Aare Ona Kakanfo: Gani’s appointment well-deserved, says Tinubu
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, congratulated the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams, over his appointment...
View Article‘Bayelsa monkeypox victim who committed suicide was father of three’
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The identity of the monkeypox victim, who committed suicide at an isolation centre of the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, Bayelsa State, has been confirmed....
View ArticleHow can you sleep soundly when workers are unpaid, Buhari blasts govs
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed concern on the growing complaints and agitations by workers in states over unpaid salaries and allowances in spite of interventions by the Federal...
View ArticleGates tops Forbes wealthiest American list, Trump’s fortune slides by $600m
America’s richest may be getting richer but President Donald Trump’s fortune has slid by $600 million to $3.1 billion, according to a list of 400 billionaires released by Forbes magazine on Tuesday....
View ArticleEnugu court remands Bishop over N50m fraud
The Police Command in Enugu says a cleric, Bishop Ginika Obi, recently arrested over his alleged advance fee fraud involving over N500m, has been remanded in Enugu Maximum Prison. The spokesman of the...
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Prison warder commits suicide after photos with inmate went viral
A female prison official working with the Losperfontein Correctional Centre in Brits, South Africa, committed suicide after intimate pictures of her and an inmate went viral on the Internet. The...
View ArticleBuhari signs petroleum varsity bill into law
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday signed the bill establishing the University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, into law. According to a statement by his Senior...
View ArticleBuhari regrets nonpayment of salaries in states despite FG’s interventions
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday regretted that despite the various interventions by the Federal Government there are still complaints and agitations by workers over unpaid...
View ArticleUS judge blocks latest version of Trump travel ban
A US judge on Thursday barred the White House from implementing yet another version of Donald Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration, hours before it was to go into full effect. The...
View ArticleGod changed his mind, says pastor who prophesied Mugabe would die today
A Zimbabwean controversial prophet, Phillip Mugadza, that prophesied that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe will die today, October 17, 2017, has made adjustments to his statement. Mugadza made a...
View ArticleObama picks Kehinde Wiley to paint official Presidential portrait
The Former President of the United States, Barack Obama, has picked Artist Kehinde Wiley, known for his paintings of African-Americans to paint his official portrait for the Smithsonian’s National...
View ArticleI will never return to PDP, says Obasanjo
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has vowed never to return to the Peoples Democratic Party. This was what he told journalists after he met with the National...
View ArticleLagos seeks end to frequent road accidents
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government on Monday said both the federal and state governments, as well as stakeholders in transport sector had roles to play to end the spate of road accidents in the...
View ArticleMonarchs deserve constitutional recognition – Sanusi, Obi of Onitsha,...
Oladimeji Ramon The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II; the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe; and the Amado of Ada-Ama, Twon-Brass, Serena Dokubo-Spiff, have called for the recognition of traditional...
View ArticleZuma reshuffles cabinet to secure energy deal
South Africa President, Jacob Zuma, has reshuffled his cabinet, adjusting six portfolios including the Ministry of Energy, in a move analysts say is linked to a contentious nuclear energy deal with...
View ArticleCourt declines returning Lawan’s bribery case to ex-trial judge
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Jabi, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed an application by the Federal Government, seeking the return of the...
View ArticleKatsina destroys 416 illegal weapons
Olaide Oyelude, Katsina The 416 arms recovered from illegal owners in Katsina State were destroyed publicly on Tuesday. The exercise was aimed at mopping up illegal arms in the state and establishing a...
View ArticleObaseki promises industrial park
Oladimeji Ramon The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said he will start the construction of an industrial park at Ologbo in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state as part of...
View ArticleFraudsters using my name to blackmail govs, ministers – Magu
Eniola Akinkuotu and Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, says fraudsters have been using his name to extort money from...
View ArticleHillary slams Trump’s dangerous war of words with North Korea
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed President Donald Trump’s “dangerous and short-sighted” war of words with North Korea Wednesday, saying his Twitter tirades only benefitted...
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