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First Female Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, will today be called to the Nigerian bar. Remember House of Reps Speaker Etteh was heavily mocked for being a trained hairdresser. She resigned from office in October 2007 following allegation of her involvement in a N628 million contract scandal. She will become ‘my learned […]

In her book titled: “On Becoming”, Toke Makinwa recalled the fire that claimed the lives of her parents who were just 35 (dad) and 34 (mum) at the time of their deaths. They died when Toke, their second child and one of four children, was just 8 years old. The fire was caused by a […]

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of a Nigerian, Mr. Olufemi Elias, as Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. The appointment made public on Monday takes effect from Jan. 1, 2017. Until his appointment, Elias has been serving as the Executive Secretary of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal since July […]

A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia, officials say. Reports say there are six survivors. The plane reported electrical problems. The chartered aircraft, flying from Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense football team, airport officials said. The team […]

The Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, on Monday sent congratulatory message to the state’s Governor-elect, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Eni Akinsola, made available in Akure, Mimiko said: “It behooves on me as Governor of Ondo State to congratulate the Governor-elect, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) and wish […]

Nigerian Government is presently holding talks with members of the Boko Haram sect for the release of more hostages, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has said. Adesina also stated that the Federal Government would henceforth treat sponsors of Boko Haram as terrorists the moment they are identified as such. Mr. Adesina stated this in Lagos, during an […]

In an article titled “Nigeria’s Economy needs Visionary Leadership”, International business website, Bloomberg, said President Buhari’s rigid leadership style is making Nigeria’s economic problems harder to solve. Read the article published today below: Africa and the world cannot afford a failing economy in the continent’s most populous nation. Yet that is exactly what Nigeria might be getting: Its […]

These are two stunning women. One gave birth to the other. Can you tell who the mother is and who the daughter is? (LIB)

Lagos State Government through the state’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) is partnering with Access Bank to commemorate 16 days of activism to end all forms of violence against women and children. DSVRT Coordinator, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, in a statement on Sunday, said the team, in partnership with the Financial Control and Strategy Group […]

The state has a total of 1,647,973 registered voters, and 584,997 were accredited for the governorship election while a total of 580,887 votes were cast. A total of 551,272 votes were valid and 29,615 votes were rejected across the 18 LGA in the state. Further details of the results continue below: Source: INEC, LIB

A Federal High Court judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Godwin Obla have been arraigned before Jutice Akeem Oshodi of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. The duo are being arraigned on a 30-count charge of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by allegedly giving and receiving a bribe of N5 […]

A photo showing 20 women who were stripped naked following gunfight between Ugandan police and guardsmen of Kasese district, has been posted online. The chaos sparked off on Saturday morning when the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) and police attacked the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu Kingdom, following the reports that the King was harboring militia fighting for the […]

Reports say a Senior legislative aide serving with a lawmaker in the National Assembly, Abubakar Sani Mashi, collapsed and died at the entrance to the White House section of the National Assembly Abuja this morning. He was rushed to the hospital but was confirmed dead on arrival. The cause of his death is yet unknown.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially announced its rejection of the results of the Ondo state governorship elections held on Saturday. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr. Akeredolu polled 244,842, to defeat the PDP candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, who rallied 150,380 votes to place second in the race while Olusola Oke of the AD was […]

450 ex-Biafran policemen who were pardoned in 2000 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, would soon get their pension and gratuities 46 years after the civil war ended in January 1970. The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) which begins pensioners’ verification in the northeast on Monday said it would pay the pension and gratuities after the verification […]

Former House Committee chairman on Appropriation, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that N500 billion out of N1.27 trillion statutory allocation to the National Assembly in the last 10 years was diverted into running cost. The suspended lawmaker made the allegation in a press statement he made available to House Press Corps. Jibrin hinted that the […]

US President-elect Donald Trump renewed Sunday his unsubstantiated allegations of vote fraud in the election he won earlier this month. He wrote in Twitter that he would have defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the nationwide popular vote “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” Four hours later, he called into question the […]

Nine years subsequent to a former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, obtaining a perpetual injunction, restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting and or prosecuting him, the Senator Chukwuka Utazi-led Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes has revealed that an amendment bill of the EFCC Act, which will upturn the injunction […]

There has been huge jubilation in Owo, the hometown of Ondo State governor-elect, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, with his declaration as winner of the governorship election held on Saturday. Akeredolu, in company of the Minister for Solid Minerals and former Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, stormed the streets to celebrate with his supporters. It was […]

There is protest from the agent of the Peoples Democratic Party at the declaration of the final result of the Ondo State governorship election. Mr. Ayo Fadaka, had protested the result of the Saturday election which was won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu. The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, who […]