South/West APC decries appointments by Buhari as ethnic-based

South-West states’ chairmen of the APC, have decried the pattern of appointments by President Buhari, saying all of them had ethnic slant. They said aside his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, every other appointments so far made by Buhari have been from the core North and all of them northern Muslims. The party chairmen vowed not […]

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EFCC arrests, flies Lamido, 2 sons to Kano for trial on alleged graft

According to Vanguard, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Tuesday, arrested immediate past Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido along with his two sons over graft allegations. Vanguard learnt that the former governor and his two sons- Aminu and Mustapha-were picked up in Abuja on Tuesday and taken to Kano where they are expected to be arraigned […]

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Nigeria Sliding Without A Functioning Government –Bloomberg

Nigeria has attractive bond yields and a fast growing economy with a young population. For investors, it’s missing a key ingredient: a functioning government. According to Bloomberg, more than a month since taking charge of Africa’s largest economy, President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to choose ministers; an announcement the 72-year-old former military ruler said he […]

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Excess crude account not liquidated, says Buhari

State House Press Release: “Reports in sections of the  media today that funds will be drawn from the Excess Crude Account for the relief package approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for  statesand local governments, are incorrect. For the purpose of greater clarity on the matter, the measures approved by President Buhari to deal with the […]

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7 Things Men Notice Instantly When They See A Lady

It is no secret that usually men are attracted by a lady’s physical appearance. Well, each guy has his own sense of taste. Nevertheless, at the first notice, men put some extra attention to the following 7 things. 1.Your shape. Of course a guy looks at your shape and curves. Probably he will not be trying to hide this fact as well. […]

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Majek Fashek’s Wife Shares Touching Story On Her Efforts To Get Him Off Drug Abuse

Rita Fashek, the former wife of musician Majek Fashek, who is currently battling with drug and alcohol addiction says she divorced him three months ago and has remarried after waiting for years for him to come out of his state. Rita shared her story in an interview with Punch “I have remarried and I am […]

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Serena Williams defeats her sister, Venus Williams, at Wimbledon

In her intention to make history and win a fourth consecutive Grand Slam title, Serena Williams defeated older sister, the love of her life Venus 6-4, 6-3 this morning on Centre Court in London, England. The match marked the first time the sisters have met at a Grand Slam tournament since 2009. Coincidentally, the two played […]

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A Third Alternative to PDP and APC, By Senator Ben Murray-Bruce

Months after the 2015 elections ended, Nigerian youths are still hung up on those elections. Nowhere is this more obvious than on social media which our youths have turned to a battle ground divided into pro People Democratic Party (PDP) and pro All Progressives Congress (APC) youths. So ingrained is this animosity that each group […]

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Floyd Mayweather Stripped of his latest WBO Welterweight Title

The World Boxing Organization has stripped Floyd Mayweather Jr. of the welterweight world title he earned two months ago, when he defeated Manny Pacquiao in what was called the fight of the century. Mayweather, whose victory in the fight earned him $200 million, failed to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee he owed the WBO by […]

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Buhari intervenes with N413.7bn LNG proceeds to help states pay salary arrears

Help, may this week, be coming the way of states owing salaries and others, as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a bailout, Daily Sun can authoritatively reveal. Nothing less than 12 out of the 36 states and the Federal Government owe workers salaries  which stood around N110billion. To help states pay salaries, Buhari, in a three-pronged relief package, […]

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More than 21 Killed, 50 injured by Suicide Bomber in Zaria blast

According to The Sun, more than 21 persons were killed and 50 injured in a sudden bomb explosion at the secretariat of Sabon Gari local government, Zaria, in Kaduna state on Tuesday. The bomb is suspected to have been planted by a suicide bomber shortly after a speech by the newly appointed caretaker committee chairman and local […]

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Thoughts For Today’s Yoruba Leaders, By Professor Banji Akintoye

Something I have been reading in the past few days has left me thinking, wondering and worrying. I refer to something in our Yoruba homeland, something that only few of us know anything about – something from the early history of our Yoruba nation, some construction so big that one account describes it as “the […]

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Nigerian billionaire, Keem Belo-Osagie celebrates 60th birthday in London (Photos)

Chairman Etisalat Nigeria, Keem Belo-Osagie, celebrated his 60th birthday anniversary with pomp and pageantry. London stood still for his 60th birthday dinner held yesterday in Billingsgate and from the pictures, you can tell that the celebrant and his invites all had a wonderful time. He is listed by Forbes as the 40th richest man in Africa. <img […]

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Chelsea Handler celebrates US Independence day on the Sea…Topless. (Photos 18+)

Happy Independence Day from Chelsea Handler! The comedienne celebrated life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in more ways than one on July 4, by baring her breasts to go waterskiing. See the photos below. (Source: TBW). She tweets: <img src=”https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJFkyBZXAAAWCYm.jpg” alt=”” /> <img src=”https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJGlBm6UAAAQVIB.jpg” alt=”” /> <img src=”https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJJENURWEAAssKs.jpg” alt=”Embedded image permalink” />    

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Corruption War: Balarabe Musa Challenges Buhari To Probe His APC Sponsors

Second republic governor of old Kaduna state and chieftain of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the source of wealth of chieftains of the All Progressives Party, APC, that sponsored his election to reassure Nigerians that he is ready to tackle corruption. Speaking during an interview […]

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