Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, will on Sunday morning leave the shores of the country to attend a meeting of the G7 holding in Bavaria, Germany. Buhari was invited to the G7 Summit by German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, as an observer, since Nigeria is not a member of the group. He will be meeting with Presidents…
Spanish club, Barcelona has been crowned winner of the 2014/2015 Champions League season. The club defeated Italian giant, Juventus to lift the trophy at the final game of the competition played in Berlin, Germany on Saturday. Ivan Rakitic opened the scoreline for Barca in the fourth minute, but Alvaro Morata cancelled the deficit for Juve…
Barely four days after a tanker fire exploded after it veered off the Iyana Ipaja flyover bridge on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State, a similar incident has occurred not too far away from the scene of the last one. The latest incident, which took place on Friday night at…
An oil vessel carrying about 1,500 metric tons of illegally refined automotive gas oil was seized by men of the Joint Task Force in Bayelsa State. Addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Friday, spokesperson of the JTF, Lt Col Ado Isa, disclosed that the vessel, registered as MV Europort, was seized at Foropa waterways in Bayelsa.…
This piece of news will excite many Nigerians who have been subjected to untold hardship by the lingering shortage in the supply of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol. On Friday, after a meeting in Abuja between the Federal Government and major oil marketers in the country, it was agreed that an end will…
A well-known actress in the Yoruba movie industry called Bimbo Akinsanya, has been delivered of a bouncing baby boy. The child was born by the actress on Thursday morning at a Lagos hospital. He is the first child Bimbo is getting from her marriage to her husband, Ayoola Adewale, who she got married to in…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed his former colleague in the immediate past administration’s cabinet, Kenneth Kobani as Secretary to the Rivers State Government. Kobani was the Minister of State for Trade and Investment in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government, while Wike was the Minister of State for Education. The new SSG was also…
The resignation of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode from the Lagos State Civil Service at an early age in 2012 as the Accountant General of Lagos State became a subject for debate during his campaign before the April 11 governorship election, but being an ‘anointed’ candidate of some powerful personalities in the state, he emerged the governor…
Newly appointed Aides-De-Camp, ADC, and Chief Security Officers, CSO, attached to state governors in the Federation have been reminded of the need to always remain highly disciplined in their new posts. Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, stressed this while declaring open a two-day induction course for newly appointed ADCs and CSOs held at the…
**Arraigns 129 Cult Suspects In Benin The Nigeria Police on Thursday commenced the arraignment of more than 100 persons suspected to belong to various cult groups in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Our correspondent learnt that a total of 129 persons were precisely taken to the Chief Magistrate, Special Grade ‘F’ Court in Benin…