Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has thrown his weight behind the candidacy of House of Representatives member from Lagos State, Femi Gbajabiamila, for the position of Speaker of the House. Gbajabiamila emerged the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the number four position in Nigeria. Fani-Kayode, in a Facebook post on…
Managing Director of GIC Oil & Gas Limited, Godwin Ewah Ebolo, is on the run over his alleged involvement in a fraud-related matter. Ebolo, 41, has now been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the public has been urged not to hesitate to provide useful information that could lead to…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has showered praises on the immediate-past Senate President, Senator David Mark and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu for the mature and patriotic manner they conducted the affairs of the last Senate especially in stabilizing the upper house, which contributed immensely in deepening the nation’s democracy. In the same vein, the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has been asked to tender an apology to former President Goodluck Jonathan because of the way the ruling party “once chastised” him (Jonathan) when he sought help from neighbouring countries to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria. PDP, which assumed the role of the opposition party in Nigeria on May 29,…
The Senator-elect for Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola has again expressed sadness and commiseration to his constituents on yet another petrol tanker accident at Idimu in his Alimosho Federal constituency where about 40 houses were burnt and property worth millions of Naira destroyed. This is the second accident in less than a week following…
By Oladipupo Awojobi The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has thrown his weight behind the candidacy of Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa to emerge as the next Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The meeting was said to have taken place at Bourdillon, Ikoyi residence of the APC…
The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday went for a thanksgiving service held at the Deeper Life Bible Church Camp Ground in Ajebamidele, Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. He was also at the place of worship with members of the newly-inaugurated Ekiti State House of Assembly. Fayose gave thanks to God for seeing…
A well-known market in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, which has come under attacks by terrorists, experienced another bomb explosion on Saturday evening. It was gathered that a suicide bomber struck a popular market in the city, claiming some lives and injuring many persons. However, we could not ascertain of the actual number of people…
Bayelsa State-born singer, Timaya, has opened up on his relationship with controversial rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem. The ‘Dem Mama Records’ boss told Punch in an interview that Eedris, who had an altercation with 50 Cents some years ago when the American rapper visited Nigeria, never gave him (Timaya) a chance to succeed. Timaya admitted being Eedris’…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians of his willingness to make his assets known to the public. The President said this through a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by his spokesman, Garba Shehu. Buhari said once the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, verifies his assets as filled in the forms he submitted to the…