Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday, scaled through his screening at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly. The former Minister of State for Defence was only asked to take a bow by Senate President, David Mark, when he appeared before the lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon. This is the tradition for former members of the National…
Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh, may have hinted her fans of her plans to finally settle down with her once mystery lover, who she had always described as Mr X. Going by her post on Monday on her Instagram page, she gave a tip off that she will soon stop paying bills herself, saying the man…
Some members of the civil service in Osun State demonstrated against an alleged failure of the state government to pay their backlog salaries. The workers, in the protest held on Tuesday, said the Rauf Aregbesola-led administration has failed to pay their salaries for five months. The protest was led by Chairman of the Trade Union…
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, engaged themselves in a free-for-all on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the state capital, causing the disruption of public peace in the area. However, no life was lost in the fracas. The youth wing of the opposition party in the state,…
Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, Martin Luther Agwai, has been removed from office by President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement issued on Tuesday by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, disclosed that Ishaya Dare Akau has been appointed to take over from Agwai. Abati explained in the statement that…
With the dwindling fate of the Nigerian economy and the financial ill wind affecting the nation’s revenue base, even with the well-meaning efforts of the managers of the nation’s economy, much is still expected as these efforts have been subverted by in house detractors and self-serving Nigerians, many who have been tasked with the responsibility…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has declared a week of mourning for nine of its members who were killed in two separate incidents in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday night. While five of the men were killed in the D-Line area of Port Harcourt, the other four met their…
Leader of Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, has said in a new audio release that his group will run to the Islamic State, ISIS, militant group when the need arises. The audio was released on the group’s Twitter account on Saturday. ISIS controls most parts of Syria and Iraq and has brutally killed several…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of paying N5000 each to those who took part in Saturday’s ‘one million March4Buhari’ in Lagos. This allegation was made by the PDP via a press statement issued by its spokesman, Taofik Gani. The opposition party in Lagos State said…
bomb A suicide bomb attack in Borno State has left about eight persons dead on Saturday morning. The development is coming just as the Nigerian troops, with the help of their foreign counterparts, are reclaiming some lost towns under the control of Boko Haram. It was learnt that the suicide bomber, who was riding a…