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42-year-old landlord, Sunday Agbo, was on Tuesday arraigned in a Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over alleged criminal breach of trust and converting part of a property he rented out to a church. Mr Agbo of Plot 692, Durumi District, Abuja, was arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust […]

Former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, ex-Nigerian President, Mr. Reno Omokri, has spoken about the blockage of the entrance to the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. In a series of tweets, Omokri has described the action as an attempt to overthrow democracy. He said photographs would be gathered from the scene and the […]

Nigerian Senator from Akwa Ibom, Mr. Godswill Akpabio has tendered his resignation as Minority Leader of Nigerian Senate. Akpabio disclosed this in a letter dated August 4, addressed to the Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Mr. Emmanuel Bwacha. The Senator, however, did not give any reason for the resignation. He, however, thanked the senate leadership and […]

I remember very vividly that when I was a child, if people died, their surviving friends and family killed a cow to feed mourners at the funeral and wake keeping. Now to show you how things have changed in today’s Nigeria, when a cow dies, we now have a group of marauders who kill human […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed says, in spite of the allegation of certificate forgery against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, his integrity remains intact. Mr Mohammed said this on Monday when he paid an official visit to the Abuja office of The Authority Newspaper. Responding to a question […]

Deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Moses Ekpo, has vehemently denied the rumours that he has resigned or been sacked from the Udom Emmanuel administration following the rumoured planned defection of  Sen. Godswill  Akpabio to All Progressives Congress (APC). Media reports have come out with allusions that Ekpo has not only resigned but has […]

Chubby actress, Amara Maduka, is gradually becoming one of the most sought after in the movie industry. In this interview, the Anambra State-born role interpreter speaks on her career, love life and challenges of being a plus-sized thespian. Enjoy it. Can you briefly tell us about yourself? I’m Amara Maduka, from Anambra State. I’m from […]

PDP chieftain and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio and the All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu met in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday. According to Tinubu’s Twitter handle, @AsiwajuTinubu, the duo met in the company of another APC Chieftain, Alhaji Yusuf Ali, in Abuja. The APC had earlier revealed that the two men were discussing […]

Nigeria’s main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Monday, accused Nigeria’s presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), of operating 18 unregistered companies and frittering away trillions of dollars under its administration. PDP alleges that President Muhammadu Buhari deceived Nigerians to secure power on a promise of transparency, accountability and zero tolerance for corruption. […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s ex-media aide, Mr. Reno Omokri, has said that it is too early to criticise Godswill Akpabio, a serving senator and two-time former governor of Akwa Ibom State, who is on the verge of dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr. Omokri is presuming that Akpabio […]

Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, is currently in a closed-door meeting with Ahmed Lawan, Majority leader of the Senate. Lawan, representing Yobe North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, arrived the villa in the afternoon and proceeded straight to the Acting President’s office. Also attending the meeting is Mr. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant […]

Introduction The crisis of misgovernance in the country has been accentuated by the official impunity of members of the ruling class. Hence, the executive is justifying disobedience of court orders, while legislators regularly suspend their colleagues and carry out the impeachment of governors outside the ambit of the Constitution. Even though it has been decided […]

It was sometime in 2001. The political temperature of Kwara State had reached a troubling zenith. The godfather and his godson had declared a world war. Swords menaced swords, provoking fiery reverberations across Nigeria. Rear Admiral (rtd) Mohammed Alabi Lawal, now late, apparently egged on by his military pedigree, had put on acts like the […]

23-year-old housewife, Damilola Ayeni, who was said to have stabbed the 36-year-old husband in the chest, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police command. Damilola Ayeni who got married to her husband two years ago, with two children, stabbed her husband, Olumide, to death following a disagreement on Friday at their house on Bamgbose Street, Lagos Island. The […]

Deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Moses Ekpo is reported to have resigned his position as the state’s number two person. He is also reported to be moving with Senator Godswill Akpabio, immediate past governor of the state, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, this week. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that though […]

Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the death of 7 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who died on Saturday during a picnic party at River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State. The state Police Command’s spokesman, ASP David Missal, who confirmed the incident in a statement to newsmen, said […]

National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has overruled the Governor Nasir el-Rufai-led Kaduna State party chapter on the suspension of the senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, lifting the suspension order. Overruling the suspension, in a statement, signed by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, […]

A breastfeeding mother has shocked the public after revealing that her husband drinks all the milk she keeps for their baby. According to this mother, her husband not only drinks the milk kept in the fridge for their young one but also suckles her breasts when she’s asleep. She says she’s fed up with her […]

Before King Ahmed Ottoman went to war, he locked his beautiful wife, Queen Ottoman, in a private room and gave the key to his best friend, Mousa, telling him: if I’m not back in four days, open the room and she’s yours. Ottoman got on his horse and went to war. Half an hour later, […]

Kano State Deputy Governor, Mr. Hafiz Abubakar, has resigned from his position. In a letter dated August 5, 2018 and addressed to the state governor, Mr. Abdullahi Ganduje on Sunday, Abubakar tendered his resignation, according to Daily Independent. Abubakar said he had desired to remain in office as deputy governor until the end of their […]