Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress on Friday afternoon, held a meeting with the leaders of the Trade Union Congress and the National Labour Congress. The purpose of the meeting was for Tinubu to attempt to broker/negotiate for peace between Labour and the federal government over the protests of pump... Read More
Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, Raymond Omatseye has been sentenced to 5 years in prison by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday. Omatseye was served his judgment having been charged for a N1.5bn contract scam while he was NIMASA boss as well as charges for money laundering.
While it is far fetched that the abductor (a Boko Haram insurgent) of Chibok girl, Amina Ali would accompany her to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari – several inquisitive souls still pondered on the veracity of what is ordinarily an anomaly. Many have wondered why Amina’s captor and father of her baby is being called... Read More
Even if President Buhari makes one dollar equal to a Naira, Nigeria will still thoroughly question and scrutinize how it came to be. So, we expect no less from such a matter as divisive as #BringBackOurGirls. Especially when two girls are rescued, after two years, in a successive two days. Here, we find 14... Read More
Since the discovery of another abducted Chibok girl barely 24-hours after the first one was found, there has been speculation and excitement. Yesterday, members of the #BringBackOurGirls group and the Chibok community criticized by the ostentatious display of photos of the discovered girls. The army has been steadily releasing photos, and both the activists, family,... Read More
Another Chibok girl, Serah Luka was rescued on Thursday, May 19, in a joint operation carried out by – troops of 231 Battalion, 331 Artillery Regiment (AR), Detachment of Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) 2, Explosive Ordinance (EOD) Team and Civilian Vigilante group. The clearance operation was conducted at Shettima Aboh, Hong and Biladdili general... Read More
Kanye West is the greatest mind alive – he believes this more than anything in the world. The rapper was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and he talked about a wide range of topics from reaching out to Mark Zuckerberg for money to his spectacular Twitter rants. Watch and learn from the great... Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC), South-East chapter, is gloating over the rescue of Amina Ali, one of the abducted Chibok school girls. The APC has in particular, ridiculed the former First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan and the governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose. Spokesman of the Caucus, Osita Okechukwu, said the rescue put the pair to shame... Read More
Lekan Shonde, the husband alleged to have killed his wife, will go on trial for murder. This information was made known by the Lagos State Police Command, Punch Newspapers reports. Lekan was accused of beating his wife to death after her lifeless body was found locked in their Egbeda, Lagos home with their 2 children... Read More
The rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali, is presently at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. She arrived the villa with her baby as well as Borno State Governor, Kashim Shetima around 2.45 p.m on Thursday. They are presently in the President’s office and awaiting his arrival. See photos below.
Rapper, Ice Prince may have revealed that his contract with Chocolate City Music is over. Ice Prince, who just released a new single Chike featuring Korede Bello, has already floated his own outfit – Super Cool Cats. The rapper was quoted to have said his contract with Chocolate City expired two years ago while speaking on CoolFM show –... Read More
Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, was on Thursday, admitted at the emergency ward of the National Hospital, Abuja. TheCable reports that an associate of Metuh disclosed that he puked multiple times while en route the federal high court, Abuja. Metuh is being tried on a seven-count of criminal breach of trust and money laundering... Read More
The National Youth Service Corps has postponed the commencement of the 2016 Batch A (Stream II) orientation course. The Management of the NYSC cited ‘logistics reasons’ as what necessitated the postponement. “We enjoin all Prospective Corps members to watch out for a new date to be announced later. All inconveniences are highly regretted”, the management... Read More
The Twitter handle of the main opposition party – Peoples Democratic Party is known for making bold claims and sometimes, far fetched allegations – reminiscent of the ruling All Progressives Congress, when it was on the other side of the table. But today, the @PdpNigeria Twitter handle has chosen to scare us – Nigerians. In all... Read More
Nowadays, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) appears to be a house apart, what with the many factions, alliances and conflict of interests. The Ayuba Wabba-led faction is at the moment baring its fangs and we are about to know just how potent the venom is. The faction has threatened to completely ground flight operations at the Murtala... Read More
Max Siollun of the New York Times wrote a piece on Boko Haram as an insurgency group and how the federal government of Nigeria has been tackling it, of late. Here are 10 things we learnt from the article; It’s no longer about the cause, it’s now business With its fighters frequently being killed... Read More
After former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili revealed via her Twitter page that one of the abducted Chibok girls has been found and identified, photos have been released. The Globe and Mail reports: “A statement by a Nigerian military spokesman on Wednesday said troops had rescued an abducted schoolgirl named Falmata Mbalala in a village... Read More
The singer who recently released Klitoris – his fifth studio album, Brymo says ‘black people are mentally lazy’. Perhaps an early riser or perhaps unable to sleep, Brymo took to his Twitter page in the wee hours of Wednesday, to tweet-a-little. According to Brymo, the black man lacks the desire to preserve and share knowledge. As... Read More
Groups of people led by the National Labor Congress across the nation are currently protesting the increase in pump price of petrol. From streets to government houses, see photos of protesters across the nation. Benin city Ekiti Abuja Delta Ogun
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has revealed via her Twitter page that one of the abducted Chibok girls has been found and identified. Over 200 girls were in April 2014, abducted from the school in Chibok, Borno state, by Boko Haram insurgents. Of the 276 reported to have been abducted, fifty-seven managed to escape... Read More
We are constantly searching for theads on current issues that show where citizens stand, and what you can learn. Following the recent hardship that has been plaguing Nigeria the past year, it appears that some Nigerians can’t handle the pressure to not give up anymore. Instead, more Nigerians have been recorded to be migrating to... Read More
The photo of 28-year-old Adamu Mai Bisco, who allegedly murdered his entire family on Monday night, has been released by the police. Bisco allegedly killed his parents and two sisters in Potiskum, Yobe State, using a shovel to hack the victims while they slept, according to police reports. Though he was reported to have committed the act... Read More
@iyesdan on Twitter, challenged the new Digital Communications Adviser to the President, who also joined in the pro-2012 protest- Occupy Nigeria, Tolu Ogunlesi. The Twitter user wanted to know why Ogunlesi couldn’t stand by the same words he stood by 4 years ago now that the incident is repeating itself. The tweet from @TunjiAndrews captures... Read More
The Nigerian government has been given ‘one day’ to explain why former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has been in detention since December 2015. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court gave the order on Tuesday, while hearing Dasuki’s suit challenging his detention and infringement on his fundamental human... Read More
Investment adviser Arese Ugwu and financial analyst Tunji Andrews speak on the ripple effects of dollar scarcity in the Nigerian society and the root cause of the current crisis. Watch them explain in simple terms, how ‘dollar scarcity’ is affecting almost every Nigerian on Ndani TV’s new show, AnalyseThis.
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