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Obaseki Appoints 38-Year-Old Omobayo As Deputy Gov After Shaibu’s Sack

Obaseki Appoints 38-Year-Old Omobayo As Deputy Gov After Shaibu’s Sack

In the early hours of Monday morning, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State appointed Omobayo Marvellous Godwins as his new deputy, following the impeachment of the former Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, by the Edo State House of Assembly. Omobayo Marvellous Godwins is currently 38 years old and hails from Akoko-Edo, Edo North Senatorial District. Shaibu’s impeachment came after the State Assembly adopted the report of a seven-man panel that investigated allegations of misconduct against him. The panel, led by retired Justice S. A. Omonuwa, held its inaugural sitting last Wednesday in Benin, concluding on Friday after Shaibu or his counsel…
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Malawian Ex-convict Moses Dzimbiri, impersonating immigration officers to con travellers.

Malawian Ex-convict Moses Dzimbiri, impersonating immigration officers to con travellers.

The Malawi Embassy in Nigeria has been alerted of a worrisome development involving her citizen, Moses Dzimbiri of Blantyre, Malawi, who has been impersonating his country by posing as an immigration officer to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians of their hard-earned money.  In his latest stunt,  a young Nigerian who needed a business VISA to Malawi was introduced to Moses in November 2023. Mr. Moses said his brother has been working with the Malawian immigration in his country where he too was a staff before traveling out of the country.  The client from Nigeria innocently trusted him after getting convinced of his…
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Spokesperson for Peter Obi slams Tinubu’s aide.

Spokesperson for Peter Obi slams Tinubu’s aide.

Dr. Yunusa Tanko, the Chief Spokesman for the Obi/ Datti 2003 Presidential Campaign, has criticized Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, for accusing LP candidate Peter Obi of inciting “religious and ethnic” issues to promote his political aspirations. Onanuga made the statement during an appearance on the ‘Mic On podcast’, hosted by journalist Seun Okinbaloye of Channels Television. He also alleged that Obi’s supporters were eager to see the failure of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. According to Onanuga, “What I know about the Obi campaign was that, for the first time in a very…
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The Untold Story of Osisi-Kankwu:  Igbo land’s most notorious kidnapper.

The Untold Story of Osisi-Kankwu:  Igbo land’s most notorious kidnapper.

There are kidnappers but the story of Obiọma Nwankwo, popularly known as Osisikankwu will always remain indelible in the history of kidnapping in Nigeria. His was a story of an obdurate fellow who recruited more than 3000 men into the nefarious job of kidnapping that terrorised the whole of Abia State especially Aba and environs, even down to Obigbo in Rivers State. If you had lived in Aba circa 2007- 2010, you would understand definitely what I am saying. It got so terrible that at a point that people living across Ariaria junction of Aba was sacked as the kidnappings…
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Ondo: A trader knifed to death by a soldier over cost of a carpet.

Ondo: A trader knifed to death by a soldier over cost of a carpet.

A 27-year-old trader was fatally stabbed by a supposed soldier on Saturday in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, over the cost of a carpet. After the event, which occurred in the Arakale neighborhood of Akure, some irate local business owners and coworkers of the deceased blocked off the area's main thoroughfares. Newsmen were informed by an eyewitness, going by only Chibuka, that the dispute began when the deceased attempted to stop the man from abusing and assaulting a fellow dealer who is a nursing mother over a carpet's pricing. According to him, the dead and the "customer" got into…
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