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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE BUHARI APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF IPAYE, AKANDE AS DCOS AND SSA (MEDIA). President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Rahman Adeola Ipaye as Deputy Chief of Staff and Mr. Laolu Akande as Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity) in the Presidency. The two new appointees will work in the Office […]

An Egyptian billionaire has offered to buy an island from Greece or Italy and develop it to help hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from Syria and other conflicts. Announcing the initiative on Twitter, telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris said: ‘Greece or Italy sell me an island, I’ll call its independence and host the migrants and […]

The police in neighbouring Niger Republic arrested a Nigerian carrying 4.6m Euros (N1.05bn) in cash at the Diori Hamani Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, on his way to Dubai. However, the Nigerien authorities have refused to send the seized funds back to Nigerian authorities. The Nigerien police said they suspected that the man was […]

Benue First Lady, Mrs. Eunice Ortom; Ghanian actress, Jackie Appiah; Nigerian comedian Gordons, join media enterpreneur, Love Idoko at the grand opening of one of its kind event’s place, ‘The Dream Center’. It was a carnival-like gathering, where the wife of the Governor of Benue State Mrs. Eunice Ortom led a very large delegation of women […]

Remembering Chief Abdul-Ganiyu “Gani” Oyesola Fawehinmi, SAN (22 April 1938–5 September 2009) By Kayode Ajulo In the historical trajectory of nations, it is as though in the course of events, Providence- that Almighty Hand that ever, in the spirit of benevolence, interrupts the folly and the foibles of men. To right wrongs and set nations […]

Remember the pictures of the Ekiti state civil servants begging on their knees that went viral? Some people even said it was the governor that asked them to kneel down as a means of punishment. Well, the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has pardoned the 31 civil servants who resumed late to work that […]

According to Punch, the Pastor of the Household of God Church, Lagos, Chris Okotie, has described an allegation levelled against him by Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, that he is responsible for the crisis rocking his marriage, as rubbish. Ike had, in a statement on Thursday, accused Okotie of stalling efforts he is making to save […]

Everyday, it is unimaginable news coming out from around the world. Hear this one. Sobrino Valdeci Picanto, an evangelical pastor from Brazil, persuaded his followers that he practiced oral sex because it was the way he preached the word, saying that his ‘milk’ was sacred. And this pastor said his penis was blessed and that […]

In the picture being interviewed is Lasisi Akeem, the man in the white car that was almost crushed by the trailer that fell from the bridge in Ojuelegba, Lagos on Wednesday September 2. He managed to escape from his car unhurt. He was full of praises to God. See more photos below  LIB

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, ICPC, has set up a task force to immediately investigate eight former state governors in Nigeria. According to Punch, a top operative of ICPC, who confided in their correspondent said that the task force was set up following petitions written against the former governors. Investigations have commenced on […]

According to Turkish media, the 3-year-old kid that was found washed up a beach in Turkey this week is named Aylan Kurdi. Above is a photo of him with his brother, Galip, 5 (who also reportedly drowned) and his father, Abdullah Kurdi. Their father said his wife (their mum) also drowned with them. Very sad. Source: Conflict […]

Although not yet officially declared publicly, the assets of President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have finally been disclosed. Below is a press statement from the presidency. “Documents submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), show that the retired General has indeed been living an austere and Spartan lifestyle, […]

According to AP, a defiant county clerk was sent to jail for contempt Thursday after insisting that her “conscience will not allow” her to follow a federal judge’s orders to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. “God’s moral law conflicts with my job duties,” Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis told U.S. District Judge David Bunning. “You […]

Ever heard of Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu, popularly known as ‘Penkelemesi’? He was the grandfather of the current deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in charge of Financial System Stability, Mr. Bayo Adelabu. The pre-independence politician who hailed from Kudeti in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital was Nigeria’s first Federal Minister of Social […]

Early last year, Dr. Hussaini Abdu, the then Nigeria Country Director for ActionAid, invited me to join a team of five members that would help the global institution conduct a research on the relationship between poverty and corruption in Nigeria. The team was chaired by Professor Etanibi Alemika of the Department of Sociology, University of […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ekiti has arrested one Shayo Oguntegbe, a suspected drug baron, popularly called Oritano. The acting Commander of the NDLEA in Ekiti, Mr. Nnanna Nworisa made the disclosure on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that officers of the […]

Indications emerged yesterday that the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Nta Ekpo, may have ordered a thorough investigation into financial transactions of four former governors. The former governors are  Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Sullivan Chime, Enugu; Ibrahim Shema, Katsina; and Rabiu Kwankwaso, Kano. ‎The investigation which has […]

Latest reports have it that Toyin Aimakhu and her hubby, Adeniyi Johnson have made peace for the second time after their latest marital problem. A source revealed that the actress has moved back into her matrimonial home in the Obadore Area of Ajah, Lagos. About two weeks ago, the actress stormed out of her matrimonial home in […]

Until it is very well established, but at the moment, the long arms of the law has caught up with a woman, who had allegedly been posing as a medical doctor for years using forged documents as she was arrested by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) on Wednesday. This is the first […]

For encouraging her late boyfriend to take his own life, with a barrage of forceful texts including, “You can’t think about it. You just have to do it,” 18-year-old Michelle Carter faces manslaughter charges. Eighteen-year-old Michelle Carter is looking at charges of manslaughter in Massachusetts’s juvenile court because of the way she “strongly influenced” her […]