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Nigerian Police, Wednesday, responded to the allegation made by the senator representing Kogi West district at the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye that the Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris had concluded plans to arrest and inject him to death. The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood described Dino’s allegation as “hate speech aimed […]
Continue ReadingThe Iraqi government has eventually made Christmas Day, December 25, an official nationwide holiday, to mark the ‘occasion of the birth of Jesus Christ’. The announcement was made Tuesday, after the Iraqi Cabinet approved an amendment to its national holiday’s law which creates a new official one ‘on the occasion of the birth of Jesus Christ‘. A tweet […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has enjoined Nigerians to show generosity to their neighbours as they get set for tomorrow’s Christmas celebration. Buhari, in the Christmas message he personally signed on Monday, also appealed to Nigerians to demonstrate the diversity of the country in all they do. The message: “I felicitate with all Nigerians, particularly our Christian brothers […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, has rubbished the 2019 budget President Muhammadu Buhari presented at the National Assembly last week. In a statement Atiku signed and issued on Sunday, the PDP presidential candidate stated that it will be a disservice to the nation if the fundamental flaws in the 2019 budget […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Saturday that Nigeria belongs to all and that God will not allow “insensitive” few to make the country their private estate. Chief Obasanjo said this at the 80th birthday celebration of Professor Ango Abdullahi, former Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, which took place at the […]
Continue ReadingShowing their concern about some of the events culminating in Nigeria’s next year’s general elections, 4 United States senators; Jeff Flake, Cory Booker, Johnny Isakson and Christopher Coons came out strongly in the week and insisted that Nigeria must build off on the peaceful transfer of power she pulled off in 2015 as she gears […]
Continue ReadingThe traditional ruler of Isaoye Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti state, Oba Gabriel Olajide and his subjects are at war over his opposition to certain traditional rites. According to The News, the allegations leveled against the monarch by the community’s chiefs and indigenes included high handedness, incessant harassment of subjects using the […]
Continue ReadingUnion Bank, one of Nigeria’s oldest financial institutions, on Friday night, admitted ownership of a large consignment of cash which anti-graft operatives said they intercepted at the international airport in Enugu, Nigeria. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced in a statement Friday evening that two men were arrested at Akanu Ibiam International Airport […]
Continue ReadingTwo individuals have been intercepted carrying $2.8million cash at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. They were arrested by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zone. The suspects, identified as Ighoh Augustine and Ezekwe Emmanuel, claimed to be workers of Bankers Warehouse. The EFCC said the two men concealed the cash […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the new terminal at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday. The President said, the event represents yet another significant milestone for international air travelers in and out of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Buhari stated that it gives him “great pleasure to be here for the formal […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate, Thursday, confirmed the appointment of Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye as the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The upper chamber also confirmed eight others as members of the ICPC board. They are: Grace Chinda from Delta, Okolo Titus (Enugu), Obiora Igwedebia (Anambra), Olubukola Balogun (Lagos) and Justice Adamu […]
Continue ReadingGhanaian President, Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, has sacked 3 High Court Judges, indicted for corruption and bribe-taking three years ago. The sacked judges are Ayisi Addo, Uuter Paul Dery and Mustapha Habib Logoh. The trio were among those implicated by Ghanaian investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas for acts of corruption and bribe-taking in 2015. The judges were removed […]
Continue ReadingHistory of Nigerian aviation will be incomplete without the mention of Maiduguri and Kano city, where the first aircraft landed in Nigeria on November 1, 1925. A book by Vincent Orange: “Coningham: A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham”, vividly captured the expedition. Led by the then Flight Lt. Coningham, the air trip began […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Appeal Court, Ibadan Division, has sacked Senator Buruji Kashamu and other ‘candidates’ in the Dayo Adebayo-led faction of the Ogun State PDP, leaving Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu and others who emerged through the party’s primaries as the authentic candidates of the party in the 2019 elections. The 3-man appeal panel delivered judgement today, Tuesday, December 18, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has responded to Garba Shehu, who earlier Monday claimed that the former President is to be blamed over Buhari’s failure to appoint ministers on time. Garba Shehu appeared on a Channel’s TV show and said, the refusal of Jonathan’s government to cooperate with the transition committee had a negative effect on the […]
Continue ReadingPresidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has posed ten questions President Muhammadu Buhari must answer. In a statement by his media team, Atiku, while criticizing Buhari’s anti-corruption war, cited some cases Nigerians needed answers. Atiku, citing cases of abandoned corrupt cases, condemned the appearance of Babachir Lawal, Buhari’s former […]
Continue ReadingStatistician General of Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Yemi Kale, has responded to the comment by the presidency that his agency’s high unemployment statistics was wrong. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Channels Television programme, on Sunday, said Kale failed to reflect the rising rate of […]
Continue ReadingAs they begin on Monday, the National Assembly workers under the umbrella of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have made good their threat to embark on a four-day strike. The workers, who are demanding mainly for the payment of arrears of 28 per cent increase in their salaries since 2010, stormed the National Assembly […]
Continue ReadingIt has been 10 years of mutual love. No wonder the former Super Eagles player, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, has to surprise his wife, Yvonne, with a Range Rover as her Christmas gift. An excited Yvonne shared the photo of the SUV on her Instagram page and thanked him. Yvonne and Yakubu got married in 2008.
Continue ReadingA veteran Nollywood actor, Elder Ifeanyi Ikenga Gbulie has passed away. Elder Danda, as he was famously called, died three days ago after battling stroke for years. He died in Enugu, Nigeria. Confirming the sad news of his demise, member of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Chima Okoroji, said the late actor would be greatly […]
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