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INEC Chair, Zamfara REC must produce documents requested by Atiku latest Thursday noon

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Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and the Commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Zamfara, to produce some documents requested by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by noon on Thursday. The tribunal led by Justice Mohammed […]

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Northern Elders Forum, youths order Fulani herdsmen to return to the north

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Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups have asked Fulani herdsmen to leave the southern part of Nigeria. They said the herdsmen should return to the North where their (herdsmen) safety and that of their property could be guaranteed. The northern elders and the youths said they were worried that some southern […]

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Nigerian-born University student basketball player drowns in US

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. A Nigerian-born basketball player, Calistus Anyichie, died on Sunday after he got drowned at Buttermilk Falls State Park near Ithaca, New York. The sophomore student at Binghamton University, was a member of the University’s basketball team and was majoring in political science before his death. The body of the deceased was found at the base of a 15-foot bank, […]

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Killing of Pa Fasoranti’s daughter is terrorism — Goodluck Jonathan

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Ex-Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday paid a condolence visit to the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the death of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. Mrs Olakunrin was reportedly shot dead along Ore-Shagamu Expressway by some hoodlums suspected to be Fulani herdsmen last Friday. Addressing journalists, Jonathan described the […]

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Obafemi Awolowo University begins its own power generation in October -Vice Chancellor

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The vice-chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun state, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, says the institution will exit the national grid by October to generate its own electricity. Speaking at a biennial conference of the African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation (AISPI) on Monday, Ogunbodede said the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has provided the […]

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Zamfara’s Director of Budget, Hamza Salihu kidnapped, Dep. Director killed

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A cruel attack launched by some unknown gunmen in Zamfara State, has had the state’s Director of Budget, Alhaji Hamza Salihu kidnapped, while the agency’s Deputy Director, Alhaji Kabiru Ismail was shot dead. Yusuf Idris, the Director-General, Press Affairs to Gov. Bello Matawalle confirmed the incident in a statement released on Monday. He also revealed […]

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Miyetti Allah’s call for Obasanjo’s arrest is reckless, irresponsible -Fani Kayode

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Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has taken a swipe at Miyetti Allah for calling for the arrest of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo over the open letter he wrote to President Buhari. Reacting via his Twitter handle, Fani-Kayode said Miyetti Allah’s statement was reckless, irresponsible and dangerous for the nation as there was […]

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Atiku hails Oyo gov, Makinde for publicly declaring his assets

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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in February 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, has commended Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde for publicly declaring his assets. The former Vice President in a statement on Tuesday by his media aide, Paul Ibe, commended Makinde for his forthrightness. Atiku also expressed support for Makinde and his administration […]

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Four calamities await Nigeria which are still avoidable – Obasanjo tells Buhari

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Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that four calamities awaited Nigeria, if the President, Mohammadu Buhari failed to act with maximum dispatch to avoid them. Obasanjo warned Buhari to act to avoid these calamities in his four page open letter to the president. He stated, “To be explicit and without equivocation, Mr President […]

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Election Tribunal admits Atiku’s VCDs as evidence

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The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has admitted 48 video compact discs (VCDs) tendered by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, as evidence in his Petition against the return of President Muhammadu Buhari. The five man panel led by Justice Mohammed Garba in admitting the documents dismissed […]

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Obasanjo writes Buhari over insecurity, banditry, etc in Nigeria (Full text)

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Ex-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has written yet another letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, warning that Nigeria is tipping towards a dangerous cliff and only the president could forestall such a looming disaster. In the July 15, 2019 letter, Obasanjo said the world, especially Western countries, has been warning Nigeria against descending into a state […]

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Reno Omokri releases identity, address, phone, email addr of company/individuals that set up/manage INEC server

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Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has released some forensic evidence of the names, address & phone numbers of the company and individuals in Lagos that set up INEC’s server. Omokri took to his Twitter page on Monday to share a few posts before he released what he called the evidence of the […]

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Bakare says Nigeria’s cup is full, weeps over killing of Pa Fasoranti’s daughter

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Founder and Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, went a little emotional on Sunday when he weeps while lamenting the gruesome murder of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Delivering his Sunday sermon in his church in Lagos, Pastor Bakare could not believe how Nigeria had found itself […]

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Buhari not capable to solve Nigeria’s problems -Soyinka

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Playwright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday said it had become obvious that the problems confronting Nigeria were beyond President Muhammadu Buhari. Soyinka said this when he played host to some students who paid him a visit on his 85th birthday. The literary icon said while state governments differ in success rates, “central government […]

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Tinubu defends Fulani herdsmen as not the killers of Funke Fasoranti-Olakunrin

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While paying a condolence visit to the Afenifere National Leader in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Sunday over the murder of Mrs Olakunrin, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for caution over the tagging of Fulani herdsmen as those behind the killing of the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Mrs […]

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Lady slumps, dies while dancing at Nigerian school reunion party (Photos & Video)

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Tragedy struck at the St Maria Goretti Reunion Party in Edo State last Friday July 12 when journalist, Osarugue Eunice, who was at the school’s 60th anniversary party, slumped and died while dancing. Eunice was said to be life of the party as she was proudly showing off her dance moves. She suddenly slumped on a […]

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Actress Tracey Boakye apologizes for saying she uses men for her desires (Video)

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Ghanaian actress and producer, Tracey Boakye has made a U-turn after she said men can chop her and leave because she doesn’t have time for a relationship. The ‘Baby Mama’ producer has now apologized to her family, friends and everybody after the video went viral. She stressed that it was just a joke and people […]

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