondent on Wednesday, […]
I was drugged, forced to sleep with 30 men a day — Teenager dv/sav/Svagsdbzdz
By Matthew Johnson LAGOS—Emotions ran high at the Lagos State Police Command yesterday, when a 16-year-old girl, Chidinma, narrated how she was allegedly trafficked from Imo State to Lagos and forced into prostitution for four months, during which she was made to sleep with 30 men daily, beaten repeatedly, and denied payment. The teenager, who said […]
Kenneth Okonkwo rejects Atiku-Amaechi ticket, cites South-East marginalisation
By Enitan Abdultawab Actor-turned-politician Kenneth Okonkwo has withdrawn his support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar following the emergence of former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi as the vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 election. Okonkwo announced his position in a statement posted on his X account on Monday, shortly […]
Court orders INEC to deregister ADC, Accord, three others
“ADC and the four other parties performed poorly in 2023 elections, and by-elections conducted by INEC; they failed to win seats across key tiers of government”
Xenophobia: ‘Our artistes’ shows are being cancelled across Africa’ — South African minister
“We can’t lie about the backlash, and that is why part of the work that we are doing as government, as well through DECO, is engagement with businesses abroad, South African companies abroad.
Senators unhappy with Akpabio; he sees me as devil — Oshiomhole
“He (Akpabio) is so paranoid about anything that has to do with me. Everybody in the Senate knows that if Senator Akpabio have his way, he will lock me out of the senate because he has misled himself into thinking that I am probably the devil he knows. There are many angels he doesn’t know,” he said.
