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Security has been beefed up in and around the National Assembly complex ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to present the 2020 budget proposal. Mr Buhari is to present the proposal before a joint session of the Assembly on Tuesday at 2 p.m. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that combined teams of security agencies […]
Continue ReadingA naked woman climbed on a statue on a cathedral roof and stayed there in full glare of the public for four hours before authorities removed her. The unnamed woman was seen standing, stretching, and straddling a statue on the roof of the St Patrick’s Cathedral St Ignatius Academy building in Fort Worth, Texas on […]
Continue ReadingA Lagos businesswoman, Ejioma, on Monday, told an Ojo Magistrates’ Court how she paid back ‘in kind’ part of N1.1m loan she allegedly took from a businessman. The defendant, a trader who sells bags of rice, pleaded not guilty to two counts of obtaining money by false pretence and stealing. The defendant, who spoke in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday, ordered temporary forfeiture of N280,555,010.65 “warehoused” in the bank accounts of Invictus Oil and Gas Limited and Invictus Investment Limited. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told the court that the two firms were owned by Obinwanne Okeke, “a strong leader of a cyber crime […]
Continue ReadingLegendary broadcaster, Otunba Kunle Olasope has passed away. The Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State-born broadcaster, died in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Sunday at the age of 82. Former Secretary-General, Efon Development League, Prince Adeyemi Adejoju, who confirmed the death of Olasope, who was until his passage, the chairman, Board of Trustees of the League, said […]
Continue ReadingEmir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi (II) on Monday said that Nigeria’s huge population is currently a liability to the country. Sanusi said this during a panel session of the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit currently holding in Abuja, The Punch reports. The session was attended by the Founder of the Kukah Centre, Bishop Mathew Kukah and […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, said that a significant proportion of Nigeria’s prosperity today is concentrated in the hands of a few people. He said those few people are currently living primarily in four or five states and the Federal Capital Territory. President Buhari said this at the opening session of the 25th Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingA young man climbed a telephone mast in Kebbi State and reportedly said he won’t come down until Muhammadu Buhari steps down as president of Nigeria. According to reports, the chairman of the area was said to have pleaded with him to come down and promised to buy him a motorcycle if he comes down. […]
Continue ReadingBishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev Mathew Kukah, has faulted the huge salaries and emoluments of members of the National Assembly. Kukah urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to prevail on lawmakers to slash their huge salaries by half. The Bishop explained that such would enable the creation of […]
Continue ReadingLauretta Onochie, one of Muhammadu Buhari’s aides on Social Media matters, has commended Senator Rochas Okorocha for calling for the scrapping of the House of Reps and reduction of number of lawmakers in Nigeria. Okorocha had faulted the bicameral legislature at the national level, saying that there was nothing too sacrosanct that Senators and House […]
Continue ReadingThe Bauchi State Government Funds and Assets Recovery Committee has alleged that the immediate past governor, Mohammed Abubakar, sold to himself seven luxury government vehicles for N19,877,275 shortly before leaving the office. The state governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, had inaugurated the committee on July 12, 2019, with the mandate to recover all government funds and […]
Continue ReadingThe traditional ruler of Ayetoro in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, the Ogeleyinbo of Ayetoro, HRH Oba Oluwambe Ojagbohunmi (JP), who had been incarcerated in Olokuta Medium Prison, Akure, the Ondo state capital, has been released after nine months. Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Thursday, October 3, ordered the unconditional release of the […]
Continue ReadingNational Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has alleged that the recent meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) was meant to create disharmony in the governance of Nigeria. Oshiomhole made the allegation against the PDP Thursday while addressing journalists after a reconciliatory meeting with aggrieved […]
Continue ReadingA video of a Nigerian man shouting at a Caucasian Air hostess and reminding her that they are not mates has surfaced online. According to LIB, an Instagram user who sent it said the incident happened recently. In the said video, the elderly man can be heard shouting at the Caucasian Air hostess and asking […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda, has denied journalist, Agba Jalingo, bail. After 34 days in police custody, Jalingo was arraigned on September 25, 2019 on four counts charge of treasonable felony, terrorism and attempt to topple the Cross River State Government. Justice Amobeda, […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Police Command says a mob of protesters have killed one Ahmed Bello, a Vehicle Inspector Officer, in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Friday. Narrating the incident, Usman said, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, admitted the publisher of Sahara Reporters and convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore to bail. The presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu granted bail to Sowore in the sum of N100m with two sureties in like sum. The sureties who must be resident in Abuja must […]
Continue ReadingFacts have emerged of the people sponsoring the dreaded terrorist oganisation, ‘Boko Haram’ in Nigeria. It has been proven that Boko Haram is allegedly being funded by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The statement on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, by Nicephore Soglo, a former president of Benin Republic, at the constitutional term limits summit, covered by TheCable, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari met with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday October 3. President Buhari arrived South Africa Wednesday night to express Nigeria’s displeasure to the president and people of South Africa over the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians especially and the other African nationals in the country. See more photos below:
Continue ReadingFormer gov of Imo State and now Senator Rochas Okorocha, representing Imo West Senatorial District, while contributing to a Committee report on Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) has canvassed for the reduction of Parliamentarians representing each state of the federation, saying the nation cannot afford their expenditure anymore. Okorocha faulted the bicameral legislature, saying that […]
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