Gov. Nyesom Wike, Rivers CP in war of words
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said his administration has a video of how Rivers State Police Command is allegedly planning to rig the election. Wike disclosed this yesterday while flagging...
View ArticleAlleged fraud: Musiliu Obanikoro to testify against Gov. Ayo Fayose
There are indications that a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has agreed to testify against Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and his aide, Mr. Abiodun Agbele....
View Article‘I have no problems with Tinubu’– President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday dismissed reports insinuating that he and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress are at loggerheads with a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola...
View Article‘FG holding talks with Boko Haram on release of more hostages’– Buhari’s...
The Federal Government is presently holding talks with members of the Boko Haram sect for the release of more hostages, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has said.Adesina also stated that the...
View Article‘Nigerians without tax certificate may not get international passport’– Tunde...
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Mr. Tunde Fowler, on Monday said Nigerians would soon pay be made to show evidence of tax payment before they could obtain passports. The...
View ArticleEx-FCT minister, Bala Mohammed, granted bail after 39-day detention
An FCT High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Sen. Bala Mohammed, former Minister of FCT. Mohammed, minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan, had been in the custody of the EFCC since Oct. 21...
View Article‘Increase in data charges unacceptable’— TUC
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has warned against the on-going conspiracy between the Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and some major telcom companies to...
View ArticleRector slumps, dies during alleged sex romp with teenager
The acting rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, has slumped and died at a hotel in Ughelli, Delta State during an alleged sex romp with an unidentified female teenager. The rector...
View ArticleFederal Government employs 10,000 ex-Niger Delta militants
Brig.-Gen Paul Boroh (rtd), Special Adviser to the President on Amnesty, says the Federal Government has begun the process of engaging 10,000 ex-militants in its agri-business scheme. Boro stated this...
View ArticleHouse of Reps. negotiating for N70/litre as petrol price
The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Petroleum Products Prices Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to review the current price template for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) with a view to reducing the...
View ArticleCourt cautions EFCC on probe of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, strikes out...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on the manner in which it carried out its probe of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia. Delivering...
View Article3 students arraigned before Lagos court for allegedly gangraping their female...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday granted three students N500,000 bail each over alleged gang raping a female colleague. The accused – Samuel Omodele, 21, Olabanjo Balogun, 21, and Divine...
View ArticleIyaloja of Ekiti forces traders to reduce high prices of ‘food items’
The Iyaloja of Ekiti State, Mrs. Omowaye Oso, on Tuesday led a task force that went round major markets to force down ‘high’ prices of foodstuff on sale. Foodstuffs affected by price reduction on the...
View ArticleNigeria to begin rice exportation in 2017
The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) on Tuesday said it’s Anchor Borrowers Programme for the promotion of Agriculture had set the country to begin exportation of rice by 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleHow Igbo king, Igwe Ugwuoke, died in car accident
Igwe Ezeugwu Ugwuoke of Agbamere clan in Eha-Alumona in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, died in auto crash on Tuesday. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in Enugu State, Mr Ebere...
View ArticleFire guts chambers of Lagos State Chief Judge
Judicial activities were temporarily paralysed on Wednesday at the premises of the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, as fire gutted the chambers of the state Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Funmilayo...
View ArticleNCC suspends increase in price of data services
The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced the immediate suspension of the new minimum pricing template for data services by mobile operators. The new rate, which would have led to price...
View ArticleShehu Sani slams Nasir El-rufai: ‘Suspending me won’t increase your height or...
Following his suspension by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, has said this action will not increase the “physical height” of...
View Article“I will probe Gov. Mimiko’s administration only if……’– Rotimi Akeredolu
The Ondo State Governor-elect, Rotimi Akeredolu hinted on Wednesday that he might probe the administration of his predecessor, Olusegun Mimiko if there is a likelihood of Dasukigate at the state level....
View Article‘President Buhari may jail some APC chieftains’- Former confidant, Baba Galadima
Engr. Buba Galadima was a close confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari before they parted ways. Galadima is a founding member of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change(CPC). In a recent interview...
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