Tag: Blackmail
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Northern governors allege plot to blackmail forum over Pantami
The Northern States Governor’s Forum says it has uncovered a plans by a shadow group to engage in a smear campaign against the forum as well as its chairman and governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong. This was revealed in a statement by spokesman to the governor, Dr. Makut Simon Macham. The…
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Blackmail as new cash cow for activists
Human right and social- justice crusaders, otherwise known as activists have moved up the social ladder in Nigeria. They are no longer the harassed and brutalised lot locked up in dungeons, sacrificing their comfort for any cause they believe in. They have joined the upwardly mobile in Nigeria who drive exotic cars and spend their…
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Embarrassing photos: “I prefer to… see what crawls out”, says Jeff Bezos
Billionaire founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has said he prefers “to stand up, roll this log over, and see what crawls out” after National Enquirer, a media outfit owned by American Media, Inc. (AMI) threatened to publish embarrassing photos of him. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Bezos, who jointly with MacKenzie, his ex-wife, announced their divorce recently,…
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Strike: NANS accuses ASUU of blackmail, denies collecting N150m cash gift from Buhari
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has distanced itself from the purported allegations by the Academic Staff Union of Universities claiming it received N150 million from the presidency. The students union body disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr Adeyemi Amoo, it’s National Public Relations Officer, and made available to…
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Looters list: FG, APC desperate to blackmail me – Secondus
The National Chairman of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government and ruling all progressives congress are desperate to frame him (Secondus) so as to silence him. In a statement signed by his media adviser, Ike Abonyi, Mr Secondus said blackmail and intimidation of the opposition by…
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Suspended SEC DG, Gwarzo trying to blackmail me – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Friday, alleged that the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr Mounir Gwarzo is doing everything possible to blackmail her. The minister, however, noted that no amount of intimidation from the suspended DG will stop the Administrative Panel of Inquiries set up to probe him…
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FG blasts governors, says “stop blackmailing us over unpaid salaries”
The Federal Government has advised state governments to desist from blackmailing it over unpaid salaries and allowances of their workers and pensioners. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, gave the advice when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria’s Forum in Abuja. He said it…
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Those in APC saying I’m sponsoring IPOB are under political bondage, I can’t be blackmailed – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described those saying that he was the one sponsoring the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as people who have put themselves in political bondage and have allowed what they will eat to becloud their sense of normal reasoning, declaring that no amount of blackmail will stop him from…
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Buhari should either fight blackmail or give up the Presidency – Jibrin
Suspended member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to either fight blackmail or give up the Presidency. Jibrin, had in a series of messages on his twitter handle, deliberately send messages to the president over issues that he (Jibrin) was not comfortable with. In a message on…