The woman who became popular recently after posting video of young Nigerian girls smuggled into Dubai in the United Arab Emirate, UAE, has finally been apprehended. She was nabbed by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, alongside other members of her gang. NAPTIP’s Assistant Director, Head, Press and Public Relations,…
Former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, visited the Awolowo family house in Ikenne, Ogun State. Jonathan arrived the sleepy town alongside his wife, Dame Patience, to pay his condolence to the family over the loss of HID Awolowo, wife of the late Obafemi Awolowo, who died earlier this week. The former…
Muslim faithful in Plateau State have been warned to keep their bags and other items like bottles and cans at home when going to mosques and prayer grounds during the Sallah festive period. This order was given by the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Nasiru D. Oki, who said this became necessary to prevent any…
The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has returned to Nigeria from his trip abroad. Akpabio was flown abroad after he was involved from a car accident in Abuja few weeks ago. He was first rushed to the National Hospital in Abuja before taken to the UK for further treatment. While away,…
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election held in the state on Tuesday. Sylva defeated his closest contender, Timi Alaibe, to grab the sole ticket of the party for the governorship election, which holds later in 2015. The former governor polled 726 votes, while…
Popular Hollywood actor, Danny Glover, was a guest of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, at his Lagos home on Tuesday. Danny Glover, who is presently in the country to shoot a movie on Ebola called ’93 Days’, was accompanied to the Bourdillon, Ikoyi residence of the Nigerian politician with…
On Tuesday, Senate President, Bukola Saraki made his first appearance to the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja, which is looking his alleged false declaration of assets. Saraki was accompanied to the Tribunal by over 20 Senators, who were there to show their solidarity to him. At the venue of his trial was the…
Some members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly have pledged support for their embattled leader, Bukola Saraki, who is standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja on allegation of false declaration of assets. Saraki, the Senate President, appeared before the Tribunal on Tuesday for the first time after shunning it…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole was lucky to have escaped the wrath of some party members on Tuesday at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, venue of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The governor, who was in the state as Chairman of the Electoral Committee of the party’s primary, was…
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State distributed rams and food items to some Islamic clerics in the state despite a directive from the League of Imams and Alfas in the state banning its members from collecting the governor’s gift. A communiqué signed by the state’s Assistant Secretary of the clerics’ body, Alhaji Quadri Oguntuase, and…