Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark lambastes Osoba over his comments on restructuring

Ijaw national leader and the convener of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, has slammed former Ogun State Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, for allegedly denigrating the agitation for restructuring Nigeria. In a statement made available to the media in Warri on Wednesday, Chief Clark also said the attempts by Chief Osoba to […]

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See copy of UI subsidized Meal Ticket issued in 1972 (Photo)

Students in Nigerian tertiary institutions -Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and even Govt Trade Centers and UPEs really enjoyed prior to 1985 when Buhari-Idiagbon canceled the subsidized cafeteria system. That was when the irreparable deterioration in the Nigeria Education System Started. Shown here is the University Of Ibadan Students Meal Ticket issued in 1972. I […]

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Nigerian Senate passes resolutions on stiffer penalties for rape

The Senate has passed some resolutions to review relevant laws that will provide for stiffer sanctions for perpetrators of rape in the country. The decision of the Senate followed a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Senator Rose Oko (PDP-Cross River North) titled “Rising incidence of rape of minors”. The Senate also directed its […]

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Shiite members shoot policeman, NSCDC officer at Nigeria’s National Assembly

Several members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shiites, on Tuesday, stormed the National Assembly and shot a police officer and a civil defence officer. According to Punch, the dreaded Shiite members overpowered the policemen at the gate, collected one of their guns and shot the two security operatives. They entered the […]

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Pretty female Corps member dies after applying Sniper to her hair (Photos)

A female corps member doing her primary assignment at the House of Assembly in Osun State, Nigeria, Ms Ayomikun Ademorayo Juliana has died after allegedly applying Sniper, to her hair to kill lice troubling her. Sources said Ayomikun, while preparing for a new hairdo to mark her birthday on July 18, had gone to a […]

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Buhari was defeated by Atiku in Katsina state, party chairman tells tribunal

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State, Salisu Maijigiri, told the Presidential Election Tribunal, on Tuesday, that his party’s presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, defeated President Muhammadu Buhari, in his home state of Katsina. Atiku and PDP, are by their petition filed before the five-man tribunal led […]

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The Poem on Ugandan president that sent female University lecturer to prison (Photo & Poem)

Ugandan feminist and lecturer, Stella Nyanzi, has been sent to prison over a poem about ‘Vagina’ she wrote and shared on Facebook in September. In the poem, the Ugandan feminist used a graphic description of the birth of the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, and his mother’s vagina to criticize his “oppression, suppression and repression” in […]

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Daddy Adeboye must declare stance on Ruga, Leah Sharibu -Musicians, students storm RCCG camp (Photos)

Areafada1 also known as Charly Boy, Denge Pose singer, Baba Fryo; Nigeria Jagajaga singer, Eedris Abdulkareem; and some Nigerian students on Monday stormed the Redemption Camp, to demand that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor E.A Adeboye gives his stance on RUGA and Leah Sharibu’s abduction and captivity. The […]

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Senator Abbo charged for assault, he pleads not guilty

Nigerian Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator, Elisha Abbo was arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Zuba, Abuja, by Nigeria Police Force on Monday. The Police filed a criminal charge against Abbo for assaulting a woman at an adult sex toy shop in Abuja. When the charge was read to him during the proceeding, the lawmaker, […]

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Results of presidential poll were electronically transmitted —INEC technical officer

Mr. Peter Uzioma Obi, petitioners’ 2nd witness at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday, said it was wrong to say the results of the February 23, 2019 presidential election were not transmitted electronically. Obi took the witness stand at the instance of the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who […]

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Buhari gets 14-day ultimatum to revive Goje’s corruption trial

Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre has given President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government of Nigeria a 14-day Ultimatum to immediately revive corruption case against Danjuma Goje or prepare for court action. The Federal Government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) was trying Goje for stealing N5bn between September and […]

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Ooni, Soyinka tell Nigerians to defend their lands against Ruga

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, have called on Nigerians across state demarcations to defend the sanctity of their ancestral lands against usage for Ruga cattle settlements. The call was contained in a communiqué issued on Sunday to document highlights of last Thursday’s meeting between the monarch and Soyinka […]

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At last, Buhari signs AfCFTA agreement

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has eventually signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). The signing took place at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on AfCFTA and the First Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities in Niamey, Niger Republic. Buhari appended his signature […]

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104-year-old Nigerian World War II veteran asks FG to pay his pension

104-year-old World War ll veteran of the Nigerian Army, Adama Aduku, on Saturday, urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to pay his pension. The centenarian was one of those conferred with the Chief of Army Staff World War II Veteran Award at the 2019 Army Day Celebration in Lagos. While speaking to journalists at the […]

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Pastor evicted from residence over N2.7m arrears of rent

A Senior Magistrate Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has ordered a pastor of Christ Embassy, Uduak Effiong, to be ejected from his apartment and pay the indebted sum of N2.7m. The court also ordered him to pay 10 per cent interest from the date of judgment till liquidation. The four-bedroomed semi-detached duplex is […]

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Kogi University lecturer owed 5 months salary collapses, dies

A Kogi University lecturer identified as Dr Jamiu Abdullahi, has been confirmed dead after he slumped at a hospital while awaiting his test result. The  Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies’ lecturer who last collected his salary in February 2019, was reportedly unable to seek medical treatment for the High Blood Pressure (HBP) which led to his death. “The […]

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Supreme Court’s majority, minority judgments on Osun guber election

Nigerian Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the four appeals filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The appeals by Adeleke and his party were against the May 9, 2019 judgments of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which voided the majority judgment […]

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The 2-page statement of foremost lawyer, Ben Nwabueze, to the presidential election tribunal

Foremost Nigerian lawyer, Ben Nwabueze SAN, was among the lawyers who appeared in court for the main hearing of the presidential election petition at the Court of Appeal on Thursday. Nwabueze, 87, arrived the court in a wheelchair. He spoke briefly to the tribunal leadership before leaving the Court of Appeal, venue of the petition. […]

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30 days ultimatum too long, Fani-Kayode replies northern youths on eviction of southerners

Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the purported threat by Coalition of Northern Youths to evict all southerners in the North, if the federal government doesn’t rescind its decision to suspend the Ruga settlements for Fulani herders within 30 days. The Federal Government suspended the Ruga initiative earlier planned to curb […]

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