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Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State said on Friday that the government, Bank of Industry, business tycoon Aliko Dangote and some states will acquire the Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Ltd (PAN). El-Rufa’i who said this during the state’s special day at the ongoing 37th Kaduna International Trade Fair, named the other states as Katsina, Kebbi and […]

The Kogi State governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja has agreed to accept forensic reports as parts of evidence to be tendered by the petitioner during the proceedings. Ruling on an earlier motion filed by the petitioner, Captain Idris Wada, Justice Halima Mohammed said that the court would accept forensic experts as witnesses and their […]

CONSTITUTION REFORM IN THE 8TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: DEVELOPING A ROADMAP FOR CSO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PROCESS DATE: Monday, 29 February 2016 VENUE: Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja TIME: 9:00am  COMMUNIQUE Introduction Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) convened a meeting of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders to deliberate on the issues surrounding amendments to […]

The old SIIB/SCID Panti Street Police station, Adekunle, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria is currently on fire. It is hoped that the Police personnel at the station will be able to manage this situation without resulting in casualty or escape of suspects in custody (especially the hardened ones) inside the building. See more photos below: Images: LIB

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose looks stylish in his Efunsetan Aniwura era’s Yoruba traditional attire at the coronation ground of the new Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji  which is currently holding in Ibadan. See more photos below:  Images: LIB

Days after Toyin Aimakhu wished her estranged husband, Niyi Johnson well in a birthday message, pictures arriving last evening shows he has proposed to another woman. Niyi had showed off other women on his Instagram page but not the one he is pictured with. He is yet to confirm if this is a real proposal […]

It was a gathering of top Yoruba acts as one of their colleagues, Bimbo Success, an actress in the Yoruba movie industry, got married to her movie director hubby, Saheed Bolaji Oscar. The traditional marriage held yesterday March 3, 2016 and actresses like Iyabo Ojo, Fathia William, Mercy Aigbe Gentry, Biodun Okeowo, Dayo Amusa and […]

Definitely one of the hottest actors in the African movie scene, it breaks the hearts of women worldwide to know he isn’t single. A lot is known about cross-over actor/producer, Van Vicker, but not everyone is aware that the Ghanaian filmmaker has a mouth-watering family. Aside having a beautiful wife at home, Van Vicker is […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),  said on Thursday,  that over $20 billion is currently lying  idle in domiciliary accounts in Nigeria. Deputy Governor of CBN (Financial System Surveillance), Dr Joseph Nnana, who represented the Governor of CBN at an interaction with the Joint Senate and House Committees on Appropriation, said that the said funds […]

A 40-year-old man in Kisii County, Kenya, was on Monday, February 29, sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing his 4 children. Kisii resident judge, Joseph Karanja ruled that Misati will serve the sentence concurrently for 50 years for each of the four counts of murder he had been charged with. According to Standard […]

The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has declared today, Friday, March 4, 2016, as public holiday throughout the state to commemorate the coronation of the 41st Olubadan of Ibadan land. The new Oba Saliu Olasupo Adetunji will be installed at the historic Mapo Hall in the heart of Ibadan on Friday. The Special Adviser to the Governor […]

FORMER National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and its candidate in the Anambra Central senatorial election, Chief Victor Umeh, has allegedly been arrested by men of the Department of State Services, DSS, over perceived support for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. It was gathered that Umeh was invited to the headquarters of […]

A British-born Nigerian was removed from an Easyjet flight at Luton airport after a fellow passenger read a message that mentions ‘prayer’ on his mobile phone and alerted cabin crew, who raised alarm with the police. Laolu Opebiyi was using WhatsApp to arrange a conference call prayer session with friends, as the Amsterdam-bound flight was […]

Riri stuns on the cover of British Vogue for their April issue, in denim chap boots called Denim Desserts from the Rihanna x Manolo Blahnik collection. See her unclad photo below: Images: Vogue

3 years after he fatally shot and killed his girlfriend, South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius will now appear in Pretoria’s High Court in April to face sentencing after the Constitutional Court dismissed his appeal “for lack of prospects of success” and found him guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s day in […]

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday held that MTN Nigeria and its Chief Executive Officer, Ferdi Moolman, must face trial over alleged copyright infringements, notwithstanding settlement with a complainant. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba gave the ruling in an application filed by an Abuja based musician, Dovie Omenuwoma-Eniwo (a.k.a. Baba 2010) seeking a withdrawal of his […]

The Nigerian Army Council has quashed the conviction of Brig.-Gen. Enitan Ransome-Kuti by a Special Court Martial and ordered his release from close custody. Ransome-Kuti was arrested in January 2015 and tried by a special court martial for cowardice, while serving as Commander of a Joint Multinational Task Force in Baga. A statement by Col. […]

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State yesterday directed the state’s Human Rights Commission to wade into the alleged abduction of a 14-year-old Miss Patience Paul, on August 12, 2015. The governor’s directive came as the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, directed the Sokoto State Police Command to immediately commence investigation into the case […]

Ese Oruru, the 14-year-old teenager allegedly abducted from Bayelsa State and taken to Kano by one Yunusa, aka Yellow, has said that she still could not tell how she made the journey to the North West state. In an exclusive interview with Daily Sun in a private home in Abuja, Ese said it was only […]

The minister of education and members of the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education clashed over the sacking of 5 of the 12 university vice-chancellors. The VCs being contested are the federal universities of Oye-Ekiti, Binin Kebbi, Gusau, Gashua and the National Open University of Nigeria. Adamu said the former VCs were sacked because […]