On Day 2 of his visit to France, President Muhamadu Buhari attended a High Level Business Breakfast Session. The meeting was held with French and Nigerian Chief Executive Officers at MEDEF Headquarters in Paris on Tuesday morning. See photos:
Lagos State Commissioner of Police Fatai Owoseni paraded three persons impersonating soldiers, and one, who was impersonating Air Force personnel and three car snatchers. The impersonators are Markus Gabriel (22) from Ngwa in Abia State, Ikemefuna Ude (39) from Agwu (Enugu). Their Air Force accomplice is Dare Tijani (28) from Ikire in Osun State. Owoseni... Read More
Ejiru Laale, son of the recently appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ndowa Laale- has been abducted by unknown gunmen. The kidnap of Ejiru was disclosed to the media on Tuesday morning by the spokesperson of Uniport, William Wordi. According to Wordi, the Vice Chancellor’s son was abducted around 7pm on Monday at his family... Read More
Ejiru Laale, son of the recently appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ndowa Laale- has been abducted by unknown gunmen. The kidnap of Ejiru was disclosed to the media on Tuesday morning by the spokesperson of Uniport, William Wordi. According to Wordi, the Vice Chancellor’s son was abducted around 7pm on Monday at his family... Read More
Ejiru Laale, son of the recently appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ndowa Laale- has been abducted by unknown gunmen. The kidnap of Ejiru was disclosed to the media on Tuesday morning by the spokesperson of Uniport, William Wordi. According to Wordi, the Vice Chancellor’s son was abducted around 7pm on Monday at his family... Read More
The French government has declared its commitment to support the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJTF) with intelligence gathering and high tech military equipment. The French President, François Hollande, said this on Monday, after a closed door bilateral meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at Eylsee Palace in Paris. He said the meeting with Buhari was essentially resolved around... Read More
Rivers state chapter of All Progressives Congress has criticized the alleged plans by the Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike to borrow another N10 billion from banks in the state. The party accused him of borrowing recklessly without consideration for the present and future generations of the citizens. A statement was released to this effect by the Publicity Secretary, Chris... Read More
Africa’s leading omni-media group, Red Media Africa, has been nominated for the ‘African Business of The Year’ award and ‘Best Corporate Social Responsibility’ award at the African Business Awards 2015. The nomination comes as RED celebrates its 10th year anniversary. Red Media Africa will contend with other leading African businesses like Dangote Group, Ison BPO, Universal Auto... Read More
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has revealed the order of events that led to Goodluck Jonathan becoming President of Nigeria. Alamieyeseigha says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, picked Jonathan, his former deputy as Vice President to late President Umaru Yar’Adua, in an attempt to embarrass him. He revealed to Sun Newspapers, that the move was part of... Read More
The Lagos state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, as ‘boy go slow’. PDP says the governor’s pace of governance is slow and uninspiring. The party said Ambode is not ready for governance, as he appears to be waiting for APC leader, Bola Tinubu, to help him appoint ministers. Publicity Secretary... Read More
Governor of Kogi state, Idris Wada, yesterday night, won the primary election, to represent the Peoples Democratic Party in the upcoming governorship polls. The election was supervised by the governor of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Uguawanyi The result of the primary was announced late at night, at about 9:42pm on Monday. Wada won the election by what... Read More
Troops of the Nigerian Army reportedly cleared 4 Boko Haram camps along the Banki, Kumshe and Bama axis of Borno, on Monday. Specifically, Nigerian soldiers cleared Boko Haram camps in Bolungu, Bula Doye and Cheehi Dare, while also securing an important bridge linking Miyanti and Banki. During the clear-out of the camps, the troops rescued kidnapped women... Read More
Following the revelation at the weekend that the driver of Akwa Ibom governor, was a Police impersonator, the state Police Command has began investigation into the matter. Governor Emmanuel Udom’s driver, Edet Bassey, was accused of constantly donning the uniform of Police officer, while carrying out his duties. Consequently, the Police Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole, has... Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party has admonished the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, for not paying adequate attention to the economy. The opposition party expressed its support for Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign, but however, said it was worried by the dwindling economy of the country. PDP said the economy had fallen in the past few months due to... Read More
A Nigerian pastor based in Ghana, has declared that Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation Magazine, should be the next Ooni of Ife. The cleric, identified as Pastor Paul from Imo state, was said to have made the disclosure via a telephone call to the CEO of PM News, Bayo Onanuga. Pastor Paul supposedly warned that if... Read More
Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Pastor T. B Joshua, has reportedly acquired a private jet. According to Sahara Reporters, TB Joshua purchased the nearly brand-new Gulfstream G550 aircraft in April 2015. The private jet was reportedly purchased using the Bank Of Utah trustee as the front, and it is registered as “Synagogue... Read More
President Muhamadu Buhari has met with President Francois Hollande on his first day of his 3-day visit to France. Buhari and Hollande met a few hours ago at the Elysee Palace Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina shared photos from their meeting on his Facebook timeline.
The Acting Director, Defence Information, Colonel Rabe Abubakar, says that the collaboration between the Nigerian Air Force and the ground troops of the Army is responsible for the recent successes recorded in the war against insurgency. The Defence Spokesman said this when a group of journalists visited him in his office at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja... Read More
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. His emergence followed the disqualification of his two other contenders for the governorship ticket. Those disqualified were the Senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Emmanuel Paulker and a former Local Government Chairman of Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government... Read More
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers state has defended the former governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi before President Muhammadu Buhari. The Rivers state chapter of the party declared him as ‘clean, spotless and untainted by corruption’. The party urged Buhari to disregard desperate efforts by the incumbent, Nyesom Wike to tarnish Amaechi’s image. David Ikanya, chairman... Read More
President Buhari arrived in France a few hours ago. Upon arrival, he was received by Thierry Leleu, Governor of Val de Marne, at the Pavillion de Honour, in Orly International airport. Afterwards, Buhari headed to the L’Hôtel national des Invalides, where he was received by Emmanuel Macron, French Minister of Economy. See photos:
What are the odds? A man caught his wife having sex with a neighbour in his bedroom on Saturday. Apparently the neighbours had been well aware of the shenanigans going on between the pair and had been meaning to alert the spouses of both parties. Udoh, decided to find out for himself and so he sold... Read More
Greeted by rain and snow, President Muhammadu Buhari, arrived in France not too long ago. The President Buhari, who is on a 3 day visit to France, was received by Thierry Leleu, Governor of Val de Marne, at the Pavillion de Honour, in Orly International airport. See photos;
Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School, in Bukuru area of Jos, Plateau, collapsed on Sunday evening. About 7-10 children are reported to have died in the accident. See below 2 pupils who survived the building collapse, albeit with injuries.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is currently interrogating the former Comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service, David Parradang, over allegations of corruption. Parradang, was suspended in August by President Muhammadu Buhari. TheCable reports that he arrived at the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC at 10am on Monday and was whisked to the interrogation room by operatives of the anti-graft... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria for his trip to France. Buhari, who flew out on Monday afternoon, will be in France for the next three days. The Nigerian President was invited by French President, Francois Hollande. During the visit, Buhari, will participate in a France/Nigeria Investment Forum with leading Nigerian and French entrepreneurs, among other activities. See... Read More
Giesi Ruling House has been instructed by Ife Kingmakers to present qualified candidates to be selected as the next Ooni of Ife. Obalufe of Ife, Oba Solomon Omisakin, read the address of the 16 traditional rulers of Ife at a press conference held at Ile Oodua on Monday. Oba Omisakin stated that the kingmakers made use of the 1980... Read More
Brown envelopes a.k.a Per diem a.k.a Honorarium- known around these parts as Gbalamu, is not strange to journalists practising in Nigeria. Journalists in Nigeria, are known to wait behind and sometimes struggle for their brown envelopes after press conferences, gatherings and events. Recognising the trend, the folks at Al Jazeera have done a documentary to highlight how the acceptance of brown... Read More
The people of Imo state have reportedly criticized the Turkey trip embarked on by their state governor, Rochas Okorocha, alongside 100 others. The trip, which has reportedly crippled activities in the state in the past one week, was described by workers as wasteful and proof of Okorocha’s insensitivity to the plight of the state civil servants who are being... Read More
In any democratic election, the electorates (voters) determine the outcome of such elections and because of this privilege, they are treated like mini gods by politicians in other more civilised climes. In such countries, politicians respect the sovereignty of the electorates because they know their chances of winning are solely dependant on the will of... Read More
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