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The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman, Mr. Ayu Iyorchia, seems to have gotten himself into another trouble as the party's NWC question's him over missing N9 Billion. The calls for his resignation has gotten another momentum. The Nation reports that members of the party's National Working Committee (NWC), has raised an alarm over the sudden disappearances of the sum of N10 billion in the coffers of the party to N1 billion. The funds were said to have been generated after purchasing nomination forms before the party's primaries nation wide. It was gathered that each member of the NWC was promised a sum of N28 million naira to overlook the disappearance of the funds, the offer was turned down by officials who wants accountability and transparency in the party. A top source who pleaded to remain anonymous said, this new development is beginning to give strength to the calls for Ayu's resignation or sack, something that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his team h

The Nigerian Labour Congress has register their displeasure over the witch-hunt against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by the Nigerian government over non submission of its report for the last five years. ASUU dismissed the claims and said its audited financial returns for the last five years were submitted to the Registrar of Trade Unions as required by the law, prompting NLC to act fast saying the union had submitted its financial report up till 2021. The President of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has submitted a copy of letters to the Registrar of Trade Unions and to the Minister of Labour and Employment, warning against moves to de-register or withdraw ASUU's registration license. In the letter, Wabba urged the Minister to direct the registrar of trade unions not to be used to execute an obnoxious plot against Nigerian workers especially our University lecturers. He said, the plot is a deliberate attempt to frustrate ASUU from submitting its audi

Governor Abdullahi sule of Nasarawa state has offered free medical care to 1,500 indigents of own constituency. The outreach which was powered by the Kwantamania movement, comprises of youths and the elderly from all Nooks and Crannies of the state to complement the effort of governor Abdulahi Sule towards exceeding all Expectations. Speaking on the second day of the 3-day free Medical outreach programme on Thursday at Akwanga Local government area of the state, Sule commends the group for the initiative, aimed at taking care of people who cannot afford to pay their bills despite their health challenges. “Healthcare services is one of the topmost priority of his administration, which is why the state had since started State Health Insurance Scheme to ensure affordable health services to the people.” He said “over over 61,000 persons were so far enrolled and are benefiting from the state health insurance programme.” Adding that the government would do everything possible to ensure th

The vice-presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, has said that he deliberately wore sneakers to the Nigeria Bar Association conference on Monday. Shettima made this revelation in a social media video on Thursday. The former Borno State governor had become a trending topic on social media and even the subject of a 'challenge' over his choice of outfit for the conference. In the trending video, he said, "I was in Lagos for the NBA conference.  It was held in Eko Hotels, it was largely funded by the Lagos State Government, the APC government of Lagos State. Subsequently, they moved to Eko Atlantic city, a product of an idea conceived by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.  "When I sent my recce team... One of the presidential candidates, his team held meetings for three consecutive nights to commit mischief. When I was told it was a hostile crowd. I'm a banker, trained by one of the best bankers in the world. I'm a Jim Ovia boy. I

Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Michael Adebayo Olayinka, popularly known as Ruger, is again at loggerheads with his colleague, Daniel Benson, known as BNXN after the release of his sophomore EP ‘Bad Since 97’. ⁣⁣⁣Following the release of BNXN’s sophomore EP titled ‘Bad Since 97, the artiste on Twitter celebrated his album reaching the number one spot on Nigeria’s Apple Music Album Chart. ⁣⁣ In his post, BNXN used the caption “What if I, What if I, What if I… Cook” which is likely a derivation of Ruger’s hit single ‘Girlfriend’.⁣⁣ The post comes as a swipe at Ruger with whom he recently had a public spat over his hitmaker status.⁣⁣ Ruger reacted with a tweet “Get a solo hit, then talk to me, fatty bum bum.” ⁣  In response to Ruger's tweet, BNXN in a series of tweets wrote, “Man had to body shame? Project #1, and I didn’t have to whine my waist. Think you’re moving funny? I’ll be Sam loco. Let’s go. Baba Fryo swag-jacking pirate.  “The project will ALWAYS be more important than the hit! L

Former Head of State General Sani Abacha is trending again on social media platforms for the infamous ‘Abacha loot’. The Abacha loot is an indeterminate amount of money allegedly stolen from the country and in banks and countries around the world by the former military dictator. These loots have been repatriated from most countries in Europe and America since Abacha's death in 1998. According to United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, the amount of money stolen by Abacha and his cronies which have been repatriated to Nigeria by the U.S has hit over $334.7 million. Many Nigerians humorously wondered how Abacha was able to stash up so much in foreign countries. One of the major conditions for repatriating the looted assets is that the federal government must deploy the funds in funding infrastructure. Checks by The Nation revealed that the recovered monies were principally stashed away in four major countries: 1. Switzerland 2. Jersey Island (UK) 3. United States 4. Liecht