The NEO AFRICANA CENTRE has said that the just released report of the BBC which exposed the alterations and falsifications that characterized the February 25 presidential elections in Nigeria is a reconfirmation of the doubts and misgivings which Nigerians have been expressing about the conduct and outcome of the elections. The BBC had, on May 16, released a damning report of how the presidential election was compromised in Rivers State to pave way for a Bola Tinubu victory at the polls. The highlight of the report was the suppression of votes earned by Peter Obi and their attribution to Bola…
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The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has described the late former Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Sunday Mbang as one of the most patriotic Nigerians who were sincere in words and actions. Obi in a condolence message to the family and the Methodist Church of Nigeria said he received the sad news of the death of His Eminence, Sunday Coffie Mbang, a former Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria with shock. He was a man known to be sincere in words and actions. The Presidential flag bearer noted as a Prelate, Prelate…
A State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued a bench warrant against a former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Rivers State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, Tonye Cole. The presiding judge, Chinwendu Nwogu, also issued a bench warrant against Sahara Energy Resources Limited, Chamberlain Peterside, NG Powers, HPs Limited, and Cenpropsaroten Management Limited over failure to appear before the court to answer to criminal charges against them. The criminal charges filed afresh in January by the Rivers State Government against these defendants is a lawsuit on misappropriation of public…
The Appeal Court, Abuja Division, has set aside the injunction granted by the High Court of Kogi State restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from the investigation and prosecution of officials of the state. The EFCC had, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, filed a motion before the Appellate Court, asking for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Kogi State High Court in Suit No: HCL/696/2022 between Kogi State Government and the Commission, and Others delivered on December 12, 2022 as well as the consequential order made on the February 6, 2023. In a unanimous judgment…
President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu is deeply shocked to learn of the attack on United States Embassy convoy just hours after his telephone call with the Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He expresses his sympathy and condolences with the US Government and families of the four personnel killed in the horrific attack at Ogabru, Anambra State. President elect Tinubu has been making his own enquiries into the persons responsible and their motives and will do all he can to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice. Security is one of the cardinal issues on the agenda of Asíwájú Tinubu and will…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says all Direct Entry (DE) candidates will henceforth be required to write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination along with other candidates. JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement yesterday, said this was for Direct Entry candidates to justify the possession of their A’level certificates. He said this was a major policy change to holistically address all loopholes giving rise to abuses in the Direct Entry admission processes. “This policy is to be situated within the ambit of the Board’s relentless efforts aimed at enhancing the growth of the nation’s education sector as it would…
Popular Nigerian Musician, David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido, and his American counterpart, Chris Brown are working on a joint album. He said, they had already recorded ten tracks for their collaborative project. Davido revealed this as a guest on the recent episode of the Bootleg Kev Podcast. He said, he loves working with Chris Brown because he will always show up for video shoots and go on tour with collaborators. If i were to do a collab album with anyone from the states, it will definitely be Chris, David said. David and Chris got like ten songs and people…
Popular Nollywood Actress, Laide Bakare, shares photo with Late Murphy Afolabi. Bakara shared the photo on her Facebook page on Monday, May 15, 2023. She wrote: “So Hard To Say Goodbye, Still In Shock”.
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Polaris Bank clarifies issue with Anthony Olasele’s account Polaris Bank Plc has expressed dismay at the resort to misleading social media posts by one of its customers, Anthony Olasele, in spite of efforts by the Bank so far to treat the customer’s protest. In a bid to clarify the misunderstanding on the customer’s account, the management of the bank said in a statement that, “Further to our earlier post, we wish to reiterate the following.Polaris Bank did not declare the customer dead, but was in receipt of court documents stating so, and the Bank in such circumstance, has a duty…