Tinubu the godfather, is the end near?
Politicians across political divides in the South-West are unanimous that the supposed stronghold by the All Progressives Congress, APC and its leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the political zone is...
View ArticleExtraordinary congress sacks NFF board
The Extraordinary General Assembly of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, rose from a marathon meeting in Abuja, yesterday sacking the executive committee of the federation led by Alhaji Aminu...
View ArticleMan caught with 19.1801kg of cannabis as food item
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos have arrested a 46-year-old man with 19.180kilogrammes of dried weed that tested...
View ArticleKano apc crisis deepens
Factional group set to open new secretariat This may not be the best of times for the Kano state chapter of the opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC, as its current crisis worsens. As it is, the...
View Article50 terrorists, 12 soldiers, policemen killed in fresh Borno attacks
Counter terrorism troops yesterday made a huge breakthrough, when it killed over 50 terrorists even as 12 soldiers, 4 policemen and four civilians also lost their lives in the fresh attacks. The...
View ArticleAkpabio pledges to complete N1.5bn NUJ Centre in 11 months
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has promised to complete the new Press Centre complex of the state council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Uyo June next year. Akpabio, who gave the...
View ArticleBomb scare at Wuse Zone 3
A bag suspected to be bomb-laden was left by unknown persons at the Heritage House bus stop in Wuse zone 3 yesterday afternoon, which resulted in fear and panic among the people in the area....
View ArticleNff must comply with my terms – Keshi
Nigeria coach, Stephen Keshi has said he won’t accept any new contract with the Nigeria Football Federation unless they keep to his terms and condition. Addressing newsmen after meeting with the sports...
View ArticleAFRIFF: Organisers extend entry submission date
Ahead of this year’s edition of the Africa International Film Festival, AFRIFF, organisers have extended the entry submission date. As the organisers call for entries from African filmmakers, the new...
View Article2 dead as cultists clash in Ondo
Two persons, whose identities were yet to be ascertained, were killed at the weekend around 8.30pm in different attacks by people suspected to be members of the cult group in Ondo town, headquarters of...
View ArticleFASHOLA’S SUCESSOR: OBA AKIOLU’S CHOICE DIVIDES LAGOS APC
Lagos State Governor, Raji Fashola’s successor is expected to be unveiled later in October, and already our reporter gathered that major actors on the scene are ready to go head to head with the...
View ArticlePolice rescue 34 abducted children in Delta
In the wake of missing Chibok girls and Boko Haram insurgencies, police detectives in the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, have rescued 34 abducted children and killed two of the suspects in the saga...
View ArticleGunmen in military uniform attack Benue community
A few months after peace returned to Fulani invaded communities of Benue State, the residents of Daudu, Guma local government area of the state were in the early hours of yesterday attacked by over 20...
View ArticleBalewa’s son declares for 2015 Presidential contest
Son of late Nigeria’s First Republic Prime Minister, Dr Abdul Jelil Tafawa Balewa has declared that with the right political party, he was fully prepared to contest the 2015 presidential election. He...
View ArticleEDO ASSEMBLY CRISIS THERE’LL BE BLOODBATH TODAY, IF… SPEAKER
We rejected Oshiomhole’s bid to join us – PDP Ruling party behind crisis, says Governor Members of the All progressives Congress, APC, in the Edo State House of Assembly yesterday threatened that...
View ArticleArmy recruitment: 20,000 applicants defy rain to write exam
Determined to be enlisted into the Nigerian Army, over 20,000 applicants, at the weekend, defied a heavy downpour in Calabar, the Cross River state capital, to write recruitment examination. Nigerian...
View ArticleFCT gets N2.3bn from FAAC in June
Joint Account Allocation Committee, JAAC, of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, over the weekend confirmed the receipt of N2.3 billion from the Federal Account Allocation Committee,...
View ArticleGov Dickson to review Bayelsa Master plan
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson says he will soon review the state’s master plan to facilitate even development. He made this public after signing a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Julius...
View ArticleEagles get N21.4m each as appearance fee
Even as Alhaji Aminu Maigari make another appearance at the Directorate of State Security Service, DSS this week over the bonus row that rocked the Super Eagles at Brazil 2014, indications have emerged...
View ArticleSon murders Senior Advocate of Nigeria over prayer dispute
A 300 level student of Redeemer University owned by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Tolani Ajayi has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing his biological...
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