Senate President Godswill Akpabio says he filed that N40 billion defamation case against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over three months back, not recently like she claimed on social media. His office pointed out that the Kogi senator kept dodging court officials trying to serve her papers, and the delay happened because she was avoiding them rather than the suit being fresh.
Akpabio's team said Akpoti-Uduaghan never backed up her sexual misconduct allegations with actual proof despite making serious accusations that could wreck his reputation. The court finally approved alternative service methods after she kept ducking the bailiffs, and his office is telling her to stop doing social media performances and actually present evidence...
NAFDAC is warning everyone that smuggled food like pasta, noodles, sugar, and tomato paste keeps showing up in Nigerian markets even though the government banned importing that stuff. Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye said these products never went through safety checks, and selling them breaks trade laws while putting people's health at risk.
The agency told importers, supermarket owners, and market traders to stop moving these banned items immediately or face consequences like having their goods destroyed and losing their licenses. NAFDAC wants customs, immigration, and other government groups to work together better to keep unsafe products out of the country.
Some civic group called Guardian of Truth says FIRS chairman Zacch Adedeji is still pushing forward with rolling out the new tax laws despite some lawmaker named Ikenga Ugochinyere demanding he get fired. Spokesperson Clement Kolawole basically laughed off the whole thing, and he explained that FIRS just collects taxes rather than cutting checks to government contractors.
Kolawole pointed out that the tax agency bringing in solid revenue numbers doesn't mean they're sitting on contractor money since that's not even their job. He reminded everyone that most of the cash getting distributed monthly through FAAC comes straight from what FIRS collects, and Adedeji stays locked in on making sure regular people get tax relief while businesses...
Senator Ali Ndume from Borno South is telling President Tinubu to pull back his ambassador picks because the list completely ignores federal character rules, and he says letting it slide will just make ethnic tensions worse. The breakdown shows some wild imbalances with the South-West getting 15 slots while the entire North-East only got seven, plus there's apparently a dead senator from Yobe on there who passed away months ago.
Ndume pointed out that some states scored three or four nominees while others got zero, and the Senate screening is supposed to happen next week. He's basically pleading with Tinubu to yank the whole thing and start fresh with a balanced list that actually follows constitutional requirements instead of creating...
Edo Governor Monday Okpebholo claims the recent kidnapping spree happening across Nigeria is part of some plot to mess with President Bola Tinubu, and he says the same tactics worked against Goodluck Jonathan back in the day. Bandits have been hitting churches and communities hard lately, grabbing worshippers during service at a church in Kwara State and snatching 10 people from villages in Kano.
Okpebholo told Igbo leaders the whole thing is politically motivated by people trying to win elections, and he thinks Tinubu can handle it better than Jonathan did since everyone already knows what game is being played.
Public affairs guy Mahdi Shehu thinks northern politicians talk a big game about wanting state police, but probably aren't actually ready to fund them properly. He dropped this take after pointing out how regional leaders let local security problems turn into nationwide disasters because they refused to invest in anything that matters.
Shehu went off about how these politicians blow cash on random status symbols instead of education, healthcare, or actual security infrastructure. He listed out all the wasteful spending, like luxury SUVs, palace renovations, government lodges, and pilgrimage trips that don't help regular people at all.
The whole point was that northern leaders keep building classrooms without hiring teachers and...
The Northern Youths Movement told FIRS boss Dr. Zacch Adedeji to ignore some rep named Ikeaga Ugochinyere, who keeps making up fake coalitions to shake people down for cash. Group chairman Mallam Ishaya Jato said the lawmaker from Ideato North in Imo State basically invents organizations that don't exist and gives himself made-up titles to target officials for money.
Ugochinyere claimed a bunch of civil society groups were collecting signatures for a no-confidence vote against Adedeji over some constitutional violations, and he said he'd drop the petition mid-December. NYM fired back, saying there's literally no coalition except Ugochinyere pretending to be multiple people, and they pointed out he previously called himself spokesperson...
Benue police grabbed a guy named Yongu Justine Makwagh from Kadarko in Nasarawa State after tracking him for months, and they picked him up at Balcony Park in Makurdi. The DPO from Daudu ran the operation with backup from some special IRT officers, and authorities believe this suspect was behind a bunch of attacks on cops in the area.
Makwagh apparently had connections to the deaths of two Safer Highway officers at Yelwata and two DOPS guys in Daudu, and weapons went missing after those incidents. Police consider this arrest a pretty big win since they've been trying to take down bandit groups operating around Benue and the states next door, and the suspect is getting questioned while investigators try to find more weapons and figure...
Nollywood actress Bimbo Akintola admitted she doubled down on backing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the election, mainly because someone from the opposition tried to bully her about it. She basically went harder for the APC candidate out of spite after getting harassed over her political preference, and she made that clear during her appearance on With Chude.
She called out the toxic behavior from people online who attacked fellow actress Joke Silva with some genuinely cruel comments. Akintola ended up posting a video declaring her Tinubu support and daring anyone to try changing her mind. She emphasized that everyone deserves respect for their political opinions, regardless of who they vote for.
The actress pointed out that...
