Gabonese striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been announced winner of the Glo/CAF African Footballer of the Year award. Aubameyang defeated two other finalists; Yaya Toure and Andre Ayew to clinch the coveted award. The Borussia Dortmund player was named winner of the award at a ceremony held on Thursday night in Abuja, Nigeria. Aubameyang was presented…
A very close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari was on Wednesday night arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Jafaru Isa, who is a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was the former military governor of Kaduna State. He joined APC along with Buhari from the defunct Congress for…
Fourteen members of the new Management of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, have been decorated by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd). The ceremony took place at the headquarters of the Service in Abuja. According to a statement issued Wednesday by Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Wale Adeniyi, Ali charged members of…
By Fidel Njamanze Politicians and political office holders in Sapele on Wednesday warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the April 11, 2015 House of Assembly Election in Sapele Constituency, Felix Anirah, against provocative statements. Rising from a meeting in Elume, the leaders accused Anirah of engaging in a fruitless campaign against Delta State…
The long drawn media war between the Adelekes and the Momodus seems to be over following a peace deal reached by both families a while ago. It was gathered that David Adeleke, fondly called Davido, and his babymama, Sophia Momodu, signed a peace pact after the intervention of the National Agency For the Prohibition of…
Respected northern leader, Tanko Yakasai, has confirmed that he got N53 million from chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tonu Anenih, to share with eight other prominent northerners for advocacy. Yakasai, in an In an exclusive chat with Vanguard on Wednesday, said that, “Yes, myself and 8 others collected N53m from Tony Anenih to…
Nigeria Guild of Editors, NGE, has reacted to an allegation raised by Publisher of ThisDay newspaper, Nduka Obaigbena, that professional media body may have been paid the sum of N50 million from the controversial $2.1 billion meant to procure arms to fight insurgency in the north east. The guild, in its response on Wednesday, pointed…
The Nigerian Army has emphatically disclosed that it has no apology for its recent encounter with members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as the Shi’ite sect. This was made known by the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 1 Mechanized Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade on Wednesday while addressing journalists…
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that more influential Nigerians would be arrested in the coming days to face prosecution charges. Magu stressed that the Commission under him has found its hammer and it would hesitate to hit it hard on corrupt society bigwigs. The EFCC boss made…
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has reacted to allegations against him by the Rivers State government that he spent N82 million to host Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, when he was the governor of the state. Amaechi governed Rivers for eight years from 2007—2015 and has been engaging in a war with his successor, Nyesom…