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…
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…