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71-year-old Detroit man, Richard Phillips, has been released from prison after spending over 45 years in prison. Phillips had been wrongfully accused, tried and convicted of being involved in a fatal shooting in 1971. A judge granted the prosecutor’s request to permanently drop the case against Phillips, whose conviction was erased last year. He had been free […]

Advocates of tenure elongation for All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman John Odigie-Oyegun and National Working Committee (NWC) members suffered a major setback yesterday. President Muhammadu Buhari said the party’s constitution and the Nigerian constitution must be respected. It was also a day of legal arguments among Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ondo State Governor Rotimi […]

After reading the speech Bill Gates delivered in Abuja that supposedly rattled off our leaders, I fail to see what he said that should be deemed controversial. Just to be sure, I read it twice and what I saw is a respectful engagement with Nigerian leaders. Gates came with facts and figures, and he demonstrated […]

The member, representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Umar Buba Jibril is dead. Aged 58 years, Jibril, a three time member of the house, died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja, one of his political associates, Mr Amuda Dan Sulaiman confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria. He was until his […]

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to stop playing God, saying Nigerians have the faculty and freedom to determine the leadership that best suit their desires without anybody’s control. PDP also advised Tinubu not to allow himself to be used a second time as he […]

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday declared that no amount of letters by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, will stop President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general elections. The former governor, who made the call in Lagos, while […]

On 19th October 2001, nineteen soldiers were brutally hacked to death by suspected Tiv militia in Benue State. In a swift reprisal action, their colleagues from the 23rd Armoured Brigade invaded the villages of Vasae, Anyiin Iorja, Ugba, Sankera and Zaki-Biam, all located within two local government areas. By the time the rampaging soldiers were […]

Nollywood actress, Liz Anjorin in a lengthy post on IG blamed men for leading alot of ladies into cheap prostitution and joblessness. According to the Yoruba actress, ‘some men are like BOLAR (those guys that picks dirty and rotten irons): even when they see gold or diamond, even things that can help their life, they will […]

  No fewer than  23 radio stations have been sut down by Ugandan authorities for “promoting witchcraft’’ and trying to con people out of money. The stations’ licencses were suspended after they had guests on air who claimed they could heal diseases like HIV, Pamela Ankunda, the Uganda Communications Commission spokesperson revealed. “The radios have been promoting witchcraft. People […]

Scientists believe they have just discovered a new organ in the body which no one knew about before now. A new study published On Monday, March 27 says the new organ discovered is called the interstitium. The interstitium is a network of fluid-filled tubes all around the body which could act as a shock absorber. Sadly, this organ […]

Awww! When it becomes real that someone is taking your loving daughter away from you and finally. Tears would come out from the eyes especially if the daughter is a good girl. Sometimes too, it could be tears of joy. The couple got married last month. See more photos and video below: Credit: Klalaphotography and […]

Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki and APC National chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, are conspicuously absent at the 10th Bola Tinubu colloquium holding at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos today March 29. There are rumors that Tinubu may have been among those who convinced President Buhari to withdraw his support for the elongation of the tenure of […]

“I do not enjoy speaking to you this bluntly when you have been gracious enough to invite me here…” – Bill Gates. Mr. Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, friend of Nigeria and one of the richest men in the world was in Nigeria recently, but he ended up violating the official interpretation of “table manners” in Nigeria’s […]

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, Thursday, advised Nigerians not to accept the apologies tendered by the People‘s Democratic Party (PDP) for its mistakes while in power. Mr Tinubu made the statement while speaking at a colloquium organised to mark his 66th birthday in Lagos. According to News Agency of Nigeria […]

As Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari arrived the Eko Convention Center, venue of the Bola Tinubu Colloquium. The colloquium is scheduled as part of activities to mark the 66th birthday of the former Lagos state governor. See more photos below: Photo: LIB

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday commissioned the Ikeja Bus Terminal. Ikeja Bus Terminal is among projects embarked upon by Lagos state government to be commissioned by the President in the course of his two-day working visit to the state. Present at the commissioning were Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode, Minister of Information and Culture, […]

Following President Buhari’s scheduled visit to Lagos state Thursday, some roads have been blocked and this has caused traffic gridlock in most part of the state. This is in direct contradiction of what the Lagos State Police Command said in their press release that all roads are open to traffic. Many of the state residents have resorted […]

The Lagos state police command says no road in the state is blocked from Human and Vehicular traffic. Read the press statement released this morning by the command’s spokesperson, SP Chike Oti below: “The Lagos State Police Command wishes to advise members of the public to go about their lawful business as all routes are […]

Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, was on a lockdown Thursday, as President Muhammadu Buhari makes his first official visit to the city of 22 million inhabitants since coming to power in 2015. The president rarely travels outside of Abuja, home to the government seat, and has only visited a few of Nigeria’s 36 states over the […]

Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has spoken about the award purportedly given by Martin Luther King’s family to President Muhammadu Buhari. The children of Martin Luther King and the King Centre had, although, dismissed granting any award to President Muhammadu Buhari a few days ago. Recall that some members of the African […]