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President Buhari forwarded 47 names for ambassadorial appointment to the Senate. The names were contained in a letter sent to the senate which was read by Bukola Saraki in yesterday’s plenary. ‎1. Obinna Chukwuemeka Agbugba (Abia) 2. Salisu Umaru (Adamawa) 3. Inyan Udo-Inyang (Akwa Ibom) 4. Okeke Vivian Nwunaku (Anambra) 5. Liman Munir (Bauchi) 6. […]

Pictured are African beauty queens, including Miss Nigerian Rosalind Balogun, at their hotel lobby before Miss World beauty contest in London, 1977. From L-R, Miss Tanzania (Teresa Shayo), Miss Uganda (Rosemary Salmon), Miss Nigeria (Rosalind Balogun), Miss Ghana (Araba Vroon). Photo credit: Leonard Burt via Genevieve Magazine

Two days of funeral ceremonies bidding farewell to Muhammad Ali began today with a Muslim prayer service in the Kentucky hometown of the beloved boxing legend and civil rights hero. Thousands of people stood in the cavernous Freedom Hall arena in remembrance of one of the 20th century’s most singular personalities, who died last week […]

Nigerian woman was killed after the Perodua Myvi car she was in with her sister was involved in an accident at Km269 of the North-South Expressway (southbound) on Thursday, June 9. In the accident which occured at 3.15pm, the 23-year-old victim, identified as Odongo Regina Ndamai, died at the scene due to serious injuries. Nilai Fire […]

15 year old girl from Plateau State, Nimre Moses, who was abducted by a man identified as Aminu and taken to Katsina state has been rescued. According to Plateau News Online, Aminu forcefully abducted Nimre from her school located at Life Camp in Abuja, took her to Katsina state, converted her to Islam and change […]

Levon Holton-Teamer sent her 15-year-old daughter, a freshman at Wiregrass Ranch High School in Wesley Chapel, to go clean her room on Sunday afternoon, minutes later when the mom didn’t hear any movement in her room, she went to look for her daughter, Tovonna. Holton-Teamer said Wednesday: “I go to the bathroom; I couldn’t get in the […]

It would have been so easy if anger could solve problems. We would have chosen the path of the prophecy of the legendary Bob Marley of blessed memory. “A total destruction, the only solution. They aren’t no use, no one can stop them now!” Quite obviously, the civil war that seemed to have been avoided […]

The Federal Government is set to roll out a programme aimed at feeding over 24 million school children at the basic school level with one meal a day from locally sourced foodstuff. Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday inaugurated the ‘strategic plan’ and the national coordinating team for the implementation of the programme on […]

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is collaborating with the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group to establish a databank of missing persons in the country. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Bem Agwe, made this known at a roundtable organised by the commission in Abuja on Thursday. “We are meeting here to put […]

George Santayana says: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” If Nigerians were not so forgetful, we would not now be saddled with the burdensome presidency of Muhammadu Buhari. In his first coming as military head-of-state in 1984, Buhari took Nigeria’s economy from bad to worse. Under him, our national debt […]

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted the position of the Minister of Interior Abdulrahman Danbazau a retired Lieutenant General that government won’t deploy soldiers to confront killer Fulani herdsmen. The rights group said the Minister of Interior who has come under close scrutiny and intense criticisms for his recent rash of one […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of his Special Adviser on Planning, Mr Ben Akabueze, as the new Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation. The announcement was made this afternoon by Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) Femi Adesina. He said in a statement issued in Abuja: “Mr. Akabueze […]

Justice Evoh Chukwu, a judge of the federal high court, Abuja, is dead. Justice Chukwu was the judge presiding over the alleged forgery case against Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, before his death. According to a statement issued by Emmanuel Gako, the court’s chief registrar, Justice Chukwu died after a brief illness. The […]

Notwithstanding that he is in faraway London on a medical vacation, President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded a list of 47 nominees for ambassadorial appointment to the Senate. The names were contained in a letter sent to the Senate, and read on the floor of the upper legislative chamber by Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Thursday. In […]

With love, Mzznaki and her fiancé will soon be walking down the aisle. They look so happy together always and sincerely, that’s all that matters. We say congrats to them.

Kim Kardashian took to instagram to celebrate her hubby who turned a year older yesterday.

Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, former soccer star who led the way for many African footballers in Europe and Nigeria’s most successful coach, died on Tuesday in Benin City, the Edo State capital, at 11.45 p.m. of yet unknown case. He was 54. The late former Super Eagles chief coach’s brother in-law spoke yesterday of his last […]

In June 2010, a set of sextuplets (Rozonno Jr., Isaac, Josiah, Elijah, Madison and Olivia) were born Columbus, Ohio. Their parents, Mia and Rozonno McGhee had beautiful photo shoot with the babies and the photo went viral. It inspired a docuseries named Six Little McGhees which showcased the parents as they juggled marriage and raised […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and his queen Olori Wuraola Ogunwusi were surrounded by a huge crowd as the royal couple arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on their way to the United States earlier this week. Ooni Ogunwusi, who is arguably one of Nigeria’s most popular monarchs, has been […]

Adesola Ogunmefun and Funmi Odusina The death of two young women at Elegushi private beach on Sunday has caused public outrage and outcry among relatives of the victims as well as other concerned citizens. The victims, Adesola Ogunmefun and Funmi Odusina, who were postgraduate students of the University of Lagos drowned at Elegushi private beach […]