Year: 2014

Ondo Loses Speaker, Samuel Adesina

Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Samuel Adesina, has passed on. Adesina died on Tuesday after a protracted illness. A statement released on Tuesday by the state government revealed that the deceased died after battling with cancer of the urinary bladder. “The untimely death of the Speaker occurred in the early hours of…

Boko Haram Attacks Borno Gov Convoy

Gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram group, on Sunday evening, fired gun shots at the convoy of the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima. This attack came barely a week after Shettima claimed that members of Boko Haram were better equipped than the Nigerian Army. The Presidency later slammed the governor…

President Goodluck Jonathan has explained that he did not sack the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, from office as some may have been thinking, but only asked him to step aside to allow investigation into allegations of financial recklessness by the Financial Reporting Council’s report. President Jonathan also noted that…

Uganda President Dares Obama, Signs Anti-Gay Bill

The Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, on Monday, finally signed the anti-gay bill into law. The bill was appended to by the Ugandan leader despite warnings from President of the United States of America, USA, Barack Obama, that such law would ‘complicate our valued relationship’ and cause a ‘step backward’ for all Ugandans. The latest move…

An artiste under Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment, EME, record label, Niyola, narrowly escaped death on Saturday evening in Lagos. The singer was said to have been involved in the car crash at the Oworonsoki end of the Third Mainland Bridge at about 7pm. It was scooped from reports that Niyola was in a Honda…

Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday afternoon, held a closed-door meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, at the latter’s home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The talks lasted about two hours. Addressing newsmen after the deliberations, Tambuwal noted that he visited the two-time Nigerian leader to seek him advice on some…

Popular singer, Stella Monye, has debunked news making the rounds that she is battling with a disease called emphysema. It was reported that the ‘singer has been secretly battling with the problem administering self-medications until she could not handle it herself any more. Even till moment, we are told she has warned by family and…