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How can oppressed Lawyers represent their oppressed clients – Lawyer narrates how his junior colleague was humiliated in court by her boss who’s a Senior Advocate of Nigeria
Twitter user, @Egi_nupe has narrated how his junior colleague was humiliated by her boss who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The lawyer in a series of tweets he shared said the junior colleague knelt down and was talked down on by her boss for coming late to the Court of Appeal for the hearing of their case in the public glare of the court attendants He called on the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA to look into such situations as he wondered how oppressed lawyers will be able to defend their oppressed clients
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Religious groups, Media, Nigerians themselves, others have hijacked Nigeria – UI don, Oludayo Tade
A senior lecturer in the department of Sociology at the University of Ibadan, Oludayo Tade, has revealed that Nigeria has been hijacked by five categories of people. Tade while delivering a public lecture titled “Rescuing Nigeria from its abductors”, expressed that those five categories of people include; religious leaders, ethnic champions, the journalists, endorsers and Nigerians themselves are the ones holding the country in captivity. He said: “There are five different people who abducted Nigeria. “Religious groups have hijacked Nigeria. They have abducted the country. Poverty, unemployment and hunger does not know any religion. But, religious leaders are claiming that…
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2023: If Tinubu wins, he will declare his assets for everybody to see – APC chieftain, Farouk Aliyu
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Farouk Aliyu has stated that the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu will declare his assets if he wins next year’s election He said this while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics today. He explained that as a two-time governor, investigations about Tinubu’s source of wealth and educational background have been carried out but nothing bad was found about them. “While people rarely question politicians’ source of wealth, the situation is now different. “Now, if you are coming to public glare – you are looking for an office like that of…
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Second Niger Bridge is completed – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has announced the completion of the Second Niger Bridge. Fashola disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the unveiling of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard series (2015-2023). He however stated that the connecting roads to the bridge are still under construction According to Fashola: “Second Niger Bridge is completed. What is remaining is a 4km interchange road at the Asaba end and 2km out of a 7km link road at the Onitsha end. “The first thing we did when we came into power was we expanded our budget on road infrastructure, sought alternative…
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Does God really exist, He should have taken my life while I was struggling – Nigerian man laments after a bus he saved up money to buy to start a logistics business got completely burnt
A Nigerian man has taken to social media to lament the destruction of a bus it took him three years to acquire. The bus which he uses for his logistics business went up in flames hours after work started. On Monday, October 17, he took to his Twitter handle to express his joy after purchasing the bus. Posting photos of the bus, he wrote;”After 3 years of starving/saving I got myself this car which I will be using for interstate journey in parking loads for people, it has not been an easy task after loosing my job. Plz guys say…
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Wike: It is consistent with his style to endorse the candidate of other parties – Osita Chidoka
Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, said endorsement of candidates from other political parties is “consistent” with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s style of politics. He said this reacting to the endorsement of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwolu for a second term by Wike. Chidoka who is the spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign noted that Wike did the same thing in Anambra state during it’s election “This is not the first time he’s doing it. In Anambra, during the Anambra governorship election, he did not support the PDP candidate. He said it’s against his conscience to fight against…
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One month old wedding packs up after wife finds videos of her husband having sex with underaged boys
Media Personality, @Aya_Kleo has disclosed how a month old marriage has packed up after the wife discovered some disturbing things about her husband According to Aya, the wife found disturbing videos of her husband having sex with underage boys. She further shared that the husband is currently at large as the town Chief of the area is in search of him In her words;”This marriage thing is getting scarier o,because you don’t even know what to expect. Wedding of one gbn adugbo that i went to last month has scattered because, the wife saw multiple disturbing videos of her husband…
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Bandits kill village head, abduct his two wives and three others in Plateau
Bandits have killed the village head of Nyalun community in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau identified as Malam Sunusi Idris Haruna (Sarkin Nyalun). The incident which happened on Monday Night, October 17, 2022 saw the death of two residents and abduction of five others including the village head’s two wives Acording to residents, the gunmen invaded the community around 8:pm on motorcycles and started shooting sporadically. “The attackers came in their numbers and started shooting sporadically. They went straight to the traditional ruler’s house, killed him and abducted five members of his family,” the youth leader said. “The also…
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I pray for People like El-Rufai to concentrate on doing things to better the lives of Nigerians rather than engage in hate speech – Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has reacted to an allegation by Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, linking him to his arrest in Anambra State years back. El-Rufai, at an interactive session organised by Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna on Monday, claimed he was detained nine years ago in Anambra for 48 hours on the orders of Mr Obi, the then governor of the state. He further stated that he would not retaliate following Obi’s visit to Kaduna Reacting to this, the former Anambra governor described El-Rufai’s comment as a reckless one which should not have…
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I will vote for Peter Obi if he can restructure Nigeria – Sheikh Gumi
Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has said he will vote for Peter Obi of Labour Party if he can restructure Nigeria if elected President in 2023. The bandits’ negotiator made the remark yesterday in Kaduna while hosting the former governor of Anambra State and Datti Baba-Ahmed; his running mate. According to Gumi: “As you come here (Kaduna) people will like to hear your views about restructuring Nigeria; Nigeria has been restructuring itself from independence to date. It was never static, but I want to know about views on restructuring so that I can write on my Facebook page `this…
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Atiku shouldn’t expect any substantial vote from the East, any Igbo man supporting him ‘is doing Yahoo-Yahoo’- Ohanaeze
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has told the Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic party PDP Atiku Abubakar Atiku not to entertain any hope of polling any significant vote from the South-East in the 2023 general elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, he urged the PDP candidate not to “squander his time and resources for any reason in the South-east and Igbo-speaking areas of South/south and Middle belt.” He further stated that though the PDP Vice Presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa was a true Igbo son, he was in the…
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Catholic priest abducted in Anambra state
A Priest with the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha identified as Rev. Fr. Joseph Igweagu has been abducted by unknown gunmen The incident happened on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 while the priest was returning to his house after celebrating a Funeral Vigil Mass at Umunnachi in Njikoka Council area of the state The sad news was made known in a statement released by the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha and signed by the Archdiocesan Chancellor of Catholics Archdiocese of Onitsha, Rev. Fr. Prudentius Emeja Aroh “It is with shock but strong faith in the love and protection of God that we announce…
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