A military fighter jet has crashed at the Yola Airport on Wednesday night leaving two pilots injured. The jet was used in fighting the insurgency group in the North East. The pilots are currently receiving treatment at the Air force military hospital. According to reports, the crash was caused by a burst tyre which happened...
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Earlier this year, American based Guinean named Binta Diamond Diallo revealed that she was pregnant for Wizkid’s second baby, following these claims with pictures of her baby on Instagram. In the photos however, Binta covered the face of the baby boy, whom she named Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun Jnr, but now, she is ready for the...
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President Buhari has apologised for the dissolution of the Boards of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and the 12 new Federal universities that were created by the government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. President Buhari had announced on February 13, that he had approved the appointment of new vice chancellors for the affected universities...
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As we all know, the Nigerian Football Federation recently named Samson Siasia as the caretaker coach for the Super Eagles, and is that news? Of course, it is. Many Nigerians have been questioning the choice of the football federation in Siasia, why him and not others- but many forget that he’s progressed through the national...
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Following his detention, arrest and subsequent initiation of legal suit for the collapsed building in Lekki, Lagos state, the Managing Director of Lekki Gardens, Richard Nyong, has been released on Thursday. The building had collasped at Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, killing about 35 persons. The disclosure was made on Instagram by popular On Air Presenter...
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Woman Rising 2016, an initiative of The Life House curated by Ugoma Adegoke kicked off with a private Champagne Brunc…
Sunderland football player, Adam Johnson, has been sentenced to six years in jail by a British court for grooming and sexually abusing a 15 year old girl. In giving his judgement, the presiding Judge, Jonathan Rose, told Johnson that he caused the girl “severe psychological harm” and abused his position of trust. The judge said...
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Former Barcelona forward and three time Balon d’Or winner, Johan Cruyff, has died of cancer at the age of 68. Cruyff wrote his name on the walls of history while playing for Spanish club Barcelona and Ajax, and for his home country, Netherlands. As a coach, he led Barcelona to win their first European Cup...
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The 10th edition of the South African Film and Television Awards held on Sunday in Johannesburg and with it came a gl…
Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday, abducted not less than 16 female residents of Sabongari Madagali, in Madagali Local Government of Adamawa state. A federal lawmaker representing Madagali, revealed to Premium Times that those abducted include 14 women and two girls. The member representing Michika/ Madagali Federal constituency, Adamu Kamale, said: “I just received the shocking...
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A contributor of The Every Girl once said that anything deemed as a luxury “denotes something that is enjoyed by a ce…
The suffix gate which is used to denote a noun or name to suggest the existence of a far-reaching scandal, particularly in politics and government derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States of America in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of the president of the United States, President Richard Nixon....
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A video has surfaced online -depicting a man who shares similar physical features with Boko Haram leader- advising his followers to “surrender to save themselves.” In the video which has gone viral, ‘Abubakar Shekau’, speaking in Hausa Language, told his followers that ‘his campaign of violence has ended’. He urged his followers to embrace peace...
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Chelsea FC midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has been appointed the new captain of the Super Eagles by coach Samson Siasia. Mikel Obi takes over from CSKA Moscow winger, Ahmed Musa. Team coach, Siasia, who arrived at the decision on Wednesday night, told the team that he intends to give the captain armband to the longest...
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, threw out the petition of the embattled Senate president, Bukola Saraki. The Senate President had asked the court to quash the criminal charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. While delivering his ruling, The President of the Court, Justice Danladi Umar, stated that...
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We have over the years established enemies of Nigeria, we know them even if we do not acknowledge it, those of them who eat fat in corruption and have mansions in Lekki, Asokoro and Maitama, those whose kids are in schools in Paris and throw lavish parties in Los Angeles and at dawn clamour for...
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Nigeria has a glorious history. As a system which worked (at a time). It is with nostalgia that one would recall the glorious days of the Nigeria Airways, the Nigeria Shipping Line, the Arewa Textile Mills, The Nigerian Coal Corporation alongside other world class yet government owned institutions my country operated at some points in...
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Are you ready to change the world? Do you have what it takes to make things happen? Well here is an opportunity to prove it! #TeamRED is hiring. A job at RED is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. You’ll be challenged. You’ll be inspired. You’ll do things you never thought you could. And you will...
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APC BoT taken over by Elders’ council. Punch Dasuki refuses to appear in court. Nation Labour protests anti-labour policies in Kaduna. Vanguard EFCC to probe Kashamu’s firm over stamp duty collection. Leadership No more rice importation in Lagos – Ambode. Nation This is why APC senators are desperate for peace. Vanguard Fayose’s airport project halted...
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It is no longer news that some 31 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), 3 Area Councils and two Administrative Offices were recently created in Osun State by the Rauf Aregbesola-led administration. As Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in the Bola Tinubu-led administration when Lagos State had its LCDA experience, one can safely state that Aregbesola...
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Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, who is currently incarcerated, has been stripped of her position as President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria. The Court of Appeal, had last week, upheld the 5-year jail term of Fiberesima, over the accidental murder of Dr. Giwa Suraj in a car accident which took place a decade ago. According...
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The reluctance of Justice Abdukadir Abdu-Kafarati of the Federal High Court Abuja to strike out Bukola Abiku Mesujamba’s case instead of disqualifying himself from a suit that lacks merit portrays Kafarati as one of the more lurid examples of a disgraceful judges of the Nigerian bench. Yesterday, Kafarati was forced to recluse himself from the...
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Ayodele Dada, the record-breaking graduate of the University of Lagos, was on Wednesday, hosted and honoured by the Federal House of Representatives. Dada, in February, was announced by the institution, to have graduated with 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average. The House had to suspend its rules to admit him into the chamber, a privilege enjoyed...
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The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday, decried the calls for the removal of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the recent revelation that the governor had allegedly hired offsprings of top government officials without following due process. Oshiomhole stated that those calling for Emefiele’s removal are “Facebook manipulators” and...
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Former governors and deputy governors of the Peoples Democratic Party turned to cry-babies on Wednesday, as they lamented being abandoned by their successors. The former governors, who didn’t exactly include their predecessors in their respective administrations, have now complained of being relegated to the background of the party in their various states. They expressed their...
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The Federal Government would kick-start the clean up of oil spills in the Niger Delta region within the next three weeks. This development was made known on Wednesday, by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig- General Paul Boroh (retd). While speaking in Enugu at...
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Based on a recent revelation made by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, there’s no provision for 1.1 million people who sit yearly, for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Prof Julius Okojie said on Wednesday, that only 400,000 out of the 1.5 million candidates that sit yearly manage to gain admission to Nigerian...
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According to the National Caucus of the All Progressives Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari must seek a second term in office, come 2019. At a meeting held on Tuesday night, the national caucus said the endorsement of President Buhari for a second term would help to stabilise the polity and further help the nation recover from...
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Following Wednesday’s release of Colonel Nicholas Ashinze, the former military aide to ex-National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki- he has reunited with his family. Colonel Ashinze had been in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Military Authority, since December 2015. He was arrested in connection to the $2.1bn arms deal fraud...
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Nigerian troops have rescued 180 people who were held hostage by Boko Haram insurgents at Giltimari and Baale villages in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno state. The troops of 7 Division Garrison and 112 Battalion, assisted by some Civilian JTF, dislodged the insurgents from Menari, Bulamari, Zangebe, Maafa, Mijigine, Baale and Kaltaram villages in...
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