nigeria news 020418

A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has slammed the Federal Government and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over the two lists of alleged looters released by the administration. The Minister had on Sunday circulated a statement containing a...

Recently evicted housemate Teddy A has received invitations for music collaborations from Nigerian pop artist Iyanya and BBNaija season two first runner up Bisola. The two musicians, who are signed on the same management platform, reached out to Teddy A through their Twitter accounts after his...

Big Brother Naija disqualified housemate, K.Brule, who few days ago went off on a rant after Khloe was spotted in a South African airport and eventually made it into the house as a ‘returning evicted housemate’, bared it all in an interview on Channels TV’s ‘Rubbin Minds’ in which he appeared as...

Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, said at the weekend that no political godfather, within or outside the state, played a prominent role in his emergence as governor in 1999. Duke reportedly served as governor when political godfathers were majorly responsible for emergence of...

Strong indications have emerged that fresh crisis may loom between the presidency and the executive as senators are poised to reject the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the approval of a N4.2 trillion bond It was gathered that the senators had taken this decision before they embarked...

Most economists and financial experts agree that Nigeria, due to oil woes, was bound to experience a mild economic decline in 2016 but most probably, not a full-blown recession. That the economy declined by 1.56 per cent that year on the aggregate can be blamed on the failure of the government...

General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kunuyi, yesterday urged Christians in leadership positions to shun corruption and promote paths of good conscience for others to follow. Kumuyi made the appeal at the last day of the 2018 National Easter Retreat of the...

A Bakassi refugee, residing at the refugee camp at Ikang, was set on fire Saturday for allegedly stealing N4,000 from a petty trader. It was gathered that the 26-year-old refugee left the camp, which is 25 kilometres from Calabar, to buy some items from a shop but ended up stealing the money...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the advice by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it should learn from former senate president, Ibrahim Mantu‘s claims on how he rigged elections for the party. The APC had on Saturday called on the PDP to follow the example of Mr Mantu, a...

Brimming with confidence like the salesman of an elixir that promises to finally cure an intractable disease, the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, told participants at an environmental conference last July, that Visionscape, a foreign waste management company, was the solution to the...

A former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has declared that he is still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The ex-Governor maintained that the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM, being championed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is not a political party. Click...

Just 48 hours after the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, announced the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to Very Important Personalities, his two subsequent pronouncements have proved too floundering to inspire any hope of a successful implementation. He said that...

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday alleged that there were plans by the Federal Government and the ruling All Progressives Congress to clamp down on the opposition. It said that the plot would also affect the media and civil society organisations. Click here to read more

Lest we become guilty of what we accuse others of doing, it is important that we, today and for posterity, say it loud and clear that based on the cost and benefit analysis of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Lagos, last Thursday and Friday. we must inform the President and all those who...

The police in Enugu State on Sunday said they have commenced investigation into allegations of gang rapes at a musical concert featuring Afro pop star, Chinedu Okoli, aka Flavour, at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, on Saturday. According to source it was gathered that several ladies were...

The Niger State Police Command said on Sunday that it had arrested a 25-year-old man, Dodo Baraje, for allegedly murdering his uncle, identified as Baraje. Baraje was reportedly trailed and apprehended by a team of policemen attached to the Bangi Police Division of the state while trying to...

The Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association has come down heavily on the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Adewale Akanbi, for allegedly adopting the title of an Emir and for wearing a turban instead of the Yoruba traditional cap or the crown. The National Coordinator of the YYSA, Mr. Olalekan Hammed, in a...

Telecoms companies under the auspices of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria have dragged the National Assembly to court over its incessant summons of their chief executive officers. The companies, which filed a legal action at the Federal High Court in Abuja...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested four suspected bank robbers in the state. The suspects, identified as Benjamin Emeka, 28; Obe Awa, 29; Remembrance Obikwe, 35; and Aniefiok Sunday, 29, were said to have robbed a bank customer of N3.2m. Click here to read more

The Federal Government has commenced an investigation into the recent revelation that ahead of the 2015 general elections, a Nigerian billionaire and supporter of former President Goodluck Jonathan paid £2m to Cambridge Analytica, to hack into the medical records of President Muhammadu Buhari...