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Dec

2024

Port Harcourt To Quake This December As AkuruoUlo International Conference Holds In Grand Style

News Flash, People & Events, Personality

Press Release Port Harcourt to quake in December as AkuruoUlo International Conference holds for it's International Conference and Awards The oil city of Port Harcourt will quake on 20 th of December,2024 when Ndigbo and friends of Ndigbo will gather for the AkuruoUlo International Conference and Awards. Who is who in igboland and Diaspora are expected at the occasion that will witness Lectures, speeches, Awards and other side attractions The chairman of the local organising committee of the event Dr Emmanuel Emeka assured Ndigbo of a great event .He noted that the award will be for Ndigbo that have invested…

Dec

2024

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German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier Arrives Nigeria

FGN, Foreign Affairs, International, News Flash

German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier Arrives In Nigeria. German Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has arrived in Nigeria for a three-day official visit, GISTSMATE MEDIA is reporting. He was received at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The visit will be the third exchange between both countries on the level of head of state or government since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s inauguration. The German president will be accompanied to Nigeria by industries captains and other top ranking board members of most successful companies in the fields of IT, high tech…

Dec

2024

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More Trouble As Senior Lawyer From Afe Babalola’s Law Firm Sues Farotimi For N500 Million, Makes Fresh Demand

Human Rights, Judiciary, News Flash

More Trouble As Senior Lawyer From Afe Babalola’s Law Firm Sues Farotimi For N500 Million, Makes Fresh Demand A leading figure of Afe Babalola’s law firm has sued Dele Farotimi for N500 million over his alleged defamatory book in a legal effort that also seeks to stop the distribution of the fast-selling book. Kehinde Ogunwumiju, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and managing partner at Afe Babalola & Co., alleged in his suit that Mr Farotimi’s book, titled, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System,’ is defamatory against the law firm and its lawyers. He stated in the suit filed at the…

Dec

2024

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Nwifuru: Ebonyi Governor’s Father Who Married 30 Wives, Has 108 Children, Becomes King

News Flash, People & Events, South East

Nwifuru: Ebonyi Gov’s Father Who Married 30 Wives, Has 108 Children, Becomes King The father of Ebonyi State governor, Chief Ezekiel Nwifuru Nwankpu, who has 30 wives, has been coronated the traditional of ruler Oferekpe Agbaja Autonomous Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that Ezeogo Nwifuru Nwankpu married 30 wives before those who could not bear children left the marriage. There are now 17 wives currently living with Ezeogo Nwankpu Nwifuru. – King Nwifuru And His Wives.The traditional ruler, who is a well known farmer, gave birth to total of 108 children from the…

Dec

2024

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Drama As Edo Governor, Okpebholo Struggles To Pronounce Budget Amount At state Assembly

Gossips, House Of Assembly, News Flash

Drama As Edo Governor, Okpebholo Struggles To Pronounce Budget Amount At State Assembly Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, was captured in a video struggling to pronounce the figure for the state’s 2025 budget. Okpebholo was sworn-in as governor in November after winning the off-cycle election in October. The governor presented an estimated N605 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal year at the Edo State House of Assembly. The budget, titled “Budget of Renewed Hope for a Rising Edo,” reflects a 25 percent increase over the 2024 budget. While unveiling the Appropriation Bill, the governor noticeably stuttered as he tried…

Dec

2024

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Miyatti Allah President Arrested By Army – Family Confirms

Crime, News Flash, Religion, Security

Miyatti Allah President Arrested By Army – Family Says The family of Bello Bodejo, president of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has raised the alarm over the arrest and detention of Badejo by men of the Nigerian Army. In a statement, Suleiman Waziri, Bodejo’s brother, said the Miyetti Allah leader was arrested on Tuesday at his office in Maliya, Nasarawa state by officers of the 117 battalion of the Nigerian Army. Waziri said Bodejo was arrested over an incident involving some herders and a retired army general in the Tudun Wada area of Nasarawa. “On the 8th of December 2024, an…

Dec

2024

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Peter Obi Visits Afe Babalola Over Farotimi’s Defamation Case

Human Rights, News Flash, Politics

Obi Visits Afe Babalola Over Farotimi’s Defamation Case The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Monday evening reportedly visited the renowned legal icon and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola in his office in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital. Obi was warmly received by the top aide of Babalola who subsequently ushered him in for a closed-door meeting. The Nation reliably gathered that Obi’s visit to Babalola was in connection with ongoing court case preferrred against human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi. Impeccable sources disclosed that the visit was reportedly arranged by former…

Dec

2024

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Every Society Gets The Kind Of Leadership It Deserves – Gov. Otti

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash

EVERY SOCIETY GETS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP IT DESERVES - GOV. OTTI Abia State Governor Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has said that every society gets the kind of leadership it deserves. The Governor made the statement on Sunday, 8th December, at the Holy Ghost Day Bible Church, Amuzukwu, Umuahia North LGA. In his words, "I also do know that no society can be better than the leadership. And there is a saying that every society gets the kind of leadership that it deserves. People will argue but that is true because whatever you don't allow will not happen. So if…

Dec

2024

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Trump Says He’ll Attempt To End Birthright US Citizenship

International, News Flash, World News

Trump Says Will Attempt To End Birthright US Citizenship President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday he would “have to” deport all undocumented immigrants in the United States, as he doubled down on his hardline campaign pledges including ending birthright citizenship. “You have to do it,” he said during an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after being asked if he planned on deporting “everyone who is here illegally over the next four years” of his term. He also used his first formal television interview after the November election to insist he would end birthright citizenship — enshrined…

Dec

2024

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Northerners Should Wait For 2031 Presidency – SGF Akume

Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics

Northerners Should Wait For 2031 Presidency – SGF Akume The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, has said that those eyeing the presidency from the North in 2027 should wait till 2031. He also has appealed to Nigerians to allow the bills to scale through required legislative processes stating that the bills were well envisioned for Nigerians. Akume, who gave the admonition while featuring on the Politics on Sunday programme of Television Continental, anchored by Femi Akande, assured Nigerians that President Bola Tinubu has not lost goodwill among Nigerians as a result of tax reform bills…