Reports reaching us indicate that the 2016 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 22, 2015, is nowhere to be found. The document containing fiscal expenditure of the country for the year 2016 was declared missing during a closed door session on Tuesday that lasted about 90 minutes. Members…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has been described as the number enemy of the Igbo tribe. This announcement was made by the apex socio-Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. This followed the demolition of a market in Oshodi largely dominated by the Igbos by the state government last week. The Lagos State Government explained that…
Barcelona star, Lionel Messi, was on Monday announced as winner of the prestigious FIFA Ballon D’Or award at a ceremony held in Zurich, Switzerland. The Argentine grabbed his fifth best player of the year award at the expense of Christiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and his teammate at Barcelona, Neymar. Messi raked in the highest…
According to reports making the rounds, Director General of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Emeka Mba, has been nabbed by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Mba was said to have been arrested in Abuja on Monday morning over an alleged N15 billion fraud. The NBC DG was reportedly taken to the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised by Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly to implement recommendations of the 2014 National Conference organised by the government of Goodluck Jonathan. Bakare, in his state of the nation address at his church on Sunday entitled ‘Road map to successful change,’ the respected cleric said Nigeria is…
The Nation reports that the detained National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has confessed receiving N400 million from the immediate past National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki. Dasuki is in trouble with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for allegedly diverting about $2.1 billion earmarked for the purchase of arms for…
Ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied an allegation made by the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that President Muhammadu Buhari has turned Nigeria into a single-party state. The PDP made the allegation at the weekend while reacting to the release of a chieftain of the APC, Jafaru Isa, by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Erstwhile Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Victor Olabimtan, has been kidnapped by some unknown gunmen. Olabimtan was reportedly seized on Monday morning in Abuja by the hoodlums and was taken to an undisclosed location. His ordeal is coming shortly after he indicated his interest to contest the 2016 governorship election in Ondo…
On Sunday, January 10, 2016, the paramount ruler of Peremabiri community in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State popularly known as ‘progress never die’ was shot by an unknown gunman. The monarch was said to have suffered a bullet shot during a fracas that broke out in the community between his supporters and…
Incumbent governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has been declared winner of the gubernatorial election in the state. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Zana Akpagbu, announced Dickson as winner of the bye election held in Southern Ijaw Local Government on Saturday, January 9, 2016. Dickson, who contested in the poll…