Category: Uncategorized

Human rights organisation, Amnesty International has faulted the findings of the Special Board of Inquiry investigating the allegations of human rights abuse by soldiers. The agency, however, called for the establishment of a Presidential Commission of Inquiry to probe the allegations. Reacting to the summary of the Army report, the Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, […]

A video of Pastor Ashimolowo, founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC), asking his church members to donate $1,000 or N1,000 for every year they have lived on earth has gone viral. In the video, the pastor could be heard asking his church members to sow seeds. First, a seed of $1,000 and the second, […]

Two women suspected to be involved in artificially colouring oranges to boost their sales have been arrested for questioning and possible prosecution by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in Ghana According to the FDA, the police conducted a raid at the Madina market last Tuesday after photos and video of a woman dipping oranges […]

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors are right now meeting in Abuja, according to a breaking news by the online edition of Nigerian Tribune. “The meeting which is taking place at Ekiti Lodge, Asokoro is being hosted by Chairman of the forum and Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose,” the report said. It named early attendees to include […]

A Nigerian lady with Facebook username, Nelly Jose Mourinho recently celebrated her 28th birthday and decided to share nude photos to mark the day. She shared the photo on Facebook and wrote; “I told you to expect worse this year, didn’t I!? Oh well here we are, it’s my birthday and it’s within my jurisdiction […]

Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli and her siblings on Friday 2nd June 2017 laid their father to rest in his country home in their hometown, Mosogar, Delta State. The reception followed immediately at Mosogar Civic centre. Until his death, Chief Matthew Eriyovwe Ukey worked as a Commissioner at the Delta State Civil Service Commission. The burial […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that Acting President Yemi Osinbajo gets in touch with President Muhammadu Buhari every day and that there is “so much trust” between both men. Mohammed said this when he appeared on Politics Today on Channels Television. Asked if President Buhari is in support of […]

A new and ambitious airline is being cleared for take-off by Nigerian aviation authorities. JetWest could make its maiden voyage in December, and the team behind it is aiming high. The venture’s founder is Dikko Nwachukwu, a serial entrepreneur with a background in aviation. His mission statement is simple. “The guiding vision for JetWest is […]

The outburst was premeditated and the delivery was properly rehearsed. It unleashed vitriolic excesses on the Igbo. It described the Igbo as unruly, ungrateful, uncultured, acrimonious and stubborn. The Igbo were also packaged as a people with insatiable criminal obsessions. That was the Northern Youth Coalition, spewing hate against the Igbo. The northern elements took […]

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) command in Katsina state, arrested seven girls using hijab to disguise in a bid to evade arrest, as they attempted to travel illegally through the state to Europe. Parading the girls, the Comptroller of Immigration in the state, Mohammed Yaro Rabiu, said the hijab was used by the girls to […]

Prof. (Dr.) Ifeoma Okoye is a radiologist at the Radiation Medicine Department at the University of Nigeria College of Medicine (UNCM) and University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu. She is also the founder of a non-governmental organisation, Breast Without Spot (BWS) Dr. Okoye, a mother of three and grandmother of 2, has been married […]

Kechi Okwuchi is one of the contestants at the 2017 America’s Got Talent. She took pictures with some of the judges of the program, Simon Cowell and Mel B. (Photo credit: Kechi Okwuchi, America’s Got Talent)

No doubt, Serena Williams is a strong woman. While it is good for everybody including pregnant women to do exercise, but is it safe for Serena to still be playing tennis, a rigorous game while this heavy? The tennis champion, who is in her third trimester, shared a video of her doing what she loves most. This will […]

The people of Lesotho are mourning the tragic loss of their first lady, Lipolelo Thabane. The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane was shot dead this morning, just two days before his inauguration. The 58-year-old was traveling home with a friend when both women were shot by an unknown assailant, the police […]

More facts have been stumbled on surrounding the circumstances that led to the location/hideout of the Billionaire Kidnap kingpin, Evans leading to his arrest on Saturday. Sources attributed it to an informant residing in Magodo and intelligence reports that revealed identities of his three girlfriends. It was gathered that after the Inspector-General of police deployed […]

Thanks to Speaker Yakubu Dogara, I was on the floor of the House of Representatives last Friday as guest speaker at a special session to mark the mid-term of the 18th National Assembly. I was invited to speak on “Image Perception of the Legislature: Causes and Possible Solutions” (http://wp.me/p7LdSh-t03). While, as I explained, individual lawmakers […]

The United States and British embassies in Nigeria have withdrawn and denied entry visa to some serving and retired Nigerian Army (NA) officers, a report of a Board of Inquiry set up by the army to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by the military in the country has revealed. This is even as the […]

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has strongly condemned groups that have resorted to ‘hate speech’ along ethnic lines. The Emir, while condemning ethnicity/tribalism, noted that Nigerians must stop thinking along ethnic lines and embrace the creation called Nigeria. He gave these charges via a series of posts on Instagram on Wednesday. According to […]

A list of Nigeria’s richest kidnapper Evans’ victims along with the amounts of money they paid the billionaire kidnapper has emerged. See it below. Also included is a list of Evans’ kidnapping gang members. The Joint Special Forces led by the Intelligence Response Team, the Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and Technical and Intelligent […]

Catholic Bishop emeritus and former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has lamented the state of the Nigerian economy. The former Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, in a statement titled, ‘Deprivation and Agitation: A Reflection on Nigeria’s Late 2017 Budget,’ decried the living conditions of Nigerians. Okogie said, “Some people do […]