BREAKING: Shots Fired Outside British Parliament, At Least A Dozen Injured
UPDATED: One woman has died and many people were injured, the British Press Association reported, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident at the Houses of Parliament. “Officers — including...
View ArticleUPDATE: 3 People Dead, 20 Injured In Terrorist Attack On British Parliament
UPDATED: At least three people, including a police officer, were killed near the British Houses of Parliament in London during a wild attack that’s being treated “as a terrorist incident,” multiple...
View ArticleNiger Delta Militants Have Significantly Reduced Nigeria’s Revenue – Adeosun
The Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 shared N429.1 billion, about N36 billion less than what the three tiers of government shared as revenue for January. And...
View ArticleSo Sad: Body Of Medical Doctor Who Jumped Off 3rd Mainland Bridge Recovered
A combine team of marine police and local divers have finally recovered the body of Allwell Orji, a medical doctor who jumped off the 3rd Mainland bridge into the Lagos lagoon on Sunday, March 19,...
View Article‘Hunger And Anger In The Land’: Ekweremadu Says PDP Will Return To Power In 2019
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, on Wednesday, March 21, 2017 assured that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would return to power in 2019. Ekweremadu also lamented the prevailing hunger and...
View ArticleWyclef Jean Mistaken For Armed Robber, Arrested, Handcuffed At Gunpoint (VIDEO)
Iconic singer, musician and Grammy winner, Wyclef Jean has revealed how he was briefly detained by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department who were searching for a criminal. Writing on his...
View ArticleAfenifere Raises 100-Lawyer Team, Including 6 SANs, To Defend The Ile-Ife 20
Afenifere, a leading Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, has said it is mobilising over 100 lawyers to defend the 21 indigenes of Ile-Ife who were paraded by the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters...
View ArticlePolice Parade Oba, 21 Others, All Yorubas, As Suspects In Ile-Ife Crisis...
PARADE OF SUSPECTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNFORTUNATE CLASHES, DISTURBANCE OF PUBLIC PEACE AND MAYHEM THAT OCCURRED IN ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE ON THE 8TH OF MARCH, 2017 WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF SO MANY...
View ArticleSenate Rejects 82-Year-Old Nsofor, Daodu As Ambassadorial Nominees
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 rejected the nomination of Justice Sylvanus Nsofor and Mr. Jacob Igbekele Daodu as non-career ambassadors. Forty-five other nominees presented for...
View Article‘Amidst Budget Cuts, Africa Faces Worst Hunger Crisis In 70 Years’
Africa faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, with more than 20 million people facing starvation, and any cut in funding to humanitarian agencies working in famine-affected areas...
View ArticleDiversion Of $26 Million Forex: House Of Reps Invites Emefiele, Kachikwu
The House of Representatives on Thursday, March 23, 2017 invited the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, and the minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu to appear...
View ArticleStephanie Otobo’s Mother Breaks Silence, Says ‘I’ve Never Met Apostle Suleman’
Mother of Canada-based stripper and musician, Stephanie Otobo, on Thursday, March 23, 2017 in Sapele, Delta State, opened a fresh controversy and revealed that she has not seen her daughter in the last...
View ArticleJUST IN: 4 Women, 6 Children Rescued From Boko Haram, Nigerian Army Claims
The Nigerian army on Friday, March 24, 2017 said it had rescued four women and six children that were held captive by Boko Haram insurgents. Sani Usman, director, army public relations, in a statement...
View ArticleTrump: US Embassies Ordered To ‘Identify Population Groups For Tougher Visa...
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has directed U.S. diplomatic missions to identify “populations warranting increased scrutiny” and toughen screening for visa applicants in those groups, according...
View ArticleMilitants Planning Renewed Attacks On Oil Installations In Niger Delta –...
Richard Akinaka, a youth activist in the Niger Delta region, claims that some “mischievous militants” in the oil-rich region are planning to scuttle the peace plan between militants in the region and...
View ArticleSaraki Declared His Assets At Code Of Conduct Bureau – Tribunal Told
The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki continued on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, with the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, admitting that Saraki did declare his...
View ArticleAbia State’s Accountant General, Onyendilefu Arrested By EFCC
Operatives of Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 20, 2017 stormed Umuahia, the Abia State capital and arrested the accountant general, AG, of the state, Chief Gabriel...
View ArticleLagos: Police Save Woman Who Tried Jumping Off 3rd Mainland Bridge (PHOTO)
Another tragedy was averted in Lagos on Friday, March 24, 2017 as police rescued a woman who attempted to take her own life by taking a dive into the Lagos lagoon from the 3rd Mainland Bridge. The...
View ArticleObamacare Survives As US Republicans Pull Trumpcare Bill For Lack Of Votes
Republican leaders of the House of Representatives pulled legislation to overhaul the US healthcare system from consideration on Friday, March 24, 2017 due to a shortage of votes, despite desperate...
View Article‘Trumpcare Is Dead’: Major Defeat for Trump As Move To Repeal Obamacare Fails...
House Republican leaders, facing a revolt among conservatives and moderates in their ranks, pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor Friday [March 24,...
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