by Kolapo Olapoju At the moment, there’s an unnecessary buck passing game between the FG and the state governors as to who should be blamed for the unpaid remuneration of workers. The state governors (especially those from the All Progressives Congress) are using the 50% drop in gross in federal revenue, which affected their monthly allocations from... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju The Chairman and Spiritual Father of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Rev. Samuel Abidoye, says he’s not certain if President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, is the messiah Nigeria is looking for. In spite of his uncertainty, he opined that Buhari, being a disciplinarian and deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who is a pastor, would... Read More
by Anike Jacobs A popular pastor Timothy Gabriel who resides in Ejigbo, Lagos has absconded with a church members’ N10million. The church member had presented the money before the Man of God for special prayers for a business he intended starting only for him to get scammed. PM Newspaper reports that the victim visited the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph President Goodluck Jonathan celebrates his 5th year anniversary of taking over the leadership of Nigeria as substantive president with prayer. The event took most members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by surprise as most of them did not remember the date. The Minister of Labour, Chinedu Nebo an ordained minister in... Read More
by Damilola Jagun Moving forward, any resident of Lagos state who refuse to use pedestrian bridges in the state will be sanctioned. The Lagos State House of Assembly made the resolution at its plenary session on Tuesday, May 5. Rotimi Olowo, the lawmaker representing Somolu Constituency 2, had informed members of the Assembly that many... Read More
by Iyobosa Omoregie Following the execution of 4 Nigerians in Indonesia on drug-related crimes, it’s been revealed that 8 more Nigerians are also on death row in the country. A group known as ‘United Nigerians In Diaspora’ has urged the Federal Government to appease the Indonesian government to stay action on its plans to execute the 8 Nigerians, who were... Read More
by Damilola Jagun President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, got to meet with Tunde Thompson, one of the journalists jailed for violating Decree 4 in 1984 when he was a military Head of State. On Tuesday, May 5, when Buhari hosted members of his Media Team and Social Media Influencers at the Defence House, Abuja, he had a brief... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Nobel Laureate may have just stoked the fire of the inter-ethnic bickering, with his alleged anti-Igbo diatribe. According to The Cable, Soyinka believes that the Igbos are a greedy lot who would do anything to achieve financial gain. It is claimed he made the utterances while delivering a lecture titled ‘Predicting Nigeria, Electoral... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The crisis happening seems to be happening in all state, as the latest sacking of government workers is happening in Bauch state. Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda approved the dissolution of the boards of 20 parastatals in the state, and sacked 33 Directors-General. A press statement made available to journalists in Bauchi... Read More
by Akan Ido President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his determination to solve the challenge of insecurity in the country. Buhari said this on Tuesday, during a meeting with young leaders who met with him to set the youth agenda for the incoming administration. The president-elect said: “Insecurity has taken us back several years but Boko... Read More
by James Sambo A Zamfara lawmaker had no qualms revealing to journalists that he threw a ‘hard punch’ on the forehead of the driver of the state governor, over ‘a girl’. The Majority Leader in the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Salisu Musa Tsafe on Tuesday, got into a physical altercation with the senior driver... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor One of the girls rescued by Nigerian troops from Sambisa forest has been reunited with her family. The girl was reunited with her family at one of the Internally Displaced Persons’camp in Borno. The brother of the the girl revealed that she was kidnapped by Boko Haram 6 months ago and they had presumed her... Read More
by Ranti Joseph A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations, Emeka Anyaoku, and other members of the council have bid President Goodluck Jonathan farewell as he leaves office. He and his members joined Jonathan for a breakfast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In a short interview with... Read More
by Anike Jacobs A Magistrates’ court on Monday ordered the arrest of a hotel director, 38-year-old Mrs Mary Joan Adeiekwe who bit off the ear of her manager, Chinwendu Nkemakolam, for demanding her monthly salary after she sacked her in Lagos State. According to PM news, Adeikwe was arrested and charged before Magistrate M.B. Folami... Read More
by Jewel Stephen Nigeria’s social development landscape is beaming brightly as development practitioners prepare to meet, engage, share ideas and lend their voice to pressing issues at the forthcoming Development Dialogue: Stakeholders’ Edition, holding 9 a.m. on Thursday, 21st May 2015 in Lagos. Development Dialogue is a melting point of thought leadership, innovation-conversations, policy discussions and... Read More
by Ibrahim Panshak After a meeting with President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, the old and incoming governors of the All Progressives Congress, accused President Jonathan of destroying the economy. The governors, known as the ‘Progressives Forum’, also accused the President of emptying the nation’s treasury. They also bemoaned the fact that the president-elect would be faced with unprecedented... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike has raised an alarm that the incoming administration had perfected plans to arrest him any moment from now. He further alleged that the incoming administration was planning his arrest in order to keep him in prison custody... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The embattled deputy governor of Ondo state Ali Olanusi who was impeached recently has been appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressive Congress (APC). This was contained in a letter signed by the secretary of the Party’s National Executive Committee, (NEC) Mai Bala Buni. Buni... Read More
For those still in doubt, here are some more women and children rescued from Sambisa forest (PHOTOS)
by Anike Jacobs Peradventure you are one of those dubting that the Nigerian army indeed rescued about 260 woman and children from Boko Haram captivity in Sambisa forest at the weekend, then these photos might help. Some of the freed captives are currently in hospital receiving treatment for all kinds of illnesses while others have... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor Mike Adenuga has made a bid to buy Ivorian mobile telecoms operator Comium Cote d’Ivoire. According to Telegeography, the Nigerian billionaire and owner of Globacom (Glo) is lodging a $600 million(N119,400,000,000) takeover bid for Comium Cote d’Ivoire, a company that has been grappling with debt and cash flow problems. If the deal... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju The fear of Judge Norgle is the beginning of Kashamu’s desperation. Buruji Kashamu is trying his damnedest to avoid being shipped to face his demon- ‘Judge Norgle’ in the United States on alleged drug-related offences. The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, has pulled a... Read More
by Damilola Jagun President Goodluck Jonathan has held private meetings with Pastors David Oyedepo and Enoch Adeboye. The President was said to have had discussions with the two leading clerics in separate meetings on Monday, May 4. Jonathan arrived the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, accompanied by a few aides, in the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph A Federal High Court in Lagos fixed June 18 for judgment in the trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, charged with money laundering. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia on Monday fixed the judgment following the adoption of final written addresses and arguments by the counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes... Read More
by Chinwe Okafor #Stopthetrekkers The Chief of staff to the Edo state governor, is angry with the trekkers. The act which has become a trend to celebrate Buhari and president Jonathan needs to stop, according to him, He is also wondering why no one is trekking to see Obasanjo at his Ota farm. Read tweets... Read More
by Damilola Jagun Outgoing governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola, saus that every Nigerian must obey law and order if the country is to be moved forward. At the opening ceremony of the 3rd Session of the 32nd Synod of the Diocese of Lagos, Anglican Communion, held at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, Lagos, Fashola said... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Eugene Odo, described his impeachment by the nine-man faction of the lawmakers as legislative recklessness and impunity. Odo on Monday said that he was still the Speaker of the Assembly, noting that the action of the Chinedu Nwamba group was illegal, unknown to... Read More
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