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A yet-to-be-identified woman who has the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has confessed on live radio that she has been injecting her blood into the zobo drinks she sells to her customer. During a radio programme on Wazobia FM, MarketRunz; the presenters of the shows asked Nigerians to call in and state something bad they have done that they are not proud of. However, a lady called in to state that she has been diagnosed with HIV but does not have the money to treat herself. The lady further revealed that she sells zobo drinks and for over six months she…

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo on Thursday said the purported investments by his predecessor in office, Peter Obi are worth next to nothing. Obi is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Before clinching the party’s ticket, he governed Anambra from 2006 to 2014. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Soludo said he is not aware of any investment in the state by any of his predecessors. “I think there was something I read about somebody speculating about whatever investment. With what I’ve seen today, the value of those investments is worth next to nothing. So, let’s…

The spokesperson of the Orji Uzor Kalu Campaign Organization, Comrade Sunny Idika has said that the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu is rated in the class of Sardauna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa, Aminu Kano and other prominent leaders of the country. He expressed satisfaction with the performance of Kalu, who is the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, noting that the people of the zone were proud of Kalu's representation. Speaking on ABN TV's Political Perspective, Idika said while Kalu was governor, students in Abia State enjoyed free education as well as free health care…

 Former Senator representing Imo North, Ifeanyi Araraume, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court over his alleged unlawful removal as non Executive Chairman of the newly incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC). In suit filed at a Federal High Court in Abuja, Araraume demanded N100bn compensation as damages caused him in the alleged unlawful manner he was removed as the NNPC chief after using his name to incorporate the company. The suit was instituted on Araraume’s behalf by a consortium of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) comprising Chief Chris Uche, Ahmed Raji, Mahmud Magaji, Ogwu James Onoja, K.C Nwufor and…

The Alex Otti Campaign Council has expressed dismay at the Abia State Government’s decision to stop the Labour Party from using the Ngwa High School Aba for the flag off of his governorship campaign. The school was the proposed venue for the party’s flag off campaign slatted to hold on November 10, 2023. Abia State Government had on Tuesday warned the party not to disrupt academic activities at Ngwa High School, Aba for anypolitical rally. In a letter addressed to the party chairman in the state and copied to the State Security Service and the Commissioner of Police in the…

Gospel artiste, Mercy Chinwo, on Tuesday, performed at the flag-off of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship campaigns in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Wearing a yellow beret and a purple print blouse, she sang her usual gospel melody to the political gathering. Her performance was caught in a live stream shared on the Facebook page of the state governor, Emmanuel Udom. Also, singer Harrysong, performed at the same event. See photos below:

Kano State Magistrate Court has ordered 20 lashes each on two Kano State-based standup comedians, Mubarak Isa Muhammad and Nazifi Muhammad Bala for defaming the character of Kano State governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on their Tiktok accounts. Magistrate Aminu Muhammad Gabari in his ruling also ordered the duo to sweep and wash the toilets on the premises of the Magistrates Court located at No-Man’s-Land area of Kano for 30 days. He further directed that 20 lashes each be administered in the public and also sweeping and washing toilets of Justice Aloma Mukthar Court Complex in No-man’s Land in the…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. Justice Chizoba Oji, in a ruling, held that “the Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is in contempt of the orders of this honourable court made on November 21st 2018 directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja to return to the applicant his Range Rover (Super charge) and the sum of N40, 000,000.00 (Forty Million…