Togolese footballer, Emmanuel Adebayor, who plies his trade in England with Tottenham Hotspur FC, has again taken to his Facebook page to pour out his mind on his lingering family problems. In a post on Wednesday morning, the former Arsenal FC goal-poacher disclosed that he once thought of committing suicide when his family issues were…
Me I had sworn that no matter how badly treated I was by a Nigerian Airline I won’t say anything. I will just be quiet and watch them disgrace themselves. So for years, I have been very silent with the rubbish they have been meting out on not only me but millions of Nigerians who…
Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, on Tuesday, denied media reports that he has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. On Tuesday morning, reports went viral that Orubebe had announced his defection from the ruling party, which will assume a position of the opposition from…
Former governorship candidate of Labour Party in Ekiti State, Opeyemi Bamidele, has left the party to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bamidele, who earlier left the APC when he could not get the party’s ticket to contest in the gubernatorial election in 2014, announced his defection on Tuesday. He led some of his supporters…
The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, NIPC, Mrs Saratu Altine Umar, has been relieved of her duty. Umar was sacked on Monday by President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, disclosed that her removal is with “immediate effect.” A part of…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the ‘ministerial lists’ of Muhammadu Buhari, the President-elect, being currently circulated on the social media as mere fiction.In the list, Babatunde Fashola, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Dele Momodu, and others were said to have been pencilled down for various ministerial positions in the next dispensation.Reacting to the issue…
A recently re-elected Senator from Borno State, Khalifa Ahmed Zanna, has passed on. The politician kicked the bucket on Saturday afternoon at his residence in Abuja. He breathed his last after returning from Germany on Thursday, where he visited a hospital in the European country for treatment. He was elected into the upper chamber of…
The recent premature demise of Nigeria’s highly cerebral and accomplished Barr. Oronto Douglas to stomach cancer at the age of 48 calls for a reflection on the cancer scourge in Nigeria. Over 100,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in Nigeria and about 240 Nigerians die of cancer every day. This implies that…
President Goodluck Jonathan has been directed to halt his decision to relocate a $500 million oil project from Lagos to Bayelsa. This order was handed over to him by a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos via an injunction restraining him from carrying out the act. Jonathan was reported to have concluded plans to transfer…
An aide of the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Benjamin Uwajumogu, has threatened to deal with Kenneth Uwadi, the President of Youths for Human Rights Protection and Transparency Initiative, YARPTI, who is also the Coordinator of YAHVCP. Uwadi’s offence was a petition he sent to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, informing him to reject…