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by Olabisi Afonja A new brand of journalists now parades the media landscape. They are the ones who have exchanged good journalism for quackery and hatchet jobs. They pose as journalists while getting paid huge sums for public relations for their clients. Shaka Momodu of ThisDay newspaper fits this mode of predators and character assassination.... Read More
by Anike Jacobs Today, Saturday, March 14,  we remember the 18 persons who died in the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise in 2014. It’s exactly a year today and we pray their souls continue to rest in peace. The applicants lost their lives in multiple stampedes in job recruitment venues across the country, as hundreds... Read More
by Anike Jacobs A suspected stowaway reportedly died in the undercarriage compartment of an Arik Air aircraft on Saturday, March 14. According to a statement by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, the yet-to-be-identified body was discovered in an Arik airbus A345, with registration number, CS-TFX at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The statement... Read More
by Anike Jacobs Last Thursday, a 15 year old hawker selling fish was gunned down in the ensuing gun battle between the armed robbers and the police men on the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge, in Lagos. The deceased’s aunt who identified herself as Mrs. Omolafe, told Punch newspapers on Saturday that Ibikunle was eager to study... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has declared that her husband must complete his two terms in office. In Benin, Edo State on Saturday, March 14, while speaking at a women’s rally in support of President Goodluck Jonathan, she said that the opposition is looking for war. Here are 4 quotes she uttered… that everyone will... Read More
by Anike Jacobs A 60-year-old pastor who doubles as a traditional healer, Mr. Udo Job, has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for raping a 14-year-old daughter of one of his patients. Punch newspapers reports that the girl was on a visit to her sick father when the herbalist sexually assaulted her. The Commissioner... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The All Progressives Congress (APC) accused President Goodluck Jonathan of taking political advantage of tragedies that have befallen Nigeria under his watch, saying giving N5million to each family that lost a relative in the Immigration recruitment exercise after one year is not only belated but aimed at soliciting votes. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday,... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman in the South-East, Osita Okechukwu has dismissed the protest by the members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) describing it as self-serving and part of the moves aimed at stopping the INEC from using the card reader for the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) challenged the ethical justification of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation in an unauthorised use of footage of a Nigerian athlete, Blessing Okagbare, as endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan, describing both the president and the PDP as chronic lairs. The reigning African and Commonwealth tracks title... Read More
by Ranti Joseph South Africa has denied reports that its military personnel were deployed in Nigeria to help fight against militant group Boko Haram. “Any South African citizen fighting against Boko Haram will be regarded as mercenary and might face prosecution for violating the nation’s law,” said South African National Defence Force spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini... Read More
by Anike Jacobs The daughter of former Oyo State governor Dr. Victor Omololu-Olunloyo, Kemi claims to have held her father hostage for hours yesterday. She made this disclosure via her tweets yesterday evening, where she alleged that her father wants her, her sibling and mother out of their family house. According to her tweets, “My... Read More
by Anike Jacobs Nigerian Twitter literally erupted last night when writer cum blogger, @SheCrownLita broke the news that a friend of hers recently got dumped by her long time boyfriend. To make matters worse, the man, simply identified as Tunji, is reportedly getting married to someone else today. This is after being in a relationship with the... Read More
by Ranti Joseph Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya assured that the people of the South-south geo-political zone of the country would vote massively for the party’s presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, on March 28, 2015. He disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday. In... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju These are really confusing times, when all sorts of spurious accusations and blatant denials are the order of the day. All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Tinubu and President Goodluck Jonathan are the actors in the latest episode of ‘accusation and denial’. The APC National leader alleged that the President offered him the... Read More
by Mark Bassey Creflo Dollar is trying to get 200,000 people to donate $300 ( a little over N60,000), to fund the acquisition of a brand new luxurious $65million Gulfstream G650 airplane for his ministry. The popular televangelist and founder of World Changers Church International, posted an appeal on his website which read: “The mission... Read More
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