Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023. The court further dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress for lacking in merit. The state’s Election…
That Nollywood star actress cum politician, Tonto Dikehhas dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) is an established fact. Be that as it may, Tonto who was the deputy governorship candidate of the ADC in Rivers State during the 2023 election has revealed to everyone that cares to know why she defected…
The Group Managing Director/CEO United Bank for Africa (UBA), Oliver Alawuba has been bestowed the Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. Alawuba was conferred with the highest honour for bankers during the Institute’s 2023 investiture ceremony held in Lagos at the weekend, rereceiving the award alongside other 20 distinguished Nigerians across banking, finance and aviation. l-r: Vice Chairman, Senate…
A 500-level veterinary medicine student of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Bauchi State for allegedly killing a 17-year-old. The suspect, Abdullahi Ibrahim, was said to have lured the teenage secondary student with his naked picture and enticed him to meet him for…
Dr. Doyin Okupe, the former campaign Director General of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council has been hospitalised for cancer. SaharaReporters learnt that Okupe, who was the DG for the Peter Obi/ Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed campaign council recently returned from Israel where he was being treated for prostate cancer. However, it was learnt his…
National Bureau of Statistics has said the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N191.65 in September 2022 to N626.21 in September 2023. It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for September 2023 released in Abuja on Saturday. It stated that the September 2023 price of N626.21 represented a 226.75…
A businessman resident in Ibadan, Oyo State, has accused First City Momument Bank (FCMB) of refusing to release some of his funds deposited in an account belonging to a conman despite a high court order. The businessman told FIJ that he sent N730,100 to a supposed currency exchange provider in exchange for pounds on April…
Upwardly mobile Lagos-based socialite and events planner, Akindele Bukola Esther is currently enmeshed in a career threatening scandal and a possible jail term as her fiancée, Abiola Shokunbi caught her pants down with a fellow woman at his Egbeda, Lagos home. The ugly incident happened on Saturday, 5 August 2023. The embattled Bukola, who has…
The popular Sanni Eleju family of Lagos have declared war on one Mrs. Mustapha Olaide Barakat for allegedly sabotaging their sacred tradition on girl-child circumcision. The family has also placed a mouth-watering reward for anyone with useful information on the whereabouts of the woman, who is currently at large. In a statement signed by the…
