Fayose can contest presidential election, says Balarabe Musa
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti A former Governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has said the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, is qualified to contest the 2019 presidential...
View ArticleNnamdi Kanu is in Abaribe’s custody, FG tells court
Ade Adesomoju and Tony Okafor, Awka The Federal Government has replied to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe’s application seeking to withdraw as one of the sureties for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous...
View ArticlePDP convention: Makarfi summons George, Secondus, Daniel, others
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has summoned all the chairmanship aspirants of the party to an emergency meeting. The Chairman of the National Caretaker...
View ArticleAare Ona Kakanfo: Aregbesola, Oluwo, Agoro hail Adams’ choice
Femi Makinde and Oladimeji Ramon The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, and the Owa’tapa of Itapa Ijesaland, Dr. Olapade Agoro, have hailed the...
View ArticleN2bn fraud: Arrest ex-pension boss now, Sagay, Falana tell Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Eniola Akinkuotu, Adelani Adepegba and Ade Adesomoju, Olaleye Aluko The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), and prominent lawyer,...
View ArticleSecret ownership of companies dangerous – Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said hidden corporate ownership posed serious danger to developing countries like Nigeria. He said it has, therefore, become “a matter of...
View ArticleEvans in court for second arraignment
Oladimeji Ramon Alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, is currently before the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere. He is to be arraigned this morning before Justice Oluwatoyin...
View ArticleCatalan party threatens ‘massive’ civil disobedience against Spain
A far-left Catalan party on Monday threatened “massive civil disobedience” if Spain dismisses the region’s government to stave off its threat to declare independence. The Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)...
View ArticleEvans’ brother-in-law case: Court awards N2m against police
Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday entered judgment against the Nigeria Police Force in the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina said to be...
View ArticleMinister confirms Maina’s re-instatement
The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has confirmed the resumption of duty by former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, as an...
View ArticleUnity Bank’s capital base hits N80bn
Unity Bank Plc’s capital base has hit N80 billion, up from N31 billion in 2014, Mr. Thomas Etuh, former Chairman, Board of Directors, has said. Etuh, the immediate past board chairman of the bank said...
View ArticleAirports concession: NASS to meet Sirika, aviation unions Wednesday
The National Assembly on Monday summoned State Minister for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika and other stakeholders in the industry over the concession of four major airports in the country. The General...
View ArticleNigerian invents HIV/AIDS drug, calls for clinical trial
A researcher, Prof. Maduike Ezeibe, has called on the Federal Government to carry out a clinical trial of the drug he invented for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, Aluminum-Magnesium Silicate. Ezeibe, a...
View ArticleCrocodile Smile: Army arrests bishop, 18 others for robberies
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja Troops of the Nigerian Army in the ongoing Operation Crocodile Smile II in the South-South and Southwest regions have arrested a bishop and at least 18 others for armed robberies,...
View ArticleLagos Police arrest four Air Force personnel for vandalising water pipe
The Police in Lagos on Monday announced the arrest of four Air Force men and seven others for allegedly vandalising Lagos State water iron pipes value at about N25m. The Commissioner of Police, Edgal...
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PHOTO: Gani Adams visits Ooni of Ife
The new Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba Land, Otunba Gani Adams, on Monday visited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, at his palace in Ile-Ife. See photo:
View ArticleFemale corp member escapes being raped by Okada rider
A female corps member, Wannirebie Ayo, said an Okada rider almost raped her on Monday, while she was on her way to the National Youth Service Corps secretariat from her place of primary assignment in...
View ArticleRwandan court refuses bail for Kagame critic
A Rwandan court on Monday refused to grant bail to Diane Rwigara, a prominent critic of President Paul Kagame who has been charged with inciting insurrection against the state as well as other...
View ArticleBuhari’s sack of Maina an afterthought – Fayose
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the immediate disengagement of former Chairman of the Presidential Task...
View ArticleTerrorism: FG denies plan to extradite 1000 Turkish nationals
The Federal Government on Monday denied reports that Nigeria had agreed to extradite 1000 Turkish nationals, at the request of Turkish Government over terrorism. The Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr...
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