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Dbanj And Former Manager Clash, Dirty Secrets Dug Up

November 15, 2019 8:04 am
When “Tongolo” hit the airwaves in 2005, it was clear that a new music era had dawned in Nigeria. And championing the new course was Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, professionally known as D’banj.
Following the critical acclaim of his first album “No Long Thing”, D’banj’s career grew at an exponential rate. The climax was when he met with American rapper and entrepreneur Kanye West in 2011.

Enter Bankulli. D’banj enlisted Bankulli as his manager after having broken his ties with his former manager, Sunday Are. It was during his time with Bankulli that the pair met with West at the Dubai

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Former Super Eagles Player Found Guilty Of Match-Fixing

November 13, 2019 2:08 pm
A former Nigeria international Dickson Etuhu has been found guilty for attempted match-fixing by a Swedish appeals court.
The Court of Appeals in Stockholm in a release on Wednesday said that Etuhu and an unnamed former player tried to influence AIK keeper Kyriakos “Kenny” Stamatopoulos to fix a match in Sweden’s top division in 2017.

“The content of what the men submitted to the player (Stamatopoulos) was so clear that it should be considered a criminal offer of bribe,” the court said.

Etuhu escaped a jail sentence but

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Remains Of Former Spanish Dictator Franco To Be Exhumed

Remains Of Former Spanish Dictator Franco To Be Exhumed

October 24, 2019 12:28 pm

The remains of Francisco Franco, Spain’s former right-wing dictator, are due to be exhumed on Thursday, after a legal and political battle that raised divisive questions over his legacy.

The plan is to move Franco’s body, via helicopter, from a massive mausoleum in the so-called ‘Valley of the Fallen’, north-west of Madrid, to the Mingorrubio cemetery to the north of the city.

“The exhumation of Franco’s remains should help us reflect on what this means for the image of our country and for democracy,’’ the Deputy Premier, Carmen Calvo, wrote on Twitter.

Franco ruled Spain from 1939, when his …

Why Kogi Panel Cleared Former Deputy Gov Of Misconduct

Why Kogi Panel Cleared Former Deputy Gov Of Misconduct

October 23, 2019 3:36 am

•State assembly failed to call relevant witnesses, present documents
•Could not substantiate four charges, abandoned two pleadings

•Breaches constitution despite these findings

The probe panel, which investigated the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Simon Achuba, on allegations of gross misconduct, returned a not-guilty verdict against him because none of the six-point charge against him was substantiated by the state House of Assembly, our reporters learnt yesterday.

A copy of the report submitted to the state legislature last Friday, upon which the lawmakers summarily removed Achuba from office, despite his clearance, detailed how the legislators either failed to provide …

Botswana President Masisi Says Former Leader Left For Good

Botswana President Masisi Says Former Leader Left For Good

October 22, 2019 11:11 am

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi said Sunday that the defection of his predecessor and former mentor Ian Khama would boost the ruling party’s performance in the upcoming general election.

The dramatic falling out between the former president Khama and his former deputy and hand-picked successor Masisi has shaken the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) ahead of Wednesday’s vote.

The BDP, which has ruled the diamond-rich southern African country since independence in 1966, may face its toughest election yet due to dwindling support and political fragmentation.

Last year, Khama reached the end of his two five-year terms — the constitutional limit — and …

Former IMF Chief Lagarde Takes Swipe At Trump’s Tweets

Former IMF Chief Lagarde Takes Swipe At Trump’s Tweets

October 19, 2019 12:44 pm

Former IMF chief Christine Lagarde said President Donald Trump’s trade offensive against China could slash global economic growth and she critiqued his Twitter habits in an interview with US television program 60 Minutes.

Lagarde, who takes over leadership of the European Central Bank on November 1, called for world leaders to act like grownups and negotiate a solution to the trade conflicts, and called for “rational decisions.”

Newly freed from the restraints of her previous post, where she would have had to guard her language, Lagarde said, “market stability should not be the subject of a tweet here, a tweet …

Former President Jonathan Pays Aso Rock A Visits

Former President Jonathan Pays Aso Rock A Visit

October 10, 2019 12:28 pm

Former President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja visited President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House. The former president who was driven into the Presidential Villa at about 2.58 pm, was received by State House Chief of Protocol, Lawan Kazaure, before walking into the waiting hands of the president in his office.

However, the closed-door meeting was so brief as it did not last for more than 10 minutes before the former president came out of Buhari’s office, entered into his car and was driven off.

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Former AD National Chairman, Senator Akinfenwa, Dies At 89

October 4, 2019 2:16 am

A former National Chairman of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa, is dead.

An indigene of Erin Ijesa in Osun State, Akinfenwa, aged 89, died in his Ibadan home, on Thursday.

Confirming the death of Akinfenwa to Nigerian Tribune, a former AD chairman in Osun State, Hon Olapade Fakunle, said, the former AD national leader enjoyed good health till he breathed his last.

According to him, “Senator Akinfenwa left his Osun home on Monday, but only complained of having malaria symptoms on his way, and as he arrived in Ibadan, he went to his doctor, who asked him …

Isaac Promise, Former Nigerian Football Captain, Is Dead

Isaac Promise, Former Nigerian Football Captain, Is Dead

October 3, 2019 5:12 pm

Nigerian international football star, and a former captain of the national team, Isaac Promise is dead. His death was announced by his US football club, Austin Bold FC.

The 31-year-old was said to have died on Wednesday, October 2, with no specific cause of death stated by the club.

A post on the club’s official website by the club’s Chairman, Bobby Epstein, said, “The greatest loss a team can suffer is not on the scoreboard, it’s the death of a fellow teammate.

“It’s with shock and grief that we acknowledge the sudden death of Promise Isaac.

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Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe dies at 95

Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe dies at 95

September 6, 2019 2:26 am

Robert Mugabe, founding President of Zimbabwe who ruled for nearly 4 decades has died at the age of 95, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced.

Mugabe who ruled Zimbabwe from its independence in 1980 until he was ousted in 2017 died in Singapore Mnangagwa said.

He wrote on Twitter: “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe.

“Cde Mugabe was an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. His contribution to the history of our nation and

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Court grants Iwu ₦1billion bail, still in prison custody

Former INEC chairman Iwu pleads not guilty of ₦1.23bn fraud

August 8, 2019 9:22 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday arraigned a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Maurice Iwu, for an alleged fraud of ₦1.23bn.

Iwu was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on money laundering before a Federal High Court, Lagos State. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Read Also: INEC boss ignores tribunal as commission tenders documents

An EFCC source told The Guardian that Iwu is alleged to have aided the concealment of the sum of N1,203,000,000 between December 2014 and March 2015,

The source said monies were in the bank account of Bioresources Institute …

Thirteen former ministers advise May on Brexit

Thirteen former ministers advise May on Brexit

May 14, 2019 10:09 am

Theresa May has come under pressure to ditch Brexit talks with Labour or risk losing the ‘loyal middle’ of the Tory party.

Some 13 former ministers, together with the chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady, have written to the Prime Minister warning her not to give ground over Labour’s key demand for a customs union.

The signatories are said to include political leadership contenders Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab plus Gavin Williamson, who was sacked as defence secretary earlier this month.

Read Also: Again, UK Parliament rejects all alternative Brexit plans

The intervention, reported by the Times, …

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