The tension caused by the disappearance of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, since the conclusion of the March 28, 2015, presidential election, which the President lost to his opponent, Muhammadu Buhari, has been finally put to rest. The Presidency, on Thursday morning, broke its silence on the whereabouts of Patience. A statement issued…
Togolese footballer, Seyi Emmanuel Adebayor, has voiced his mind out on some family issues he has been battling with for a long time. The Tottenham striker accused his family members, including his mother, of being over-dependent on him, not minding if he takes care of his wife and children. The former Arsenal striker, in a…
Lionel Messi’s brace and Neymar’s lone goal were enough to give Barcelona a comfortable lead in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League match played on Wednesday night against Bayern Munich. It took 77 minutes for Barcelona to break open the stubborn Bayern defence. After Messi’s first goal of the match in the 77th…
An indefinite industrial action has been embarked upon by workers in Plateau State. The employees are furious over the refusal of the government to pay their salaries, gratuity and pension to retirees for over five months. Organised labour in the state, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; Trade Union Congress, TUC; and the Joint Negotiating…
A Supreme Court judgement on Thursday morning directed the National Assembly to put a halt to its plan to amend the 1999 Constitution. President Goodluck Jonathan had taken the National Assembly to court to challenge its decision to change some parts of the Constitution, arguing that the legislative arm of government was attempting to clip…
The Senator-elect for Lagos West Senatorial District and Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Solomon Adeola, has called on the incoming Federal Government and relevant financial and auditing regulatory bodies to appropriately sanction the auditing firm, PriceWater House Coopers, PWC, for misleading and decieving Nigerians on the issue of the missing…
A passionate call has been made to the Federal Government to look into the possibility of establishing a special low interest rate fund to aid borrowings by private sector investors in social services as a means of halting the decadence in the nation’s crumbling social infrastructure. This appeal was made by the Chief Executive Officer…
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has directed his security aides to always adhere to traffic regulations as stipulated by the Nigerian government. Buhari, in a statement issued by his media aides in Abuja, explained that floating traffic rules by top public officers and their aides send the wrong signal to citizens. He stressed that his administration will…
A bill prohibiting female circumcision in Nigeria has been passed by the Senate. The Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Bill was passed by the red chambers on Tuesday at a plenary presided over by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The new development makes it criminal to perform genital mutilation in the country. Female circumcision is…
**Sales of forms begins Preparations for the 2015 edition of the prestigious and glamorous Miss Global Nigeria, MGN, beauty contest have begun. Because of the successes the past editions have recorded, more celebrities have come on board, not only to endorse pageant, but to also fully take part in the process from screening of the…