Author: Spade Nigeria

Eedris Abdulkareem, your wet dirty linens are waiting for you at the market square. Keyamo has finished spreading them. All the receipts have been splashed on twitterville. Here is the story. When Keyamo was made director in Buharis campaign , Eedris approached his old friend. Eedris was broke but his priority was to help Buhari.😝 He said he wanted to help Buhari. He said he had a song. After a bit of wait and many ‘abeg na’ text messages , Keyamo granted him audience. And told him he had no budget with which to buy songs for the campaign. Keyamo…

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All Progressives Congress Chieftain, Bola Tinubu, says terrible people and strong forces want to break Nigeria’s appointment with its greater destiny by attacking “agricultural players” in the country, thereby creating food scarcity. He spoke on Saturday on the occasion of the 23rd to 25th convocation ceremonies of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Tinubu was also awarded a honorary doctorate at the event by the university Senate and Governing Council. The former Lagos State governor said, “We approach a defining moment as a nation. A reckoning of special importance beckons. We must decide…

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By Florence Ngozi Nwabuonwu Delta State Commissioner for Finance, Sir Fidelis Tilije has reiterated the State Government’s commitment towards making financial policies that would help grow the state’s economy. Sir Tilije stated this today in Asaba during a surprise birthday party organised for him by management and staff of the ministry to mark his 63rd birthday anniversary. The Commissioner in his remark expressed his unreserved appreciation to the management and staff for the gesture and love shown to him. Speaking during the occasion, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr Barry Gbe said, “Appreciating God for the gift of life and…

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By Florence Ngozi Nwabuonwu Delta State Commissioner for Finance, Sir Fidelis Tilije has reiterated the State Government’s commitment towards making financial policies that would help grow the state’s economy. Sir Tilije stated this today in Asaba during a surprise birthday party organised for him by management and staff of the ministry to mark his 63rd birthday anniversary. The Commissioner in his remark expressed his unreserved appreciation to the management and staff for the gesture and love shown to him. Speaking during the occasion, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr Barry Gbe said, “Appreciating God for the gift of life and…

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By Ese Obote-Ogwu Civil servants have been advised to be diligent, polite and thorough in the discharge of their duties. The Permanent Secretary in the Delta State Ministry of Youth Development, Ms Ngozi Mogbolu, gave the advice when she embarked on tour of departments in the ministry on her assumption of office as the Permanent Secretary. Ms Mogbolu, who took tour of the two Professional Departments of the ministry, Youth Mobilization and Leadership and Youth Enterprise and Investment Promotion, and three service Departments, Administration, Planning Research and Statistic and Finance and Accounts, encouraged workers to go the extra mile in…

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Fela, the “Abami Eda” himself, may not have coined the phrase. But he sure popularized it: Basket mouth — mouth that yaks and yaks and doesn’t know when or how to stop. That would appear the current state of Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, whose flippant (un)gubernatorial activism just tossed fellow governors, and their states and people, into avoidable storm. Brimming with financial messianism, Obaseki, bolt-from-the-blues, had alleged the Central Bank of Nigeria, in concert with the federal fiscal authorities, printed via notorious “ways and means” N60 billion to augment shared March federal allocations, in the face of dwindling resources. Even…

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By John Charles, Makurdi A pregnant lady has allegedly set her boyfriend’s room ablaze in Achussa, a suburb of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Recall that a 17-year-old girl had in January this year similarly set ablaze her boyfriend in Makurdi. He later died in hospital. The latest incident, according to eyewitnesses, happened on Wednesday when the boyfriend was at work. According to residents of the area, before the lady set the room ablaze, she allegedly moved out her personal belongings. One of the residents, who simply identified himself as Joseph, said the lady, who lives in one of the…

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Governor Dap Abiodun of Ogun State today celebrates Mr Oladimeji Shotunde for his sterling academic performance having set a new CGPA record in the 37 years of establishment of the Lagos State University , a feat no student had ever achieved in the history of the University. He graduated as the overall best graduating student of the Lagos State University LASU Ojo Campus, with a cumulative grade point average CPGA of 4.95 from a total CGPA of 5.00 . The 22 years old Shotunde alongside other 27 students and teachers were today celebrated amidst pomp and paegeantry by the state…

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Today, there is an unfortunate fashion in public discourse that makes leaders in politics, religion, and civil society liable in the present for every statement they have ever made in the past – no matter how long ago, and even after they have later rejected them. This insidious phenomenon seeks to cancel the careers of others on the basis of a thing they have said, regardless of when they said it. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami is, currently, subject to a “cancel campaign” instigated by those who seek his removal. They do not…

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