Court Sacks Modu-Sheriff, Says Emergence As Chairman Illegal
By Sadiq Umar – An Abuja High Court has nullified the process that produced a former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, as chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the amendment to party More...
Police Abort Modu-Sheriff’s Factional PDP Primaries In Edo
By Nuel Suji – The Police in Edo State Wednesday cordoned off the gate leading to the Stadium venue of the Ali Modu-Sheriff led faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries planned for the state. Sacked More...
Maryland Riot: BRT Did Not Kill Hawker, Says Lagos Govt
By Dipo Awojobi – The Lagos State Government has clarified the misconception surrounding the unfortunate incident where a street hawker was knocked down by an oncoming truck at Maryland Bus Stop on Wednesday. The More...
Ambode Swears In State INEC Commissioners Urges Fairness, Good Conduct
By Dipo Awojobi – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday sworn-in the Chairman and members of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), just as he charged them to live above More...
Fani-Kayode, Usman, Two Others Arraigned For Money Laundering, Send To Prison
By Nuel Suji – Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others have been arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of money laundering. Mr. Fani-Kayode More...
Lagos Sets Up Task Force To Tackle Land Grabbers
…Vows To Treat Culprits As Criminals By Dipo Awojobi – The Lagos State government has set up a Task Force to check the menace of land-grabbing in the state, just at it vowed to tackle the activities of land More...
Presidency Fires Back At Saraki, Says “Anybody Can Wake From A Troubled Sleep And Say Anything”
By Sadiq Umar – The Presidency on Monday fired at the Senate President, Bukola Saraki over a statement credited to him that “there is government within the government” of President Muhammadu Buhari, More...
Economy: We Are Paying For Our Past Failures -Buhari
By Dipo Awojobi – President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is paying dearly for incompetence in managing high revenue that accrued from oil, particularly over the past decade, and for allowing the decay of More...
Stop Inhuman Treatment Of Widows, Aisha Buhari Cautions Nigerians
By Dipo Awojobi – Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has called for cultural transformation and an end to wicked and inhuman widowhood rites imposed on Nigerian women, just as she said that widows must More...
Forgery Trial: Court Grants Saraki, Ekweremadu Bail
By Dipo Awojobi – Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu were Monday granted bail in the commencement of trial in the matter involving the alleged forgery of Senate Standing Rules. The More...
Court Sacks Gov.Ikpeazu Over Fake Tax Clearance, “We Will Appeal Judgement,” Says Governor’s Aide
By Dipo Awojobi – Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria to cede the certificate of return to the opponent of Governor Okezie More...
Niger Delta Warlord, Charles Okah Escapes From Prison?
By Sadiq Umar – Alleged mastermind of the October 1, 2010 Independence Day bombing and Niger Delta Militants’ warlord, Charles Okah has reportedly escaped from prison. Mr. Okah was said to have escaped after More...
Rivers APC Says Ghost School Contracts Accusation Is Diversionary
By Sadiq Umar – The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Rivers State Government and the PDP in the State of resorting to what it called, their old choreograph of indulging More...
Gunmen Killed 30 In Igbo Olomu, Ishawo Communities, Lagos
-About 30 people are feared dead after gunmen on Friday attacked Igbolomu and Ishawo areas in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State. The gunmen are believed to be Niger Delta militants. According to witnesses More...
Buratai Summons Top Army Officers Over Alleged Coup
By Dipo Awojobi -The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has summoned top commanders of the service to the Army headquarters for an emergency security meeting. This, we were informed, was due to the recent More...
157 Covenant University Graduating Students Bag First Class Degree
By Nuel Suji – A total of 157 students of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, on Friday bagged First Class degrees at its 2015/2016 convocation. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Charles Ayo, disclosed this during More...
Okada Remain Banned In Lagos, Says Appeal Court
By Dipo Awojobi – The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, has affirmed the judgment of a Lagos High Court upholding the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Lagos State Road Traffic Law 2012 which restricts More...
Security: Ambode Recieves N10m Donation From Lebanese Community
By Dipo Awojobi – Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday received a donation of N10 million from the Lebanese Nigerian Initiative (LNI) for the State Security Trust Fund, charging the body More...
BREAKING: British Prime Minister To Resign
By Dipo Awojobi – The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has announced its plan to step down after Britain voted to leave the European Union on Thursday. British Prime Minister Shortly after the results More...
Senate C’ttee Report Urges FCTA To Kick Start Centenary City Project
By Sadiq Umar – There are strong indications that the Senate may have directed the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to take steps to immediately clear any obstacle in the way of the commencement More...
Alleged Husband Killer: Court Adjourns Case Till Next Monday
By Dipo Awojobi – A High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has adjourned till Monday the suit filed against Yewande Oyediran who allegedly killed her husband, Lowo. This followed the application filed by More...
Niger Delta: Militants Strike Again, Blow Shell Pipeline In Imo
By Dipo Awojobi -The new Militant group known as the ‘ Red Scorpion’ early hours of yesterday blew up another gas pipe line owned by the Shell Oil company in the oil rich Community of Awara in Ohaji/ Egbema More...
Buhari Decorates Security Details
By Dipo Awojobi – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, decorated two of the newly promoted officers of the Nigerian Police Force deployed to his office with their new ranks. The President tasked public More...
Three Die, 14 Injured In Early Morning Lagos Accident
By Dipo Awojobi – Three persons, including a woman, on Thursday morning lost their lives, while 14 others sustained injuries in an accident that occurred at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Michael More...
State Of Osun And The Hijab Politics: The Rule Of Law Must Be Protected
By Honourable Olumuyiwa Wahab Jimoh I have followed the unfolding but unfortunate drama in state of Osun schools over the Rulings of a Court on the right of school children to wear the hijab as prescribed by the More...
BREAKING: AMCON Seals Murray-Bruce’s Silverbird Group
By Dipo Awojobi – The Assets Management Company of Nigeria has sealed several companies in which Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has interests. Mr. Murray-Bruce is Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District More...
Nigerian Army Denies Coup Attempt, Says ‘We Cannot Contemplate Anti-Democratic Misadventure’
By Dipo Awojobi – The Nigerian Army has distanced itself from the story spurned by what it called “faceless criminal gang of economic saboteurs” that hide under the aegis of Joint Niger Delta Liberation More...
As Ese Oruru Gives Evidence, Court Bars Her Parents, Journalists From Proceeding
By Dipo Awojobi – A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Wednesday barred journalists and parents of Ese Oruru, the minor who was allegedly abducted by Yunusa Dahiru, from court as trial of evidence in More...
My Election Was Funded By Zenith Bank, Donations, Says Fayose
By Dipo Awojobi – The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has denied ever receiving any funds in any form from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) or More...
Grazing Reserves Bill Passes First Reading In Senate
By Nuel Suji – The controversial bill seeking to establish National Grazing Reserves for pastoralists in the country has passed first reading at the Senate. Senate began the consideration of the bill on Wednesday More...
DSS Arrests Ex-Chief Of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika
By Dipo Awojobi – The Department of State Security (DSS) has arrested the erstwhile Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd). Former Chief of Army Staff The ex-army chief was More...
Music Producer, OJB Jezreel To Be Buried July 8 In Lagos
By Dipo Awojobi – The funeral rites for late music producer, Babatunde Okungbowa otherwise known as OJB Jezreel, have been released by his family. OJB breathed his last on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 after he More...
Forgery Case: Senate Summons Attorney General, As Abuja Court Serves Notice Of Arraignment Of Saraki, Ekweremadu
By Nuel Suji – An Order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking to official notify the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and others of the commencement of trial in the alleged forgery case of the Senate More...
Buhari Appoints Ibrahim Kpotun Idris Acting IGP
By Sadiq Umar – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, as the Acting Inspector General of Police. Mr. Idris takes over from More...
BREAKING: EFCC Freezes Fayose’s Account, “It’s Illegal, Criminal,” Says Governor
By Nuel Suji – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has frozen the personal account of the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose alongside some of his associates. Leading opposition More...
Edo 2016: Ize-Iyamu Emerges PDP’s Candidate
By Dipo Awojobi – Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Monday emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the September 10 governorship election in Edo. In the result of the primaries announced by More...
Finance Workers Demand Minister’s Sack Over Unpaid Allowances
By Sadiq Umar – Workers of the Federal Ministry of Finance on Monday staged a peaceful protest at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, calling for the sack of the Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. Nigeria’s More...
EFCC Arrests Ex-NNPC GMD, Jide Omokore
By Dipo Awojobi – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has rearrested oil magnate, Jide Omokore, and will most likely slam money laundering charges on him today (Monday). Former GMD, NNPC An official More...
Bread Price To Go Up Again, Says Master Bakers
The National Chairman, Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, Simeon Abanulor, said there would be a hike in the price of bread “to enable bakers to remain in business.” Mr. Abanulor said this More...
IGP Orders Seal Up Of PDP National Secretariat, Legacy House For 7-Days
By Dipo Awojobi – The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed that the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Campaign Headquarters, Legacy House, be shut. Mr. More...
APC Mourns Ex-NUJ Chairman, Chuks Ehirim
By Dipo Awojobi – The All Progressives Congress (APC), has condoled with the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the death of Mr. Chuks Ehirim, the immediate past chairman of the Abuja chapter of the More...
Atiku Expresses Delights Over “Ambassadorial” Appointment
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has expressed delight over his recent appointment as Ambassador of the Nigeria House in the forthcoming Rio Olympics in Brazil. He will be joining a few other prominent Nigerians More...
Rep Faults Colleague On Centenary City Probe
A member of the House of Representatives has faulted his colleague, Golu Timothy (Plateau PDP), on the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Centenary City project. Mr. Timothy had criticized the More...
CAN Expresses Worry Over Anti-Christian Sermons By Muslim Clerics On Adamawa TV
By Tom Garba Yola – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Adamawa state chapter has expressed grave concern over anti-Christianity sermons (Tafsir) by some Muslim clerics on media houses in Adamawa, More...
Boko Haram Killed 24 In Madagali, Police Arrests Kingpin On Wanted List
By Tom Garba, Yola – The Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday night stormed Madagali town in Adamawa, killing 24 persons in Kuda -Kaya village of Madagali local Government Area of the state. Boko Haram bomb More...
Blame Politicians For Inconclusive Elections, INEC Chairman Tells Nigerians
By Sadiq Umar – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blamed politicians for the many inconclusive elections recorded across the country, noting that those seeking elective offices often More...
Saheed Osupa Back In School, Now UI Student
By Dipo Awojobi – Fuji Music superstar, King Saheed Osupa, has returned to school. The Fuji maestro, according to what we gathered, has been admitted into the prestigious University of Ibadan, Oyo State More...
Supporters Of Sheriff, Makarfi Clash At PDP Secretariat
There was a tensed atmosphere at the National Headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abuja on Wednesday morning, when supporters of both men claiming to be in control of the party’s structure clashed. Sacked More...
Saraki Asks Judge To Withdraw From Case
By Dipo Awojobi – President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has again asked the chairman of the Code of the Conduct Tribunal (CCT), to withdraw from the case. President of the Senate Kanu Agabi, the lead counsel More...
EFCC Files 17-Count Charge Against Fani-Kayode, Four For Nenadi Usman, Others
By Sadiq Umar – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a 17 count charge against former Aviation Minister and spokesman for the PDP Presidential campaign in the 2015 general election, More...
Breaking: OJB Jezreel Is Dead
By Dipo Awojobi – A popular singer and music producer, OJB Jezreel is dead. A close source to the producer turned singer disclosed to our reporter that OJB breathed his last on Tuesday morning. According More...
Ecobank Arrests Manager Who Allegedly Stole N14m From Customers Account
By Dipo Awojobi – The management of Ecobank Nigeria has facilitated the arrest of the operational manager of its Ejigbo branch, Akhanenu Ikechukwu, 41, for allegedly withdrawing N14,014.157 from the account More...
OPINION- Ambode: A Humanist And Pragmatist At 53
By Habib Aruna During the thick of the governorship campaign in 2015, the then candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, came out with an instructive advert: Let my experience work More...
Avengers List Conditions For Dialogue, Says Seven Governors May Soon Be Target
By Sadiq Umar – The Niger Delta Avengers, has listed condition for dialogue with the Federal Government, even as it warned some state governors that they may soon be target of its attack. The group accused More...
PDP Crisis: Modu-Sheriff Moves Into Wadata House, “I’m The National Chairman Till 2018
By Nuel Suji – The crisis within the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) assumed a new twist on Monday with the sacked National Chairman, Ali Modu-Sheriff making a forceful take over of the National More...
Ogun PDP Berates Amosun For Not Declaring Holiday For June 12
By Sadiq Umar – Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has been berated for what the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) termed ‘insensitivity to matters of importance to members of More...
ISIS Claims Responsibility For US Nightclub Shooting Where 50 Died
Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency said on Sunday that the Islamist militant group was responsible for the shooting that killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States More...
Keep An Eagle Eye On Madagali, Police Sergeant On Boko Haram’s Wanted List Warns
A Police Sergeant, Joseph Dan Iliya has urged the Federal Government to keep an eagle eye on Madagali, a town in Borno State liberated from insurgents, saying the town is not totally free and still prone to Boko More...
Army Retires Senior Officers
By Dipo Awojobi – The Nigerian Army has confirmed the retirement of some senior officers from service following the approval of the Army Council. Chief of Army Staff A statement issued by the acting Director More...
UPDATE: Man Who Killed Wife In Oshodi Also Dies Of Poison
By Dipo Awojobi – Jafaru Sougie, the man who allegedly murdered his wife, Rose, at the Oshodi area of Lagos, has died of the poison he ingested on the day his wife died. The 48-year-old man died on Saturday More...
BREAKING: Amodu Shuaibu, ex-Super Eagles Coach Dies
By Dipo Awojobi – The Nigerian Football Federation has announced the death of its technical director, Amodu Shuaibu. Former Super Eagles Coach Shuaib was a former coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles. The NFF More...
Ambode Desolves LG Caretaker Committees Of 57 LGs/LCDAs
By Dipo Awojobi – The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the immediate dissolution of the Caretaker Committees across the councils in the state. The decision followed the resolution More...
Lagos Assembly Orders Governor To Dissolve LG Caretaker Committees, Appoints Sole Administrators
By Dipo Awojobi – The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to dissolve Caretaker Committees and appoint sole administrators for the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council More...
Group Exonerates Aisha Buhari From Kogi Governorship Tussle
The Kogi Good Governance Forum has exonerated the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, from accusations of interference in the just concluded Kogi electoral tribunal describing Governor Yahaya Bello’s More...
Buhari Appoints Akabueze Budget Office DG
By Dipo Awojobi – Former Commissioner Economic Planning and Budget in Lagos State, Ben Akabueze, has been appointed as the new Director General of the Budget Office. Akabueze’s appointment was confirmed More...
NDDC: Semenitari Disowns Fraudulent Mail, Bank A/C, Urges Public To Beware Of Fraudsters’ Antics
By Nuel Suji – The Ag. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said her attention has been drawn to a fictitious electronic mail currently More...
Buhari Sends Names of 47 Ambassadorial Nominees To Senate
By Dipo Awojobi – President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the list of Ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for consideration and approval as Ambassadors to different countries. The Senate President, Bukola More...
Buhari Kick Starts Recruitment Of 500,000 Teachers
By Nuel Suji – The All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government is set to kick start the recruitment of 500,000 teachers across the country. The move is in fulfilment of its campaign promise of More...
“I’m Hale And Hearty,” IBB Speaks From Germany
By Nuel Suji – Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has dispelled the rumour of his death, saying he is “hale and hearty”. Babangida spoke from Germany where he is believed to More...
Niger Delta Avengers Says No Dialogue With FG, Claims Responsibility For Bombing Of Chevron’s Well RMP 20
By Sadiq Umar – The Niger Delta Avengers on Wednesday dismissed claim that it has entered into negotiating with the federal government on how to stem the spate of bombing of in the Niger Delta zone. The group More...
BREAKING: Former Super Eagles Coach Stephen Keshi Is Dead
By Dipo Awojobi – Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, a former coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, is dead. He died at the age of 54. According to a family source who confirmed the news More...
I’ve Temporarily Handover To V.P Osinbajo, Buhari Writes Senate
By Sadiq Umar – The Senate Tuesday announced President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to temporary handover the government to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The decision follows Buhari’s 10-days trip abroad More...
Kogi Election Tribunal Throws Out Former Governor Idris Wada’s Petition
By Sadiq Umar – The Kogi State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the petition filed by former State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Idris More...
Two UNILAG Postgraduate Students ‘Drown’ In Elegushi Beach
By Dipo Awojobi – Two postgraduate students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have allegedly drowned at the Elegushi Beach in Lagos. According to their friend, Ginika Okolo, who took to social media to More...
Jide Kosoko’s Wife, Henrietta Dies
By Dipo Awojobi – Wife of popular Nigerian actor, Jide Kosoko, Henrietta, dead. She was said to have passed away on Monday, June 6, 2016. According to reports, the woman, also an actor in the Nigerian movie More...
Niger Delta Militant Group Vows To Bomb Aso Rock, National Assembly, NNPC, Others
By Dipo Awojobi – Niger Delta Group, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, reiterated on Monday, its decision to unleash six missiles on the country. The missiles, according to the JNDLF last week, More...
Gunmen Attack Vanguard Publisher, Sam Amuka
By Dipo Awojobi – The Publisher of Vanguard Newspaper, Sam Amuka, was reportedly attacked on Saturday by gunmen in his Anthony Village, Lagos State residence. Sources said that the gunmen broke into the More...
Angry Lawmaker Carpets SGF Over Rehabilitation Efforts In Adamawa
Secretary to the Government of the Federation By Tom Garba, Yola – A member of the Adamawa State House Assembly Hon, Emmanuel Tsandu has expressed frustration over government’s rehabilitation efforts More...
When Bell Rings Twice
By Sam Omatseye Not many thought the first year of Muhammadu Buhari would look like this. The price of pump price at 145, the naira at 350 to a dollar, not a single road tarred, the 2016 Budget in baby steps, no More...
Popular Actress, Ronke Oshodi-Oke Survives Ghastly Accident
By Dipo Awojobi – Popular Nollywood actress, Ronke Oshodi Oke has every cause to thank God for giving her a second chance. The well-endowed actress survived a ghastly auto crash on Monday, May 9, 2016, along More...
Alleged Blasphemy: Buhari Condemns Pastor’s Wife Killing In Kano, Says Culprits Will Face Justice
By Dipo Awojobi – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of Mrs Bridget Agbahime, an Igbo market woman in Kano by some Muslim extremists for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed. Inspector More...
World’s Greatest Boxer, Muhammed Ali Dies At 74
By Dipo Awojobi – Legendary boxer, the boxing entertainer, the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammed Ali has died at 74. He was born originally as Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, More...
NAF Deploys Fighter Jets Amid Security Threats In Niger Delta
By Sadiq Umar – The Nigerian Air Force has deployed fighter jets to the Niger Delta as part of measures to step up security in the region amid increasing spate of attacks on oil and gas installations by militant More...
Obasanjo, Jonathan In Secret Meetings With Buhari
By Sadiq Umar – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. Obasanjo who arrived the State House at about 12.15p.m went straight for the meeting More...
Bill To Provide Education Loan To Tertiary School Students Scales Second Reading
By Sadiq Umar – A bill seeking to provide for a Federal Government loan assistance to students to pursue tertiary education has passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, when passed More...
Survey Result Suggests Election Cancellation As Deterrent For Election Violence
By Nuel Suji – A cross section of Nigerians have endorsed the position that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), should cancel results of elections in areas where electoral violence are recorded More...
Semenitari Advocates Preservation Of Bio-Diverse Environment In Niger Delta
By Nuel Suji – The Acting Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibim Semenitari has advocated the need to preserve the bio-diverse environment of the Niger Delta, pointing More...
Niger Delta Avengers Defy Military Presence, Blow Up Chevron Oil Facility
By Sadiq Umar – The Niger Delta Avengers have claimed responsibility for the latest attack on the oil and gas facilities belonging the oil multi-national, Chevron. The militant group defied the heavy presence More...
Nigerian Journalists To Win Big In US Int’l Seminar, Awards
Global Village Extra, a US-based newspaper, has announced three award categories ahead of its fast approaching Seminar/ Awards event. According to the publisher, Taiye Olayemi, the three categories are Champion More...
