-Agency ReportsUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have held their first phone call since July 2022.According to the statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov told Blinken that the media has "inflated" the story, and that Gershkovich has allegedly been "caught red-handed trying
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President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the victory of Nigerian-born boxer, Anthony Joshua, over Jermaine Franklin.The Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja.According to Adesina, the President commended the former three-time world heavyweight champion, adding that he has demonstrated that by hard
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The Labour Party campaign council has urged the public to disregard allegations of religious bigotry in a viral audio from an alleged phone conversation between Peter Obi and Bishop David Oyedepo.The now-viral audio between Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, and Oyedepo, president of Living Faith Church
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has vowed to take legal action against police officers who arrested three lawyers preparing a petition against the outcome of the Rivers State governorship election.This was disclosed in a statement signed by the NBA President, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN, yesterday.The lawyers namely, Jerry Aondo, Dr.
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Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, Davido latest album ‘Timeless’ has broken the record for the all-time biggest first day streams for any album on music streaming platforms– Spotify Nigeria and Boomplay.This has added to the plethora of milestones the album attained since Davido announced the release of the much anticipated 4th studio
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the results of the February 25 presidential election.The team of lawyers will be led by Abubakar Mahmoud, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).Other members of the legal team include Stephen Adehi (SAN),
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The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Prof. Rufai Alkali, has resigned from the position.Alkali confirmed this in a letter addressed to the National Secretary of the party.According to him, his decision to step down was to give room for a fresh hand to take over.“I am
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared a Port Harcourt-based popular prophetess and founder of Christ Power Adoration Ministries, Faith Ugochi; and a celebrity couple, Igho Ubiribo and Danielle Simba Allen, wanted for recruiting teenage girls into drug trafficking.The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday
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The governors of the 36 states of the federation will on Tuesday meet with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the security votes in their respective domains.Also expected at the meeting are the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission
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The management of Ibom Air has apologised to the airline’s passengers on an Abuja-Lagos flight on Friday evening, March 31, 2023, over the disruptive and unruly attitude of a passenger onboard, which caused one-hour delay of the flight.There were viral reports and videos on the social media of a scene
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