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November 12, 2024

Princess Oladuni Odu expresses confidence in Ondo APC Guber victory.

Princess Oladuni Odu expresses confidence in Ondo APC Guber victory. By Steve Ovirih. The First female Secretary to Ondo State Government and immediate past SSG, Princess Barr. Catherine Oladuni Odu…

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November 10, 2024

Obaseki is missing, incommunicado, says Edo Gov-elect Okpebholo

Obaseki is missing, incommunicado, says Edo Gov-elect Okpebholo Tamarauemi Ebimini Following allegations by the outgoing Governor of Edo state, Mr Godwin Obaseki that he has not been invited to the…

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November 8, 2024

Ondo poll: Sensitive materials to arrive Tuesday, says INEC

Ondo poll: Sensitive materials to arrive Tuesday, says INEC Tamarauemi Ebimini Ahead of the November 16 Ondo governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission confirmed on Thursday that sensitive election…

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November 8, 2024

Yoruba Group to Monarchs: Don’t abandon Yoruba nation autonomy

Yoruba Group to Monarchs: Don’t abandon Yoruba nation autonomy Tamarauemi Ebimini The Yoruba National Youth has urged traditional rulers in the South West not to abandon the quest for Yoruba…

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November 8, 2024

Baltasar Engonga: Equatorial Guinea sacks ANIF DG over sextape, First Lady reacts

Baltasar Engonga: Equatorial Guinea sacks ANIF DG over sextape, First Lady reacts Tamarauemi Ebimini The government of Equatorial Guinea has sacked the Director General of its National Financial Investigation Agency,…

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November 8, 2024

Gen. Bajowa tasks Ondo South voters on massive vote support for Aiyedatiwa.

Gen. Bajowa tasks Ondo South voters on massive vote support for Aiyedatiwa. By Steve Ovirih. The Jagunmolu of Ikaleland and Ojagbulegun from the Source , Prince ( Dr) Gen. Joseph…

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November 5, 2024

Rights group demands apology from IGP over unlawful detention of minors

Rights group demands apology from IGP over unlawful detention of minors Tamarauemi Ebimini The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has condemned the Inspector General of…

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November 5, 2024

Sex tapes scandal: Equatorial Guinea restricts WhatsApp, suspends officials, installs CCTV Tamarauemi Ebimini The Government of Equatorial Guinea has imposed a restriction on its citizens, prohibiting the downloading and sharing of multimedia files via mobile data on WhatsApp. This move comes after the government issued directives to telecommunications companies, urging them to implement measures that would limit access to inappropriate content. Also, the government suspended all civil servants who have had sexual relations in the offices of the ministries. Another measure was the installation of surveillance cameras in all government offices. Hundreds of sex tapes involving a high-ranking Equatorial Guinean civil servant with other mens’ wives have done the rounds on social media, prompting the authorities to attempt to curb their spread. In the videos the married director of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Ebang Engonga, is seen with various partners – including the wives of prominent officials – at his office in the finance ministry. On Monday, the country’s vice president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue announced on X that the government would order the “immediate suspension of all civil servants who have had sexual relations in the offices of the ministries, as this constitutes a flagrant violation of the code of conduct and the law on public ethics”. It is not the first time that sex tapes involving civil servants have been leaked on social media. But the affair has blown up to unprecedented proportions due to the notoriety of the officials involved. Last week, Obiang said that he had given 24 hours’ notice to Equatorial Guinea’s telecommunications ministry, regulator and telephone companies “to curb the distribution of pornographic videos that are flooding social networks in Equatorial Guinea”. “As the government, we cannot continue to see families destroyed,” said the vice-president in charge of defence and security. According to accounts first spread by Whatsapp groups and then posted to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X, Engonga shot more than 400 pornographic videos in his office. Nicknamed “Bello” on account of his good looks, Ebang Engonga is a married father and the son of Baltasar Engonga Edjo, the current Chairman of the Commission of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community. He is also related to the country’s long-serving president. The sex tapes were leaked on social networks at a time when he had been remanded in custody at Malabo’s infamous Black Beach prison in a case of embezzlement of public funds, according to state television station TVGE. Equatorial Guinea’s chief prosecutor Anatolio Nzang Nguema, assured TVGE that if medical examinations revealed that Ebang Engonga was “infected with a sexually transmitted disease” he would be prosecuted for an offence against “public health”. The flow of internet traffic, and in particular the downloading of images, has been severely disrupted in the country after the authorities took measures to curb the sex tapes’ spread, witnesses told AFP. Social media is awash with speculation that more videos involving other individuals, both men and women, could be released in the next few days. In another post on Tuesday, the vice president said the government would install surveillance cameras in all government offices.

Sex tapes scandal: Equatorial Guinea restricts WhatsApp, suspends officials, installs CCTV Tamarauemi Ebimini The Government of Equatorial Guinea has imposed a restriction on its citizens, prohibiting the downloading and sharing…

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November 5, 2024

EFCC nabs Okowa over N1.3trn derivation fund

EFCC nabs Okowa over N1.3trn derivation fund Tamarauemi Ebimini Operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa over alleged misappropriation of N1.3 trillion from the…

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November 3, 2024

Pro-Fubara speaker demands by-election to replace 27 lawmakers

Pro-Fubara speaker demands by-election to replace 27 lawmakers Tamarauemi Ebimini Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Rt. Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, has called on…