DETAILS: Delta king, HRM Ovie Ogbon, set for 100th birthday celebration
The Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Ovie R. L. Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro 1, JP, OON {Royal Canon-Anglican Communion} will turn 100 on Friday,20th January 2017. To usher the highly-revered king...
View ArticleAlleged corruption: Shocking details of Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s bank...
The details of bank transactions of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, a Federal High Court judge standing trial over alleged corruption were on Monday revealed at an Ikeja High Court, Lagos. The details...
View ArticleTee Billz: ‘I want my family to be happy’
The estranged husband of music star Tiwa Savage, Tee Billz has said he wants his family to be happy. Tee Billz in a post shared on his Instagram account wrote, “I’m at a point in my life where I want...
View ArticleGoodluck Jonathan, Diezani Alison-Madueke named in Italian bribery probe
Italian prosecutors have alleged that Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan and his oil minister received kickbacks as part of a $1.3bn deal involving oil giants ENI and Shell. Court documents...
View ArticleNigerian Army: Boko Haram now targeting private residences
The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, and spokesperson, 7 Division, Maiduguri, Col. Mustapha Anka, has raised the alarm over the new tactic of Boko Haram suicide bombers, which is to visit...
View ArticleGoodluck Jonathan speaks on Italian bribery allegation
The media adviser to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze, has clarified reports that the former president reportedly received kickbacks in the $1.3bn OPL 245 oil block deal involving oil giants ENI...
View ArticleAAU undergraduate, Omoyemi Akinbamiwa, shot dead
A 21-year-old undergraduate of Ondo State-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Omoyemi Akinbamiwa has been shot dead by unkown gunmen. Going by reports,Omoyemi was planning to travel abroad to further her...
View ArticleOxford University appoints 47-year-old Wale Adebanwi as first Black African...
A Nigerian scholar, Wale Adebanwi has been appointed to the prestigious Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies at the University of Oxford, United...
View ArticleOlisa Metuh hospitalized after collapsing in church
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has been hospitalized at the National Hospital Abuja, his lawyer, Mr. Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), told a Federal High...
View Article4 fleeing Boko Haram terrorists arrested in Lagos
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday arrested four suspected fleeing members of the Boko Haram at Oko-Oba in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. The DSS in a statement...
View ArticleDiezanigate: EFCC may relaunch manhunt for ex-NNPC GMD, Ben Otti
There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission may declare wanted a former Deputy Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), Ben Otti, if he...
View Article‘I constructed Alex Badeh’s Yola mansion for N150million’– Builder, Joseph...
A builder, Mr. Joseph Okpetu, narrated to a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, how he was engaged for the construction of a mansion in Yola, Adamawa State, worth N150m, for a former Chief of...
View Article‘I went to pray, and returned to see I had been removed as Senate Leader’–...
The erstwhile leader of the Senate APC Caucus, Senator Ali Ndume, who has been replaced by Senator Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed how he got wind of his removal. Speaking at a press briefing on the issue...
View ArticleFull text of President Obama’s Farewell Address #ObamaFarewell
Below is the complete text of President Obama’s address as prepared for delivery(provided by the White House) at McCormick Place, Chicago on January 10, 2017. It’s good to be home. My fellow...
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‘Italian prosecutors outlined Goodluck Jonathan played a central role’– AFP...
A statement by Goodluck Jonathan’s media adviser yesterday claimed as ‘hearsay’ the AFP report which revealed that the ex-president was named in an Italian bribery probe. This afternoon, AFP...
View ArticleNigerian Army recovers more items from Camp Zairo
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it had recovered more suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ items during a mop-up operation around Camp Zairo in Sambisa forest. Maj. – Gen. Lucky Irabor, the...
View ArticleNigeria launches ‘Zero Hunger Strategic Review 2030’
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday in Abuja attended the launch of Nigeria’s Zero Hunger Strategic Review 2030.This zero hunger strategic review is Nigeria’s commitment to achieving the...
View ArticleNUPENG calls off 3-day warning strike
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers(NUPENG) has called off the 3-day warning strike it commenced on Tuesday to protest anti-labour practices in the oil and gas sector. The industrial...
View Article3 persons remanded for stealing N25million belonging to Gov. Fayose’s aide
Three persons who were said to be domestic staff at the Ekiti State Government House lodge, Ado-Ekiti, Bamidele Temitope, 36, Afolabi Sunday, 42 and Shuaib Amidu, 67 were remanded in prison custody for...
View Article‘Lagos Government has no record of Saraki’s alleged Ikoyi properties’– EFCC...
The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Wednesday resumed hearing on the trial of Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki. At the resumed hearing, prosecution witness, Micheal Wetkas told the CCT that...
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