Do We Have a Budding Grace Mugabe in Nigeria? By Reno Omokri

There appears to be a lot more in common between former Zimbabwean First Lady, Grace Mugabe, and Nigeria’s present First Lady, Aisha Buhari, than immediately meets the eye. I don’t even know why few people have connected the dots before now, seeing as they are both almost always in the eye of a media storm. […]

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From January, UK Banks will check if account holders are legal residents in the UK

Resolving mistakes made when new rules come into force to freeze or close the bank accounts of illegal immigrants could be an “absolute nightmare”, a former board member of TSB has warned. Banks and building societies will carry out checks from January to see if account holders are legally in the UK. MPs backed the […]

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Pastor arrested for shooting his wife, step-daughter and her boyfriend dead (Photos)

Police have arrested a Virginia youth Pastor for allegedly killing three people on Thanksgiving night around 11:30 p.m on Thursday. The suspect, Christopher R. Gattis, 58, a full-time cleric at Grace Lutheran Church on Harrowgate Road, was arrested at his Chester home when officers reported to the scene and discovered his wife, Jeanett Gattis, 58, her […]

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To resign, Mugabe reportedly offered $10m lump sum payment, full monthly salary, etc – report

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, 93, was reportedly offered a $10 million lump sum payment, full monthly salary, medial cover, security as well as protection of his private properties, as part of a deal that led to his resignation. This came as reports indicated this week that the nonagenarian was also granted immunity from prosecution after his […]

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State police advocates should consider opposite arguments – AGF Malami

The Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, has advised proponents of state police to balance it against fears of politicisation of police activities, arms proliferation and bias. The AGF gave the advice in his address at the opening of a two-day retreat organised by Southern Senators’ Forum in Calabar on Friday. He said that […]

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Alleged killer wife, Maryam Sanda arraigned, in tears as she is detained in prison custody (Photos)

Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arraigned a housewife, Mrs. Maryam Sanda for allegedly killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, son of former People’s Democratic Party Chairman. She was charged before an FCT High Court in Abuja just as the court ordered her to be remanded in Suleja Prison custody. She was arraigned for offense bordering on […]

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65,000 prison inmates in Nigeria face starvation over N6bn debt

NIGERIA’s Prison population of 65,000 inmates are currently under the threat of starvation following the non-payment of ration and gas suppliers since 2015. Saturday Vanguard gathered that the Federal Government had since 2015 failed to remit payment of over N6 billion to the contractors. Reacting to the development, one of the suppliers, Hajia Maimunat Usman urged President […]

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Atiku Abubakar’s full statement on his resignation from APC

“On the 19th of December, 2013, I received members of the All Progressives Congress at my house in Abuja. They had come to appeal to me to join their party after my party, the Peoples Democratic Party, had become factionalized as a result of the special convention of August 31, 2013. The fractionalization of the […]

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Not one APC governor is leaving the party with Atiku – El Rufai

Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday said “not one” governor from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), would decamp with the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who just exited the party. He was reacting to the exit of Mr. Abubakar from Nigeria’s ruling party on Friday. Mr. El-Rufai, a prominent leader of the APC, […]

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Bride goes on her knee as groom, Oritsefemi, sprays her with $100 bills at bachelorette party (Video)

Ahead of their white wedding on Saturday, 25th November, MSN Gang boss Oritsefemi last night, spoilt his wife, Nabila silly with crisp $100 bills at their bachelorette party in Lagos. In a video clip shared on Instagram by Goldmynetv, the singer can be seen spraying the foreign currency on his wife as her friends watched […]

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Lady celebrity, Uriel Oputa, shares dreamt-photo with boxing champion, Anthony Joshua (Photos)

He is handsome and she is beautiful. But he is not only handsome, he is rich and has international fame. He is A-class celebrity. No wonder, ex-Big Brother Naija housemate, Uriel Oputa is still crushing on her dream man, Nigerian-British heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua. She took to her Instagram to share the above black […]

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Death toll rises to 235 in Egypt’s mosque bomb blast

Death toll in a bomb attack set up by gunmen in a packed mosque in Egypt’s restive North Sinai province has risen to 235. The bomb explosion ripped through the Rawda mosque roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish before gunmen opened fire on the worshippers gathered for weekly Friday prayers, […]

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Sick 73-year-old woman wheel-chaired to court to divorce her husband of 55-years (Photos)

A 73-year-old woman has filed a divorce case to terminate her 55-year-old marriage over alleged mistreatment by her husband and co-wife. Marcella Mukami Kinyugo, a retired teacher from Kiriaini town in Mathioya Constituency, Kenya recently went to the Kangema magistrate court to demand that her marriage to Peter Kinyugo, 76, is dissolved. According to Nairobi News, […]

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Ehi Ogbebor rocks in a Rolls Royce to an event with her new billionaire husband (Photos)

Elegant Ehi Ogbebor and her new husband, billionaire businessman, Ken Bramor had their traditional wedding in Benin City last weekend. The interior designer, attended her first event as a wife on Friday. Her husband and her were driven to the event on a white Rolls Royce. She captioned the photos: “First outing at Mrs”    

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Daddy Freeze continues to engage Pastor Adeboye’s sermons on offering and tithing (Video)

Daddy Freeze, the self styled leader of the ‘Freethesheeple’ movement continues his campaign against paying tithes and calling out Nigerian pastors. Thursday evening, he shared a video of one of Pastor Adeboye’s sermon where he said, ‘the only reason we take offering at all is because, that’s the only way to get you out of poverty’. […]

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Religious leaders instigating politicians in Nigeria to steal – Lagos governor

Lagos State Governor, Akinwumin Ambode, has accused religious leaders of instigating politicians to steal by the way they patronized the politicians and other influential individuals in the society. According to Ambode, most political leaders who get patronized by religious leaders are compelled to do anything possible to meet up with the expectations of the clerics. […]

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Former Nigerian VP, Atiku Abubakar resigns from APC

Former Nigerian Vice President and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar, has resigned from the party. Mr Abubakar’s aide, Paul Ibe, revealed this in a tweet this morning. “H.E. @atiku has resigned from the All Progressives Congress,” the tweet read. Mr Abubakar contested against the president, Muhammed Buhari alongside three others for the ticket […]

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