With 3.6% Chance Of Winning, Donald Trump Launches Attack On Michelle Obama
Donald Trump, with his standing among women badly damaged by reports of predatory behavior toward them, is now attacking Michelle Obama, one of the country’s most popular political figures. The GOP...
View ArticleAisha Buhari Kicks Off 2019 Presidential Bid, And More On The Slab With Isime...
Chuks, Tolu, Emeka, and Dami join The Slab with Isime to talk about Aisha Buhari’s chances for President in 2019, Femi Otedola’s sinking Forbes rating, and the need for Pres. Buhari to reshuffle his...
View ArticleNo Nigerian Soldier Is Missing – Army Refutes Premium Times Report
Sani Usman, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, has said that contrary to a report by an online newspaper, Premium Times, soldiers are not missing after Boko Haram attacked an Army Battalion at...
View ArticleMalicious Cyber Attack Shuts Down Twitter, Paypal, Spotify, Other Websites
Hackers unleashed a complex attack on the internet through common devices like webcams and digital recorders and cut access to some of the world’s best known websites on Friday, October 21, 2016 a...
View ArticleNigerian Senate Passes Bill Establishing North East Development Commission
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday, October 20, 2016 passed a bill to establish the North East Development Commission, NEDC, to be partly funded by 3 per cent of Value Added Taxes accruable to the Federal...
View Article$13.9 Billion: MTN Admits Illegal Capital Transfer From Nigeria
Telecommunications giant, MTN has admitted contravening laws regulating the transfer of huge funds out of the country without obtaining a Certificate Of Capital Importation (CCI) before the Senate...
View Article‘We’ve Made Mistakes’: Gowon Apologises To Niger Delta Communities
Yakubu Gowon, former military head of state of Nigeria, has apologised to Niger Delta communities for the neglect they have suffered in the hands of the successive governments. Gowon, who was the...
View ArticleSAD: Nollywood Actor Slumps And Dies A Day To His Birthday
Another day of tragedy in Nollywood as Prince Afam Chiazor, an actor and cinematographer slumps and dies. Mr. Chiazor was also the president of the Nigerian Guild of Cinematographers. Prince Afam as he...
View ArticleSouth Africa Withdraws From International Criminal Court
South Africa has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, after previously ignoring an ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Reuters and The Associated Press both...
View ArticleGospel Singer Thomas Clay Found Dead In Hotel Room
According to Praise 106.1, Thomas was found dead in his hotel room over the weekend. To add to this misfortune, Clay’s cause of death is unknown at the moment. When news first broke that Thomas Clay...
View ArticleInnoson Group Partners Chinese Consortium In $1 Billion Investment In IT Sector
Innoson Group is partnering with a consortium of Chinese investors to pump in $1 billion into Nigeria’s information technology sector of the economy. This includes $400 million which will be invested...
View ArticleOnitsha: Jubilation As 11 Pro-Biafra Activists Regain Freedom
There was jubilation in some parts of Onitsha and Okpoko towns in Anambra State following the release of 11 of the 14 members of the Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, a secessionist group, from police...
View ArticleNigerian: FAAN Set To Downsize, 600 Workers To Lose Jobs
No fewer than 600 workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, are set to lose their jobs. Those who will be mostly affected will be the ones without a proper employment letter and those...
View ArticleNigerian Acts Shine At The 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards [SEE Full List]
Nigerian acts shone at the 2016 edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards, MAMA, held on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Ticektpro Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa. Six Nigerian artistes took home...
View ArticleJAMB Cut-off Points Should Be Subjected To Public Debate – Oloyede
The management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, led by Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has resolved to ensure that the change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari, concerning education is...
View ArticleClinton Has 95% Chance Of Defeating Trump – Reuters Polling Agency
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is on a definite path to the White House, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation poll. The survey, released Saturday, October 22,...
View ArticleNigeria Army Arrests 21 Boko Haram Terrorists And Collaborators
The Nigerian Army says it has arrested 21 suspected Boko Haram members and collaborators in Borno State, North East Nigeria. According to Sani Usman, an army colonel and spokesperson of the Nigerian...
View ArticleDonald Trump Scores First Major Newspaper Endorsement
In the modern political age, it is unclear how many — if any — voters take their cues from newspaper endorsements. But the dearth of major newspaper endorsements for Republican presidential nominee...
View ArticleWe Will Rescue All Chibok Girls From Boko Haram – Osinbajo
Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice president, has said the Federal Government will do everything within its powers to ensure the release of all the Chibok girls still in the captivity of Boko Haram....
View ArticleDonald Trump Vows To Weaken The US Media ‘Power Structure’ As President
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised on Saturday, October 22, 2016 to foil a proposed deal for AT&T to buy Time Warner if he wins the Nov. 8 election, arguing it was an...
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