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Management of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, said it would issue a statement on the alleged falsification of first degree by Senator Dino Melaye. An online news portal, SaharaReporters, had in a report alleged that Melaye did not complete his first degree in Geography at ABU. Senator Ali Ndume, at the plenary on Tuesday, called on […]

The Federal Allocation for the month of February 2017 stood at a total of N429.127 billion and which has been distributed to Nigeria’s Federal Government, State Governments and Local Government Councils. A communiqué issued by the Technical Sub-Committee of Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of the meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja, indicated […]

Nasarawa State High Court judge, Justice Simon Aboki, sitting in Mararaba, on Monday convicted and sentenced one Hanna Abraham to 14 years imprisonment on a 3-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque to the tune of N7 million preferred against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The convict was said […]

Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria’s restive northeastern city of Maiduguri early Wednesday, officials said. “There were four explosions inside the camp,” the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani told AFP. “The bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am. “The explosions triggered fires […]

The Plateau Housing and Urban Development Commissioner, Samuel Galadima, is dead. He died while jogging this morning with Governor Simon Lalong, at the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos. Mr Emmanuel Nanle, Director of Press Affairs, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). “Yes, the commissioner slumped while jogging and was rushed to the Plateau […]

Over four years after the murder of postgraduate student, Cynthia Osokogu, in a hotel in FESTAC Town, a Lagos High Court will on March 23 give judgment in the trial of four accused over the incident. Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos High Court, Igbosere, had on Jan. 12, during the adoption of the final written addresses by […]

One day I posted on my Facebook wall a commitment that we had in the budding political party that I lead, that if we are elected into central government in Nigeria, we shall not be buying any new car in the first two years at least. A number of people agreed and hailed the initiative, […]

Prof. Benjamin Ogunbodede, former Director of Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), alleged that he gave N50 million to some committee members of the National Assembly on agriculture. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the embattled former director is standing trial before a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan over alleged N177 […]

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali may not appear before Senate in Uniform on Wednesday, it was reliably gathered. The Customs CG said the decision was as a result of the legal advice he sought from Attorney General of the Federation. Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has asked the Comptroller-General of Nigeria […]

One-time Federal Commissioner of Health and a member of the Supreme Military Council, General Emmanuel Olumuyiwa Abisoye (rtd.), CFR, is dead. He died on March 17, 2017 at the age of 81, Deaconess Shola Abisoye said in a statement released this evening in Lagos. Gen. Abisoye, according to the statement, “was commissioned into the Queen’s own […]

Nigerian Senate has ordered its committee on Ethics to investigate Senate President Bukola Saraki and Senator Dino Melaye.  The former Majority leader, Ali Ndume this morning during plenary, drew the attention of the senate to reports on Sahara Reporters, accusing both Saraki and Melaye of been involved in shady acts.  Sahara Reporters in a story published […]

The handle: ‘Attai @Dacosta9110 tweet’ is currently being shared by hundreds of people on twitter! Posting before and now photos of himself, he wrote: “Yours sincerely as a Pump attendant in 1999 and as a Finance Manager in 2017. Don’t give up on your dreams.” Attai Dacosta, LIB

Nigerian Government, Agip Oil Company, Shell Petroleum Development Company and seven others have again been dragged before the Federal High Court in Abuja over how shares of Malabu Oil and Gas Limited were said to have been unlawfully transferred to unauthorised persons. This is the second suit filed in one week on the ownership of the company. Plaintiffs […]

The body of Doctor Allwell Orji who committed suicide by jumping off the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos into a Lagoon has been discovered by the Marine Police. Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) had on Sunday said it received a distress call on the incident. The agency said the medical practitioner parked his grey coloured […]

Jesus was a man of purpose. He was fond of saying: “Thus it is written about me.” Therefore he set about doing everything written about him in the scriptures. He told his disciples: “All things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me.” (Luke […]

Stephanie Otobo, the 23 year-old lady who claimed that Apostle Johnson Suleman had a romantic affair with her, was docked on Monday in Lagos by the Nigerian Police. She was docked at a Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court, and accused of conspiracy, blackmail, threat to life and an intent to steal. She was charged along with […]

David Rockefeller, the famed banker and philanthropist, died Monday at age 101, according to a spokesperson for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.   According to Forbes, David Rockefeller was worth $3.3 billion at the time of his death, making him the world’s oldest billionaire. He died in his sleep Monday morning of congestive heart failure at his home […]

Microsoft founder Bill Gates again tops Forbes’ list of the world’s richest people, in a year when the number of billionaires rose 13% to 2,043. According to the magazine’s annual rich list, Mr Gates’ fortune rose to $86bn, from $75bn, followed by investor Warren Buffett, up $14.8bn to $75.6bn.  It was bad news for US […]

The World Happiness Report measures, “subjective well-being” – how happy the people are, and why. Norway is the happiest place on Earth, according to a United Nations agency report – toppling neighbour Denmark from the number one position. Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and and Finland round out the top five, while the Central African Republic came last.   Western Europe […]

A fortnight ago, I was in Ondo state to attend an event; that was the day the heavens chose to open up. The rainy season seems to have started early this year, and whenever it rains, even mother earth opens up to drink water from the skies, the heat wave of the dry season abates, […]