‘We’ll Resist Any Attack On Fani-Kayode Or Any Yoruba Leader’– South West...
A socio-cultural group, Igbimo Odo Yoruba, has reacted to recent statement issued by a northern group threatening the life of Femi Fani-Kayode, a prominent opposition leader and former aviation...
View ArticleAlmajiri System UnIslamic, Driven By Poverty – Sultan Of Sokoto
Sa’ad Abubakar III, sultan of Sokoto, says the Almajiri system largely practised in northern Nigeria is not Islamic as it represents hunger and poverty. The Almajiri system has children sent to distant...
View ArticlePDP Group Condmens Governor Dickson’s Attack On Goodluck Jonathan
Members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,, from South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, have rejected the alleged uncomplimentary comments made by the governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson...
View ArticleDrake Wins 13 Billboard Music Awards Breaking Adele’s 2012 Record
Aubrey Drake Graham on Sunday won an incredible 13 trophies at the Billboard Music Awards, surpassing Adele’s 2012 haul of 12 plaques. The Canadian rapper was the highest nominated artiste, being...
View ArticleLagos: Ambode Cancels N844 Billion 4th Mainland Bridge Contract
Akinwunmi Ambode, the governor of Lagos State, has terminated a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consortium of firms to build the 4th Mainland Bridge at the cost of N844 billion. The MoU for...
View ArticleChibok Girls: ‘The Wrath Of God Is Imminent On APC’– Labour Party
The Labour Party has described as a fluke, the reported release of 82 female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok who were said to have been abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14...
View ArticleAiling President Buhari Working From London – Kachikwu
Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, says the absence of ailing President Muhammadu Buhari has not made much difference because the president is working from London. On May 7, 2017,...
View ArticleOrtom Signs Anti-open Grazing, Kidnapping Bills Into Law
Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue, on Monday, May 23, 2017 signed the Anti-Open Grazing and Anti- Kidnapping, Abduction, Cultism and Terrorism bills into law. Ortom, in a brief speech at the ceremony...
View ArticleNigeria: Economic Decline Continues As GDP Shrinks For 5th Quarter
The ailing economy of Nigeria continued its slump and contracted for a fifth consecutive quarter in the three months through March as oil output declined. Gross domestic product in Africa’s most...
View ArticlePHOTOS: 22 Dead As Suicide Bomber Attacks Ariana Grande Concert In UK
At least 22 people were killed and about 59 others were injured in what British Prime Minister Theresa May called “an appalling attack” after an Ariana Grande concert Monday [May 22, 2017] night at...
View ArticleThe Rock, Nikki Minaj, Tim Cook: Celebrities React To Ariana Grande Concert...
Twenty-two people were killed and around 52 injured when a suicide bomber set off an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, United Kingdom on Monday, May 22, 2017. Many celebrities from...
View ArticleArmy Of 2,000 Rampaging Fulani Herdsmen Invade Niger Delta Communities
Fresh attacks by alleged Fulani herdsmen on Ovre-Abraka, Eku/Egun communities in Ethiope East Local Council of Delta State has unsettled its residents. Punch reports that the rampaging Fulani herdsmen...
View ArticleGovernorship Tussle: Tambuwal, Dahiru To Know Fate June 23, 2017
Aminu Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto State, and another All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in the 2015 general election, Senator Umaru Dahiru are to know their fates on June 23,...
View ArticleDefamation: Zinox Technology Slams Premium Times With N2 Billion Law Suit
Zinox Technologies, a leading information and communications technology firm in Nigeria, has slammed a N2 billion suit on Premium Times, an online news medium, for a series of defamatory publications...
View ArticleDSS Seeks Death Penalty For Oil Baron, Ifeanyi Ubah
Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Services, SSS, also known as DSSS, have recommended death penalty for the chief executive officer of Capital Oil, Ifeanyi Ubah for allegedly diverting about...
View ArticleOsinbajo To Launch #IAmANigerian Campaign
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, would be the special guest of honour at the launch of the #IAMANIGERIAN campaign, on Thursday, May 25, 2017 (today) at the Abuja NICON Luxury hotel, organisers of the...
View ArticleFani-Kayode Pens Beautiful Birthday Poem To His Wife, Mama Aragorn
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister, has written a beautiful love poem to his wife, Precious Chikwendu as she marks her 28th birthday on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Mrs. Fani-Kayode is a former...
View Article‘Don’t Abandon Us Or They Will Finish Us’, Shi’ite Muslims Cry Out To...
Leaders of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, the largest Shi’ite sect in Nigeria, have cried out to Southern leaders not to abandon them as they create and strengthen alliances in agitating for a...
View ArticleNigerian Government Closes Down 5 ‘Extremely Expensive’ Foreign Embassies
The federal government has approved the closure of five foreign missions and embassies, minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said. Onyeama told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, May 25, 2017. The...
View ArticleUK Politician Who Announced Buhari’s Death Says Aso Rock Games Need To End
Eric Joyce, a former member of the UK Parliament, made the news in Nigeria when he announced the death of Nigeria’s ailing President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari has not been seen in public since May 7,...
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