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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Ms Sandie Okoro, for her recent appointment as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, World Bank Group. The President also extended the same felicitations to Ms Nnemkadi Ogwunike on her record breaking achievements in the U.S. Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) League. The two congratulatory messages were signed by the […]

A self-styled prophet in South Africa on Monday defended spraying his followers in the face with insect killer saying the practice healed people of their sins. Photographs of Lethebo Rabalago spraying “Doom” aerosol on volunteers during his church service at the weekend in Limpopo, in the northwest of the country, spread fast on social media. […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has rejected calls for the postponement of Ondo governorship election saying the poll slated for Saturday, November 26, will hold as scheduled. Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had urged the electoral body to shift the election to allow the Supreme Court take a decision on […]

Nigerian military on Monday in Maiduguri unveiled the photographs of another 55 Boko Haram terrorists it had declared wanted, bringing the number of wanted terrorists so far to 257. It had declared 202 insurgents wanted in two batches in 2015. Unveiling the photographs at the headquarters of the Theatre Command, the Chief of Defence Staff, […]

According to The Trent, no fewer than 10 people sustained various degrees of injury as thugs and police detail on the convoy of controversial businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, opened fire on the campaign office of Eyitayo Jegede SAN along Ijapo Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Jimoh Ibrahim and his over 30 vehicles convoy stopped […]

Fellow Nigerians, before I get into my main gist of today, let me quickly apologise for my inability to write this column last week. Truth is I had a mental block, pure and simple. Contrary to speculations that I couldn’t write because my great heroine, Hillary Clinton, lost her election, I was just so physically […]

With less than one week to the Ondo State governorship election, 20 political parties on Monday in Abuja demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should postpone exercise because of security reasons. Rising from an emergency meeting held at the national secretariat of Labour Party (LP), the 20 parties warned that Nigeria cannot afford […]

A former prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Godwin Obla (SAN), on Monday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, to declare his continued detention by the commission, as unlawful. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the EFCC had preferred a 30-count charge of conspiracy to pervert justice for […]

You may wish to meet the Nigerian said to own 11 Rolls-Royce cars. So they say. Source: AutoXPATPro, Youtube

Ever since I can remember, one common phrase that I have heard so frequently in our country is that “Nigeria is a rich country that can provide for everybody.” The assumption from that belief is that with petrodollars, our country can meet the needs of all citizens in education (which has to be free from […]

The African Academy of Sciences and the NEPAD Agency’s Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) have announced the commitment of US$7 million to fund innovative ideas and research through the Grand Challenges Africa programme to accelerate scientific breakthroughs that will improve Africa’s health and developmental outcomes. AESA has partnered with the Bill […]

For as long as one can remember there has always been ‘jungle justice’ in Nigeria. All it takes is for somebody to shout ‘ole’ (thief) and anybody seen running away – the suspect or not – is apprehended, subject to a kangaroo court before being beaten mercilessly to a pulp – or even killed in […]

The embattled Supreme Court judge, Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta was on Monday arraigned by the Federal Government. The 65-year-old judge entered a not guilty plea to the 16-counts charge of money laundering, breach of professional ethics and forgery leveled against him. The matter had to be stood down for two hours to take his bail […]

Sexual problems affect around one third of young and middle aged women, and about half of older women. These include; lack of sexual desire; pain during sexual intercourse and problems with reaching orgasm. An extensive study over a period of seven years from the University of Turku and Abo Akademi University in Finland may shed […]

A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi has said that the current hardship in Nigeria was birthed by the wrong application of resources by Nigerians, noting that everyone benefited from the circle of systemic corruption in the country. He also cautioned that the failure to acknowledge that the hardship was collectively caused would ensure […]

Permit me to begin this contribution with an apology for my disappearance from the literary and political scene for the last one month but this was due to circumstances beyond my control. On October 21st, five days after my 56th birthday, I was arrested by the EFCC without an arrest warrant at the premises of […]

Mr Yinka Odumakin is the Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere. In this interview by DEPUTY EDITOR, DAPO FALADE of the Nigerian Tribune, he speaks on the rumoured plans for a third force in the politics of the country and on the crisis in the PDP and the APC. He also warned that […]

Found this old but very important, lifesaving piece of information. Read below… Scientists have advised that parents should not put their babies in car seats for more than 30mins to avoid the risk of suffocation. Doctors warn that very young babies whose neck muscles are not strong enough to stop their heads flopping forward could […]

This extremely sad incident happened this morning at Mile 2 junction Lagos. A lady’s legs were crushed when a container fell on her as she was about boarding a bike on the road. According to a LIB eye witness, the bike man managed to escape but the lady tripped while trying to run, and the container […]

  A 9 year old boy is being called a hero after he saved his baby brother from falling. Their mum placed the 11 month old on a changing table and turned her back for just a few seconds and that was when disaster nearly happened. The baby turned and was falling when the 9 […]