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No fewer than 50 people were killed yesterday May 24, after armed men believed to be members of Fulani militia stormed Logo local government area of Benue State where some Internally Displaced Persons are being kept. The men reportedly shot and killed at will. According to reports, the armed men destroyed churches, cars, houses, market […]

According to Vanguard, Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited said, last night, it was releasing about 13 million litres, approximately 400 trucks, of petroleum products including premium motor spirit, popularly called petrol, to ease the scourge of the endemic fuel scarcity that Nigeria had been plunged into. The company will release a total of 70 […]

Mobile Phone Operators in Nigeria, yesterday, warned that their networks face shutdown due to fuel shortages that have crippled the nation for the past few weeks. The warnings from MTN and Airtel are signs that businesses across the nation are now being hard hit. Looking at the situation on ground, Airtel said  yesterday that the situation was […]

Olusegun Obasanjo fired a fresh salvo at President Goodluck Jonathan, on Sunday, when he looked back at the last eight years and returned a verdict that the country had been poorly managed under Jonathan. Obasanjo said this when the Iyalode of Yoruba land, Chief Alaba Lawson, led a delegation of South-West women leaders on a visit to […]

The APC released these new official portraits of the president-elect and vice president-elect about a week after they released photos they told Nigerians were going to be the official portraits of Buhari and his vice, Osinbajo. They ought to do their home work well before they released the first one and categorized them as the official […]

I’ve been thinking. Madam Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the one Nigerian who should never have left Washington to happen to Nigeria with her lethal IMF cocktails, has told us that we are flat broke and that she and her staff have run out of ideas. She says that members of her immediate staff have high blood […]

Nigeria’s President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, says no minister will be picked by governors for the incoming administration. General Buhari dropped the hint at the weekend in Abuja. He insisted that he will chose his ministers by himself from the six geo-political zones, irrespective of political party and without consulting the Governors. This is a clear […]

David Cameron should have walked General Buhari to his car rather than just a walk off and shutting the door behind him, leaving the old man out there by himself in the cold at the front of 10 Downing Street! Well, maybe Buhari should have waited till he becomes full Nigerian president before visiting Cameron.  The British Prime […]

In a few days from now, Nigerians will usher in a new set of leaders to administer the government for the next four years. May 29, 2015 – Nigeria’s Democracy Day is a day many Nigerians and the world at large are looking forward to. On this day, the baton of leadership will change hands, […]

Someone who is in a position to know about the efforts that led to the freedom of the 11 kidnapped persons in Ekiti in recent weeks has debunked the story going around that the 11 kidnapped victims were rescued by vigilante or special police squads. Read the true version of the stories below: “The story of the […]

Recall our sketchy story yesterday about the rescue of kidnapped persons in Ekiti. The Punch now reports that 11 people, including an 11-year-old boy, kidnapped across Ekiti State in the last three weeks were at the early hours of Saturday released by their captors. Those released were a lecturer at Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Dr. Folasade […]

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refuted claims by VP-elect Yemi Osinbajo that the outgoing administration owes $60billion in local and foreign debts. Speaking with finance correspondents, Okonjo-Iweala said that the nation’s current debt stock stands at $63.7 billion and it encompasses domestic and multilateral loans by all the federal and state governments since […]

Officials of the NDLEA on Saturday May the 23rd, 2015 placed Mr. Kashamu, a senator-elect from Ogun State under house arrest in Lagos. In a statement by the Head, Public Affairs of the NDLEA, Ofoyeju Mitchell, the agency explained that Mr. Kashamu has been a target of both the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and […]

According to Punch, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), said on Saturday that the house arrest which the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency placed on the Ogun-East Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, was informed by a recent extradition request by the United States of America. Adoke told one of Punch correspondents […]

The communiqué read in part,   “After thought-provoking, incisive and lively discussions, the Conference resolved follows:   Recognizes the need for security shift from military-centred to military-civilian centred. Mindful of the military’s cherished role as security provider, calls on all security organs to play their pivotal role in protecting citizens’ life and property as well […]

Although it sounds difficult to believe but the story below is what Sahara Reporters is reporting: Sahara Reporters has learned that the Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu has barricaded himself in the master bedroom of his Ogun State residence, as Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents surround his home. Mr. Kashamu was said to have spoken briefly with a Sahara […]

One of the victims of the Ejigbo pepper sodomy, Mrs Ajoke Agomo, has narrated how she and her daughters were beaten and how pepper mixed with dry gin was rubbed inside their private parts by OPC members & some Ejigbo market leaders over allegations that they stole in the market sometime in 2013. Speaking at […]

A woman suspected of witchcraft was burnt to ashes in Argungu town of kebbi state yesterday morning. Another trial by ordeal. It is simply barbaric and inhuman to treat a human being this way. (Source: LIB).