11 get life sentences for murdering Ebola workers
A court in Guinea has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for murdering a team educating locals about the risks of Ebola in a remote part of the West African country last year, a state prosecutor...
View ArticleGen Dipo Diya’s son weds foreigner
The household of retired Lieutenant-General Oladipo Diya, Nigeria’s former Chief of General Staff who paddled the canoe of leadership at the very apex as the second most important person in Nigeria, at...
View ArticleDangote truck kills VIO official, 4 others in Ogun
A Dangote truck fully loaded with bags of cement at the weekend crushed to death an official of the Vehicle Inspection Office and four others at Ilaro, in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun...
View Article‘Fulani herdsmen killed 378 Agatu in two years’
Agatu people of Benue State, under the aegis of Agatu Network Forum, have called on the Federal Government to protect them, saying they have lost 378 persons in two years to attacks by Fulani herdsmen...
View ArticleHow Seun Olagunju celebrated her 40th birthday
It was celebration galore last week Saturday, April 18 when Seun Olagunju, a trailblazer in the broadcasting industry rolled out the drums to celebrate her 40th birthday. Held at M&M event Centre,...
View ArticleJonathan, Buhari meet in villa
As part of preparations for the May 29 handover date, President Goodluck Jonathan and President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) yesterday met behind closed doors at the State House, Abuja. After the...
View ArticleWhy Chief Tom Ikimi celebrated 71st birthday in quietude
Last year, when Sir Chief Tom Ikimi, one time Foreign Affairs Minister of the federal republic of Nigeria, former national chairman of the National Republican Convention, NRC, who is a statesman,...
View ArticleMinisterial list: Ogonis plead with Buhari
As the All Progressives Congress, APC, begin to allocate federal government appointments to the various geo-political zones, the Ogoni ethnic nationality is calling on the President-elect, General...
View ArticleOyo first lady, Florence Ajimobi sacks top aide
Oyo Stat e first lady, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi is allegedly unhappy with one of her aides, Lape over alleged issue of ‘backbiting’ and ‘disloyalty.’ Lape, who until now was a top aide attached to the...
View ArticleKwara Speaker tasks Lawmakers
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly and member-elect of the House of Representatives, Hon. Razak Atunwa has called on all elected legislators across the country not to betray the confidence...
View ArticleCustoms boss, Abdulmumeen Njobdi celebrates birthday in style
Njobdi Abdulmumeen, one of the most grounded and coolest custom officers at Tincan Island Port in Lagos was a year older during the week. To celebrate the day, friends, colleagues and associates of the...
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Boko Haram retakes Borno town from military
Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly retaken Marte town in Borno State, one of the states hit hard by the insurgents in the last six years. Nigerian Pilot Sunday recalls that this is the third time...
View Article1 dies as Kogi PDP, APC youths clash
One person was feared dead on Saturday as youths of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, clashed at Anyigba Okura constituency of Dekina Local Government Area of...
View ArticlePDP in a hurry to reclaim power – Chieftain
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Akwa Ibom, Bishop Andrew Uwanta has said that the PDP would hasten in their bid to recover power after the loss it suffered in the last general...
View ArticleYakmut takes over as NSC acting DG
Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Gbenga Elegbeleye who was sacked by the presidency last week has been replaced by Al-Hassan Yakmut who now serve as acting director general of the...
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Blood scarcity looms
National Blood Transfusion Service, NBTS, may soon close shop due to inadequate funding. Coordinator of Abuja Centre of National Blood Transfusion Service, Dr. Omo Izedonmwen, who spoke with Nigerian...
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ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE 25 INEC OFFICIALS ARRESTED
Police in Imo State yesterday arrested no fewer than 25 ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that participated in the conduct of the supplementary governorship and state...
View ArticlePDP wins Abia Supplementary Election
Summation of April re-run results as announced by INEC in Umuahia,the state capital. Prof Ozumba, the state returning officer at about 4:54am while announcing the results and declaring the governorship...
View ArticleIghalo clinches EPL promotion
Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo has gained promotion to the EPL with his Watford teammates having secured a massive 0-2 win away from home over Brighton in their early kickoff in the Championship...
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