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A United Kingdom-based pastor and Founder of Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church, Tobi Adegboyega, has gifted Davido’s fiancee, Chioma Rowland a Hermes Birkin bag. But his gesture has earned him series of condemnations from those who believe the cost of the bag is too high and such funds could make many poor people and members of his church get out of poverty. Davido, alongside Chioma and other members of his team had reportedly paid a visit to the pastor at his residence in London. In a video sighted by the NPO Reports through popular Instagram blogger’s post, Tunde Ednut, @mufasatundeednut, shows…

Operatives of Adamawa State Police command have arrested a 40-year-old man, Barnabas Abduneza over alleged murder of a minor. Abduneza, a resident of Kpasham, a village in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, allegedly attacked the deceased and her mother last week, September 29, in Kadamti village, leading to the death of the minor and severe injury on the mother. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sulaiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday,saying that having received a distress call in respect with the incident,the operatives attached to Numan Division, men of operation Farauta and some good…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has likened the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu to a drug baron. Atiku was responding to a claim by the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo. Keyamo had likened Atiku to a bus conductor applying for a driver’s job. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment said Atiku was only hanging onto the achievements of his former boss, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Keyamo stressed that the former Vice President has no achievement to sell to Nigerians ahead of the 2023 presidential…

Spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign, Festus Keyamo on Friday replied his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Dino Melaye, describing the opposition party as a leopard that cannot change its spot. Mr Melaye had earlier issued a statement claiming the APC was not ready for elections and governance. Responding,the APC Presidential Campaign Council in a statement signed by the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo SAN on Friday stated that this most outlandish statement, coming from the PDP at a time it has become the theatre of the most absurd in the country, is most…

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, said he was elected to return the party to power; and not to loot or mismanage party funds. Recall that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and some party leaders have alleged that Ayu is corrupt and has embezzled some party funds. Ayu in his first reaction since the allegation of corruption and bribery levelled against him by Wike noted that he has many faults as a human being but stealing was not part of it. He added that,the NWC under his leadership is being guided by…

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Chief Vincent Ogbulafor has reportedly died in Canada. NPO Reports learnt that Ogbulafor, most remembered for his boast that the then ruling party would rule Nigeria for 60 years uninterrupted, reportedly died after slumping. The later Ogbulafor had emerged the National Chairman of the party in 1988, went into election and won the presidential election in 1999. As at the time of filing this report, there was no official response from the PDP as the party Ogbulafor once led. Attempts to speak with some of the leaders of the party were…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that Nigerians will soon hear from President Muhammadu Buhari on the way forward on the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Gbajabiamila, who spoke on Friday at the State House after a follow-up meeting between the leadership of the House and the President, disclosed that the outcome of the meeting would soon be made known by the President. Recall that the leadership of the House had on Tuesday presented a report containing recommendations following meetings with stakeholders in the ongoing ASUU-FG…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that petrol subsidy has been a recurring and most controversial public policy issue in the country since the early eighties. The president, however, affirmed that it’s current fiscal impact has clearly shown that the is no longer sustainable. Buhari said this on Friday during the presentation of the proposed 2023 budget amounting to N20.51trn to the national assembly, in Abuja. “As we seek to grow our government revenues, we must also focus on the efficiency of utilisation of our limited resources. Critical steps we are taking include immediate implementation of additional measures towards…

*Proposes N470bn for Revitalization The president, Muhammadu Buhari has said the government alone can no longer bear the burdens of funding public tertiary institutions in the country. This was just as he announced that his administration has allocated a sum of N470bn for the revitalization and salary enhancement in tertiary institutions in the next budget. Speaking at the joint sitting of the National Assembly on the presentation of the 2023 billion budget on Friday, the president stated that it is important to bear in mind that the Federal government alone cannot supply all the resources needed to fund tertiary…

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised additional 2,000 kilometres of roads and bridges to be constructed under the Road Infrastructure Tax Credit Scheme. The president disclosed this when he presented the 2023 budget proposal of N20.5 trillion at the joint session of the National Assembly (NASS), on Friday in Abuja. He said: “We are undertaking the construction and rehabilitation of about 2,000 kilometres of roads and bridges, nationwide, to be financed by the grant of tax credits to investing private companies.’’ The president said that his administration had made appreciable progress in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of key road networks…