‘Nigeria doesn’t belong to Christians, Muslims, APC, PDP’– Bishop Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Revd. Matthew Kukah, has urged members of the National Assembly against making laws that can disunite Nigeria. Kukah gave this warning in Abuja while...
View Article‘Jonathan testifying for Dasuki in court will be desirable’– Dasuki’s lawyer...
There are indications that the legal team of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki(retd.) are counting on former President Goodluck Jonathan to appear as a witness for Dasuki who is...
View ArticleEmir of Daura’s daughter weds Shehu of Borno’s son
An uncle of the daughter of the Emir of Daura, Hajia Nafisatu Umau Farouk Umar, who got married to the son of the Shehu of Borno on Saturday, has described the marriage as unprecedented in the history...
View ArticleEx-Ogun lawmaker, Olusola Pelumi, is dead
The death has been announced of a former Ogun state House of Assembly member, Hon. Olusola Adeboye Pelumi. 60-year-old Olusola, who represented Remo North state constituency in the House between...
View Article‘Fani-Kayode, Obanikoro, Abati looked cheerful in EFCC custody’– Bishop Kukah
The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah has said Femi Fani-Kayode, Musiliu Obanikoro and Reuben Abati looked cheerful in the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) custody when he...
View ArticleOndo 2016: President Buhari endorses Rotimi Akeredolu
President Muhammadu Buhari has formally endorsed Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu as the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress for Ondo State in the forthcoming election. This was disclosed by...
View ArticleNiger Delta Avengers threatens more attacks in Nigeria
A Nigerian militant group threatened on Monday to step up attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta if the president pursues a military campaign, casting a shadow over peace talks between the...
View ArticleRotimi Akeredolu: “Bola Tinubu has accepted me as Ondo APC guber candidate”
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress{APC} in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu,has said the party’s national leader Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has accepted the...
View ArticleSon kills father in Cross River, dumps his remains inside pit toilet
Disaster struck, penultimate Monday, at Ekpri Ikot Ene community, Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River State, when an enraged 23-year-old son butchered his father, who is the village head, HRH...
View Article‘Goodluck Jonathan was not committed to defeating Boko Haram’– VP Yemi Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that despite what his administration might want people to believe, former President Goodluck Jonathan was never committed to ending the Boko Haram insurgency...
View ArticleNDLEA seizes over 2,000kg of cocaine, cannabis in Abuja
The National Drug Law enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, seized over 2,000kg of cannabis sativa, cocaine and other illicit drugs in October. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mrs Chinyere Obijuru,...
View ArticleWoman dies during sex romp with lover in Ibadan
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ibadan on Tuesday remanded a 50- year old man, Fatai Busari, in Agodi prison for allegedly causing the death of his concubine.Busari allegedly drank...
View ArticlePresident Buhari meets Niger-Delta leaders
President Buhari today met with stakeholders from the Niger Delta at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Presented to the president were 16 requests by the Amanyanabo of Twon Brass Bayelsa State, King...
View ArticleBuhari: “If anybody has another country to go to, let him go, we will stay...
President Muhamadu Buhari, on Tuesday at the State House in Abuja held a high-level meeting with leaders and other stakeholders to seek ways to end the militancy and the sabotage of oil infrastructure...
View ArticleChief Justice: “Accused judges are entitled to fair hearing according to the...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Mahmud Mohammed, has said that the seven judges, like all other persons, are entitled to a fair hearing as stipulated in Section 36 of the constitution. The CJN was...
View ArticleSenator Ali Ndume: ‘Why Senate rejected FG’s $29.9bn loan request’
The Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, on Tuesday said senators voted against President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for 29.9 billion dollars foreign loan due to technical issues.Briefing newsmen shortly...
View Article‘Niger-Delta leaders’ meeting with President Buhari won’t stop bombings’–...
The Niger Delta Peoples Democratic Front and the Concerned Militant Leaders, expressed dissatisfaction that no former militant leader was among those chosen to be part of representatives of the region...
View ArticleNigerian Army: Bomb blast kills 8 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in Maiduguri
A truck conveying eight suspected Boko Haram Islamists exploded near a military checkpoint in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing the occupants, an army spokesman told AFP. The...
View ArticleKWAM 1’s Ijebu-Ode country home wears new look for Christmas
Photo News: The country home of Fuji maestro KWAM1 in Ijebu-Ode is now wearing a new look for the yuletide. The sprawling mansion called ‘Omoojusagbola’ House was completed in March 2012. The post...
View ArticleBode George: ‘Why Jimoh Ibrahim can’t be Ondo PDP guber candidate’
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has flayed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s decision to recognise Chief Jimoh Ibrahim as the party’s...
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