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February 12, 2016

Entertainment Roundup: Davido is ‘so cocky’ | Kanye West’s bizarre, yet awesome show | Drake to be honoured | More stories

It’s all about Kanye this morning. While you were asleep in Nigeria, Kanye West- in New York- sold out the Madison Square Garden for the live presentation of his Yeezy Season 3 collection and his new album -The Life of Pablo. Apart from the double-themed event of Kanye West, there are many other major headlines... Read More
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February 12, 2016

How Britain, Nigeria allegedly conspired to jail James Ibori

Lawyers to jailed former Governor of Delta state, James Ibori, on Wednesday, surprised a court sitting in Southwark, London, by presenting evidence before the presiding judge, Judge Tomlinson, of a scheme by the Nigerian and British government to send Ibori and his associates to jail. This was contained in a statement from the Media office... Read More
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February 12, 2016

How we discovered 23,000 ghost workers in civil service – Finance Minister

The Nigerian senate, on Thursday, announced its endorsement of the Ministry of Finance’s decision to prosecute civil servants found guilty of paying salaries and remuneration to 23,000 ghost workers over the years. This was stated by the Chairman Senate Committee on Finance, Senator John Enoh, at the budget defence of the Ministry of Finance. The... Read More
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February 12, 2016

Ekitigate: Tope Aluko, grilled for 5 days, ‘was very cooperative’ with the DSS

Tope Aluko, whistle-blower and a former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, reportedly spent five days in the custody of the Department of State Services in Abuja. During his stay with the DSS, Aluko was questioned on his confessions of what took place during the June 2014 governorship election in Ekiti state.... Read More
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February 12, 2016

Buhari to German President: It’s a pity Boko Haram welcomed you with explosions in Dikwa

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday lamented the fact that Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, welcomed German President, Joachim Gauck, into the country with the bomb attacks at the Dikwa Internally Displaced Persons camp, in Borno, on Wednesday. 58 people were reported to have been killed from that attack while 78 others sustained serious injuries. Buhari... Read More
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February 12, 2016

Jonathan’s Aide-de-Camp, 7 others arrested by EFCC [DETAILS]

The Aide-de-Camp to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, has been quizzed by the Nigerian Army in relation to the ongoing probe into the arms procurement fraud, allegedly perpetrated during the last administration. Adegbe was reportedly arrested on Wednesday in Lagos and was subsequently taken to the Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja popularly referred to as... Read More
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February 12, 2016

12 Army officers sent to EFCC, Air Force places Commodores, AVMs under house arrest

The Nigerian Army has handed over 12 Army officers to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), for investigation. This was disclosed on Thursday, by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, who failed to state what the 12 officers are being investigated for. The 12 officers sent to the EFCC, comprise of... Read More
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February 11, 2016

Jesse Jagz makes 3 major announcements (READ)

Chocolate City rapper, Jesse Jagz has announced he would be releasing 3 music projects this year after his brother, M.I Abaga, earlier today, put out two songs off his Illegal Music III. Emperor Jagz took to Twitter to reveal the title of the three projects –Odysseus (Return of H.I.M), Nigerian Gangsta (A Street Legend) and... Read More
February 11, 2016

‘Some people are manipulating the naira’ – Oshiomhole

Edo state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday, endorsed the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s refusal to devalue the naira, saying that the intention of government was to strengthen the economy, protect the poor and ensure that currency manipulators were forced out of business. The comrade governor stated this while delivering an address at the first edition of... Read More
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February 11, 2016

Amnesty Office spent N12.9bn on contracts, not N48bn – Paul Boroh

The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Paul Boroh has denied reports that the Amnesty office spent N48 billion in five months. Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, disclosed this in an interview on Thursday in Abuja. He described the reports as nothing but malicious and constructed on... Read More
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February 11, 2016

‘Arrest and prosecute our Vice Chancellor’ – OAU students cry out

Nigerian students, under the name Alliance of Nigerian Students Against Neo-Liberal Attacks (ANSA), on Thursday, called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies to investigate and prosecute the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Bamitale Omole, for misappropriation of the university’s resources The students stated this during a peaceful... Read More
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February 11, 2016

‘Europe has more Nigerian nurses than Nigeria’ – EU

The Head of European Union Delegation to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Michael Arrion, on Thursday, said there are more Nigerian Nurses in Europe than there are in Nigeria. Arrion, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja, stated that these health professionals, who seek greener pastures outside of Nigeria, would be better... Read More
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February 11, 2016

BREAKING: Supreme Court declares Darius Ishaku winner of Taraba governorship election

The Supreme Court, has on Thursday, February 11, declared Darius Ishaku as the legitimate governor of Taraba state. The apex court upheld the outcome of the April 11, 2015, governorship election of the candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP. A seven-man bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Ibrahim Galadima after taking the... Read More
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