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A Federal High Court judge sitting in Abuja, Justice Okon Abang, has granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to try the embattled former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, in absentia. Abang said, he was satisfied that Metuh has jumped bail, saying there was no reasonable […]

Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Tuesday, admonished President Muhammadu Buhari to stop lamenting. Afenifere said Nigerians were tired of Buhari’s lamentations, insisting that it was high time the president sat up and worked. The group’s spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, stated this while reacting to Buhari’s criticism of his predecessors on Tuesday. Reacting, Odunmakin asked Buhari to prevail […]

Former aide to ex-Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his comments against ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Omokri described Buhari as an ignoramus over claims that his administration was still paying Obasanjo’s debt. Buhari had on Tuesday wondered what Obasanjo achieved after spending huge amount of $16bn on power. Reacting to […]

As I concluded an article on the cattle herders and farmers’ clashes all over Nigeria; an article which made me research several other African countries and how they managed similar problems, it occurred to me that there is a need to write to Nigerians on this important issue – that Nigerians must forgive Nigeria. I […]

An African orphan who Prince Harry befriended when volunteering in Africa was among the first guests to greet the royal couple after their extraordinary wedding at Windsor Castle. The new Duke of Sussex first struck up a friendship with Mutsu Potsane, aged 4 at the time, during his gap year stay in the southern African […]

A photo of the man and the girlfriend before the tragic incident Reports emerged yesterday revealing how a man killed his girlfriend before stuffing her body in a bucket in Oshodi area of Lagos state, Nigeria. The above photo of the loved up couple before the tragic incident has now surfaced. The shocking incident happened […]

Disengaged private investigator to the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Evangelist Victor Uwajeh, has alleged that his recent removal was because he refused to probe Atiku Abubakar, some serving Senators, including Bukola Saraki and other opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts. Uwajeh who was appointed to the panel to track stolen […]

In just a few months, Nigerians will go once again to the polls to choose our next president. This is the opportunity we have to determine our destiny. It is a civic duty that comes only once every four years. Therefore, it must be entered into like a marriage – soberly and with full presence […]

Special Adviser to governor Ayodele Fayose on Cultural matters, Alhaji Ademola Bello, has resigned his appointment. Ademola Bello whose letter of resignation was dated 21st of May, 2018 says he is resigning from Fayose’s administration on personal reasons. See his letter of resignation below:

36-year-old Nigerian, Christopher Omoike has jumped to his death in Johannesburg, South Africa in a bid to avoid arrest by the police. According to Channels TV, Omoike jumped from his 9th floor apartment after police arrived the building following complaints made against him by a Nigerian woman who had a baby for him. As at […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto presided over by Justice Saleh Idrissa Tuesday remanded a former deputy governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari, and four chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in police custody for alleged money laundering totalling N500 million from former Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke’s loot. The other four accused persons were […]

Don Jazzy has joined them and he deserves it. The most talked about car brand in Nigeria at the moment is the Bentley. No thanks to the Linda Ikeji pregnancy announcement. The superstar producer, songwriter and Mavin Records head honcho, Michael Collen Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has also got into the Bentley frenzy. […]

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Tuesday, while commiserating with the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) as it conducts mass burial for the two priests and parishioners killed by the Fulani herdsmen in Benue State recently, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek a second term in office. Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the Special Assistant on […]

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday wondered what a former president (indirectly referring to Olusegun Obasanjo) achieved after spending huge amount on power. He spoke with reference to the failed $16 billion power project under the Obasanjo administration. Buhari made the assertion while hosting members of the Buhari Support Organisation led by the Comptroller-General of the […]

Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and 8 other senators, according to Thisday, are currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House over Saraki’s allegation that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, was plotting to frame him up in a case involving some suspected cultists arrested in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Thisday […]

Just take the phrase: “impending” in the title above with a pinch of salt. I use the word because in politics as in life, things happen – as seemingly absolute situations become redeemable and what originally appears impossible could be the catalyst for fresh opportunities. Otherwise, the truth is that the ruling Nigerian political party, […]

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday paid a visit to the leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, at the residence of the leader of the group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti in Akure, Ondo State. The meeting, which lasted for almost 30 minutes, had the former President calling for the cooperation of the group to […]

Nigerian Professor of economics and former governor and chairman of the board of directors of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo, Monday, called for a single term of six years for the country’s president. “The tenure of office of the President shall be a single term of six years,” Soludo said. “There shall be […]

This is not a drill. If you are keeping questionable images and videos on your phone, you may want to think twice. A Nigerian man has just been deported from the US after immigration officials randomly stopped him at the airport and searched his phone. They found gory images and hate messages that people normally […]

The news is all over the place: popular celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji is pregnant. She made the revelation over the weekend on her blog when she posted photos of her baby bump. The former model, also revealed that she has ordered a Bentley Mulsanne for herself and her unborn baby. Although, the blogger didn’t state […]