Ile-Ife: Nigeria Police is “a joker” – Afenifere protests arrest of Yorubas
The Afenifere Renewal Group has condemned the outcome of police investigation on the immediate and remote causes of the Ile-Ife crisis. It stated that “the whole world can now see the joke that the...
View ArticleCBN has capacity to stop Naira from falling out of control – Emefiele
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said its intervention on the value of the Naira is to bring about a convergence of all the rates. There have been many critics of...
View ArticleBig Brother Naija: I never denied my family – Thin Tall Tony
Evicted housemate in the on-going Big Brother Naija TV reality show, Thin Tall Tony has dismissed reports that he denied his family while in the show. He also said nothing happened between him and...
View ArticleAnother PDP lawmaker, Anthony Hassan defects to APC
A member of the House of Representatives, Hassan Anthony, elected under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC....
View ArticleWomen lawyers urge IGP to probe police for brutalizing woman, baby for...
Interest groups in Ekiti State are up in arms with the state police command for allegedly shielding policemen who brutalized an American returnee, Mrs. Toyin Adeyeye, who refused to bribe them at a...
View ArticleAmbode orders removal of 3 more roundabouts in Lekki-Ajah expressway
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday revealed plans to remove three more roundabouts in Lekki-Ajah expressway to ease vehicular movement. He also assured that his administration would...
View ArticleWhy Barcelona vs PSG referee will not be suspended – UEFA
UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, has said that Deniz Aytekin, the referee who officiated Paris Saint-Germain’s 6-1 loss to Barcelona in the Champions League...
View ArticleFake certificate scandal: Dino Melaye files N5bn suit against SaharaReporters
The Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye has instituted a N5 billion libel suit against an online media platform, SaharaReporters. The Senator is taking the action against...
View Article1.8 billion people use contaminated water – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Wednesday called on various stakeholders to intensify action towards making portable water accessible to the larger global population. This is as the Water,...
View ArticleRobbers killed night guard, steal 2 bags of rice in Ibadan
Another tragedy was recorded at Aba-Alfa area of Apata-Ganga, a suburb of Ibadan Wednesday morning when a gang of armed robbers shot dead a 43-year-old night guard, Sule Oyasola, fondly known as...
View ArticleHammed Ali: Stop pretending as if nothing is wrong – Senator Olujimi attacks...
The Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District, Biodun Olujimi has lashed out at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for keeping silent over the action of the Nigerian Customs...
View ArticleDrama as man pays prostitute with fake currency after sex in Lagos
A 30-year-old man, Frank Igwe, was Wednesday dragged before a Yaba Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos State for allegedly using fake Nigerian currency to pay a commercial sex worker for her ‘services’....
View ArticlePDP crisis: Ignore Sheriff’s advert, no vacancy in secretariat – Makarfi
Senator Ahmed Makarfi, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that there is no vacancy at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja. Makari stated...
View ArticlePolice intercepts civil defence patrol van loaded with illegally refined oil...
The Nigeria Police have arrested two serving officers of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for dealing in suspected illegally refined petroleum product AGO (diesel) with a patrol...
View ArticleNigeria vs Senegal: Fans blast NFF over ‘fake’ streaming website
Nigerian football lovers are angry with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for providing a streaming site for the Super Eagles vs Senegal friendly match, that did not work. Former media officer of...
View ArticleNigeria vs Senegal: Iheanacho saves Super Eagles in 1-1 draw
The international friendly match between Nigeria and Senegal on Thursday ended in a 1-1 draw. Most fans were not able to watch the game on TV, while there was a poor turnout at The Hive Stadium in...
View ArticleWhy Griezmann could leave this summer – Simeone
Atletico Madrid manager, Diego Simeone, has admitted that Antoine Griezmann could leave the club this way and insists he would not block a move. Griezmann is understood to be Manchester United’s major...
View ArticleIle Ife crisis: OPC gives FG, police 48-hour ultimatum to arrest Hausa suspects
The Oodua People’s Congress has issued the Federal Government and the Nigeria Police Force 48 hours ultimatum to arrest the Fulani/Hausa indigenes involved in the crisis in Ile-Ife, Osun State few days...
View ArticleChimamanda Adichie named among 50 world’s greatest leaders
Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, has been named among 50 greatest world leaders in the 2017 Fortune magazine ranking. The ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ writer was ranked at number 42 on the list....
View ArticleTraders protest planned demolition of market by El-Rufai in Kaduna
Traders in Barnawa market, Kaduna South local government area of Kaduna State on Friday staged a peaceful protest, condemning governor El-Rufai’s alleged plan to demolish the market. They also...
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