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A French court has handed down a three-year suspended jail term to Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President Teodorin Obiang for corruption. The 48-year-old, known for his lavish tastes, is the son of the oil-rich West African country’s president. He was absent from the trial, where he was found guilty of embezzlement. His assets in France will […]

Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State and the Nigerian Police Force were on Friday ordered to pay a N40m compensation to the President of Chocolate City Group, Audu Maikori over his unlawful arrest and detention between February 17 and 18 2017 and March 10, and 13, 2017. Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court […]

The Buhari Support Organisation (BSO), on Friday, opened its national headquarters in Abuja, in readiness for President Muhammadu Buhari’s anticipated declaration for re-election and commencement of campaigns ahead of 2019. The event had top politicians comprising state governors, Ministers, National Assembly members and government appointees, and diplomats in attendance. Some of the dignitaries at the […]

A prominent journalist and corporate Affairs Manager of Vanguard Newspapers Lagos, Victor Omoregie has reportedly died after collapsing in his office. Funmi Komolafe-Jolaosho, a former Vanguard journalist while writing on Facebook called Omoregie’s demise a ‘sad loss’.   “My condolence to the Vanguard family on the sudden demise of corporate affairs manager, Victor Omoregie. A […]

A mum of two whose legs measure 51.5 inches from hip to heel claims she has the world’s longest pins, reports Sun UK.   The woman identified as Caroline Arthur, a former model who lives in Melbourne, is 6ft 2in tall meaning her legs account for around 69 per cent of her frame. The 39-year-old dermotherapist […]

Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans , has arrived the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere where he has two pending charges bordering on murder, illegal possession of firearms and kidnapping. He was brought into the court as usual by heavily-armed, combat-ready policemen. The court scheduled this morning to hear his application […]

Concerns have been raised about an Oyo based pastor after a mentally deranged woman identified as Mary with a one-year-old baby, was recently found near University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo state capital. When the woman was questioned by the people who found her, she named a pastor as the baby’s father. To back up her […]

The body of 23-year-old Lebogang Lamola was discovered with multiple stab wounds in Seshego, South Africa on Monday, 24 October. According to Police Spokesperson, Lt Col Moatshe Ngoepe, the body of Lamola was found by her mother. “The 23-year-old deceased was left alone at home yesterday in the morning and at about 17:30, when the mother […]

Three officers of the Ondo State Police Command have been shot and killed by a gang of armed robbers who attacked a bank in Ifon, headquarters of Ose Local Government Area. Channels TV correspondent gathered that the robbery took place at about 3pm on Thursday. According to a witness, the heavily armed robbers stormed the bank […]

Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has said that the fact that efforts were being made to link him to the return and reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina underscored how “uncoordinated and rudderless” the Muhammadu Buhari administration had become. Jonathan wondered why the Federal Government was refusing to take responsibility for its failures and asked whether he […]

There was outrage at the police stopping of a meeting of the general assembly of Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday. PANDEF leaders said the action was dangerous because it would send a bad signal that the government does not appreciate the role the group has been playing to […]

Symba, the curvaceous Black American model who has been in Nigeria for a while now, has hilariously declared intentions to woo married former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan because of his coins. She joked that her ‘baby daddy’ – Aliko Dangote will have to sit down for awhile while she pursues her new catch. Lol … Let Mama Peace catch […]

Harvey Weinstein The recent Sexual Harassment scandal of Harvey Weinstein, one of the most successful Producers in the United States of America, has brought the issue of sexual harassment to the forefront, worldwide. Sadly, women have suffered from sexual harassment in the workplace from time immemorial, and mostly in silence I might add, for fear […]

Nigeria’s ex-military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has revealed how lies by late warlord, Odumegu Ojukwu after the Aburi accord led to Biafra civil war, between 1967 and 1970. The ex-Head of State made the claim while giving insight into what happened at the Aburi Conference, in Ghana, convened to resolve Nigeria’s political logjam. Gowon said the […]

The Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, allegedly got a severance package of N104 million from the same commission shortly after he was named DG two years ago. Before his appointment as the SEC DG by former President Goodluck Jonathan on May 22, 2015, Gwarzo was an executive commissioner at SEC. […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Power has summoned the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), over his alleged violation of the 2017 Appropriation Act. The lawmakers also queried the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBETC) over the N22 billion it spent monthly on gas without commensurate power generation. Expressing […]

While “The Godfather” remains the most successful novel of Mario Puzo, his second mafia epic, published almost three decades later, “The Last Don”, is equally engrossing as he takes the reader into the inner recesses of Hollywood where licentiousness seems to be the order of the day. Even when a lot of things may have […]

MTN closed 0.95% higher on Tuesday, despite releasing what some analysts called a “pedestrian” update in which total revenue grew 6.9% for the third quarter ended-September. Despite reporting a slight dip in subscriber numbers, to 230.1million, MTN has grown voice traffic 9% and data revenue 31.4%, as data traffic more than doubled. But this comes […]

The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazzau, is absent at the ongoing Federal Executive Council meeting. The meeting, which started at 11:00am, is being presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Presidency had Wednesday said today’s meeting would discuss the 2018 Appropriation Bill. As of the time of filing this report, Dambazzau was not in attendance. […]

The search for a chairman for the National Judicial Council (NJC) committee to monitor graft cases continues as Justice Isa Ayo Salami turns down the offer, exclusively reports Yusuf Alli. Former President of the Court of Appeal (PCA) Justice Ayo Salami (retd) has rejected his appointment as the Chairman of the Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial […]