‘I became an armed robber because I was about to die’– Suspect, Saheed...
An armed robbery suspect, Saheed Olanrewaju, paraded by the Kwara State Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr.Olusola Amore, in Ilorin on Wednesday said a friend of his taught him how to rob because...
View ArticleFirst-class graduate, Bibilari Elebuibon, announced dead on graduation day @ OAU
The son of a popular Ifa priest, and thespian Chief Yemi Elebuibon, Bibilari was among the 66 first-class graduates honoured at the 42nd convocation of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun...
View ArticlePresident Buhari, wife to Nigerians: ‘Respect our daughter’s decision on her...
Following the publication of various acclaimed pre-wedding pictures of their daughter, Zahra, and her would-be husband, Mohammed Indimi, by online and conventional media platforms, the family of...
View Article200 killed in Akwa Ibom church as building collapses + How Gov. Udom narrowly...
Not less than 200 persons died on Saturday, 10th December 2016 following the collapse of the Reigners’ Bible Church Int’l Inc, along Uyo Village Road in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital. The church...
View Article‘APC is a communist party, not a congregation of ideologies’– Senator Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani is the chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts. He represents Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of All Progressives...
View Article‘Why Nigeria’s economy is in throes’– Senator Ike Ekweremadu
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, said the days of Nigeria’s reliance on crude oil is over. He then urged the federal government to look beyond oil if the nation...
View ArticleNorthern CAN dissociates from PRO’s statement against Christian courts in...
The Christian Association of Nigeria in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory, has dissociated itself from a statement by its Public Relations Officer, John Hayab. The statement...
View Article‘MMM scheme is demonic’– Apostle Johnson Suleman
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International (OFM), Apostle Johnson Suleman, has said Nigerians should dissociate themselves from anything that has to do with Mavrodi Mondial Movement...
View ArticleAntónio Guterres to be sworn-in as UN Secretary-General today
The United Nations(UN) Secretary-General-designate and former Prime Minister of Portugal, António Guterres, will be sworn-in today Monday, Dec. 12, as the next secretary-general. A statement issued by...
View ArticlePresident Buhari: ‘Don’t lose faith in my administration’
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to all Nigerians not to lose faith in the ability of his administration to make a difference in their lives. President Buhari made the call on Sunday in his 2016...
View ArticleMMM founder Sergey Mavrodi writes Federal Government
Ponzi scheme company (MMM) Founder, Sergey Mavrodi has allegedly written an open letter to the Federal Government of Nigeria explaining the benefits of the scheme. According to www.nan.ng the letter...
View Article“New mega party will be formed from ashes of PDP and APC”
Barring any last minute change, a new political party may spring up ahead of the 2019 presidential election as political permutations are beginning to shape the political scene. A source told VANGUARD...
View Article‘Our plane didn’t crash’– Dana Air shuts down reports of plane crash in Lagos
The spokesman of Dana Air, Mr. Kingsley Okwudili, in a terse statement on Sunday denied the report by a newspaper Ibom Telegraph of a plane crash in Lagos. The statement said, “Our attention has been...
View ArticleNigeria’s Asisat Oshoala, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, others nominated for...
Nigeria on Sunday made up for what it could not secure in the final cut for the Africa Player of the Year and Africa-based Player of the Year nominations. Nigeria got seven nominations in the 13 other...
View ArticleRivers Rerun: Gov. Ayo Fayose appeals to Donald Trump
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has asked that the United States President-elect, Donald Trump, to quickly intervene in the affairs of Nigeria. This is coming on the heels of the Rivers...
View ArticleStampede at Synagogue Church in Lagos reportedly kills 3 worshippers
A stampede during a special healing service at the Prophet TB Joshua-led Synagogue Church of all Nations, Ikotun, Lagos State has claimed three lives. The victims were part of a crowd that struggled to...
View Article2 Nigerians, 2 Chinese arrested in Lagos for operating ‘fake embassy’
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 2 Chinese men – Liu Honyang, 47; and Sun Xinai, 49 – and their Nigerian collaborators – Oriyomi Olawale, 47 and Desmond Chinedu, 25 – for running a fake...
View ArticlePresident Buhari, other West African leaders to meet with Yahya Jammeh
President Muhammadu Buhari and other West African leaders will travel to The Gambia tomorrow in a bid to end the political crisis in the nation, following authoritarian incumbent president Yahya...
View ArticleHow NDLEA nabbed 3 suspects with 83kg of ephedrine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, arrested three suspects – 42-year-old Unegbu Daniel Chukwu from Anambra State,...
View ArticleCommand Ibadan commandant, Anthony Okeyim, murdered
The Commandant of Command Secondary School, Ibadan, Colonel Anthony Okeyim, was yesterday found dead in his official residence. Going by reports, Okeyim was killed by unknown gunmen. His body was...
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