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The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose took residents of Ado Ekiti by surprise when he turned a tailor during his working visit in the state capital. The amazed residents were happy at the humility of the Governor, and surely with what we’ve seen. he is “The people’s governor” See more photos below: Photo: Lailas

No fewer than 14 bodies of suspected illegal miners have been found dumped in the last two days in Benoni on the East Rand in South Africa’s Gauteng Province. A passer-by discovered the first six bullet-riddled bodies dumped on Sunday, and eight more were found by police on Monday. Police suspect it was a turf […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, injected another $100 million into the nation’s foreign exchange market, bringing its intervention in the market to $1.12 billion in two weeks. Meanwhile, the naira appreciated to its highest level against the dollar in the parallel market this year, as the parallel market exchange rate dropped to N448 […]

The third batch of Nigerians numbering 171 deported from Libya yesterday arrived the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos aboard an aircraft operated by Buraq Air with registration no TNSIB UZ/89/190. This is just as the deportees made up of 76 males and 95 females called on federal government to provide jobs for the youths to prevent […]

Nobody is above scandals, not even tongue speaking, fiery pastors. Many Nigerian pastors have been involved in one scandal or the other. The most rampant is sex scandals. The careers of most men even pastors have been destroyed by women. It did not start today and will not end today. Do not forget that Samson’s […]

Ten-man Arsenal were knocked out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage for the seventh successive season following a second-half 5-1 humiliation by Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium. A controversial decision in the 53rd minute by the referee shattered any hopes of the Gunners becoming the first side in Champions League history to […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with Nigerian Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on his birthday, wishing him a happy birthday, “filled with God’s blessings and grace as he turns 60 on Wednesday, March 8, 2017.” A statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi quoted the party as having […]

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has declared March 8 as work free day in Ekiti in commemoration of the 2017 International Women’s Day. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, told journalists in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday that Fayose declared the holiday to allow the full participation of women in the […]

Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo, thespian, journalist, playwright, administrator, politician and our friend and colleague died on Sunday on one of Nigeria’s impossibly treacherous roads, fleeing from armed robbers. If armed robbers knew who he was, may be they would have spared him. He was a true man of talent, a gifted professional and a man who will […]

The ECOWAS court sitting in Abuja has dismissed an application filed by the Nigerian Government seeking to quash a suit filed by the self-styled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu. The suit by the IPOB leader is seeking his unconditional release and 800 million U.S dollars in damages.   The Federal Government […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has reportedly asked Nigerians who have United States valid travel documents to disregard the warning issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, that Nigerians who do not have any compelling business in the US should not travel there as immigration officers have […]

This is about Stephen Nyitse, the young man who on the day of the coronation of the new Tor Tiv managed to beat security and went straight to where the king’s coronation seat, stool, throne had been placed and sat on it. We are told this caused a stir, and not a few in the […]

Clark County, Nevada commissioners are set to award an $80,000 settlement to a Nigerian man who risked losing his parental rights despite being acquitted of abuse and murder charges in the death of a 2-year-old boy, Las Vegas Review Journal reports on March 2. Victor Fakoya, 49, was tried and acquitted twice for the death […]

The Ag. president Yemi Osinbajo today flagged off the construction work for the $1.5bn standard gauge rail line from Lagos to Ibadan. The proposed156.65km Lagos-Ibadan rail is a double line, which is the first phase of a new Lagos-Kano standard gauge line. Nigerian government has already released N72bn counterpart funding for the rail project. The project […]

Beautiful Erika posted a photo on Instagram showing her breastfeeding her baby in public. She said that was the very first time she will be breastfeeding baby publicly. She is happy now she did at that time. “TBT to my first time feeding Ever in public. It was almost 80 degrees out, she was hungry & […]

One of the affected Nigerians, who was prevented from entering the United States of America, following President Trump’s immigration ban, has narrated his experience at a United States airport. According to Francis Adekola, the ban prevented him from attending his friend’s wedding in Mississippi on February 15, 2017, despite having a valid visa. Francis who was […]

Sequel to his being banished forever from the Tiv tribe of Benue State, 30-year-old Stephen Stephen Nyitse, has bagged a 4-year jail sentence for sitting on the throne of the traditional ruler of the Tiv tribe, during the new Tor Tiv’s installation last Saturday. Stephen, who alleged that he was under an evil spell while being interrogated at the […]

The Nigerian Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that he will defeat corruption in Nigeria by replicating the model he used to drive down corruption in Lagos State Judiciary to zero percent. He said he also had the system reformed during his tenure as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos. He disclosed this during […]

Justice Walter Onnoghen has been sworn-in by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo. He was sworn-in as the 17th substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) at the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja. Shortly after taking his oath of office, Onnoghen was also decorated by the Acting-President with the national honour of the Grand […]

Former Nigerian Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday advocated the merging of some states, according to Daily Post. He said such would solve many challenges facing the Nigeria as a country. Atiku wondered why States must always rush to Abuja for allocation and added that those not independent should be collapsed. According to him: “There […]