nigeria news 040418

An acclaimed Pastor of the Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God, Papalanto, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun state, Oluwatobiloba Ipense, has been arrested for allegedly killing his secret lover, Railat Sanni, for ritual purposes. The victim was a 35-year-old divorcee with five kids...

No one has been gifted with the opportunity Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo had in presiding over the affairs of Nigeria for a cumulative 11 years. Does that privilege give him the justification for his repeated incursions and interventions in directing the moral compass of the nation? Dr. Obasanjo’s...

The organized labour, yesterday in Abuja, rejected alleged plan by the Federal Government to reinstate the former Director-General of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, currently on suspension. On the platform of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria...

The former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has blasted the former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other critics of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, saying, the President deserves a second term. Kalu spoke during a courtesy visit to the Ake palace of the Alake and...

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday said that the National Assembly, NASS is the most misunderstood arm of Government Since its inauguration in 1999 under the new political dispensation. Senator Lawan stated this in Abuja yesterday while speaking at the inaugural meeting of...

A marketer of CBT software, Tope Sulyman, 36 of No. 4 Igbaja Adewole Ilorin, Kwara state, who allegedly defrauded an educational institute, Easiprep Nigeria Limited, of the sum of N2,022,400.00, has been arraigned before an Ilorin chief magistrate court. The accused was arraigned on a two-count...

The Police High Command on Tuesday said that the six suspects including two who indicted Senator Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu for alleged gun running who escaped from the lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force ‎in Kogi State last week have been re-arrested. In a statement made available...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday observed that the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have failed in their ploy to use their so-called looters’ lists to divert public discourse from the raging questions “on their numerous scandals, manifest sleazes and overall...

The Emir of Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State Malam Jibril Zubairu Mai-Gwari II has said his subjects are being killed every day in his Emirate. To this end, he tasked the Federal Government to end the activities of banditry in the area. Click here to read more

KWARA State House of Assembly has authorised the state government to access a term loan facility of N4bn to settle the payment of outstanding salaries and pensions of the 16 Local Government Councils in the state. The legislature which reconvened from its recess, resolved to approve the loan...

A young man, identified as Tochukwu Idu Chianugo, has been arrested for allegedly beheading a woman in Enugu. The victim, one Susanna Enejere, of Ugbene Ajima village in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, had gone to farm on March 26, 2018, but failed to return. Click here to...

A 30-year-old banker, Chidi Agu, has been accused of drugging and impregnating a 13-year-old orphan in SSS Quarters, Jikwoyi, Abuja. Agu was alleged to have taken advantage of the victim while his in-law, a pastor, whom the victim served as a maid, travelled out sometime in 2017. Click here...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday joined the All Progressives Congress family in congratulating a former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, on his 65th birthday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President Buhari felicitated with the...

The Peoples Democratic Party and the Coalition for Nigeria Movement have supported former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assertion that President Muhammadu Buhari administration is a failure. The PDP and the CNM, which stated this in separate interviews with our correspondents on Tuesday...

Two police officers and one detained suspect have been shot dead by yet-to-be identified gunmen who invaded Gegu Police Station on Lokoja-Abuja Road on Tuesday. According to source it was gathered that the bandits, numbering five, were armed with AK- 47 rifles and invaded the police station...

A family court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has sentenced a man, Praise Akinloye, to three years’ imprisonment with an option of N250,000 fine after being found guilty of having unlawful sexual intercourse with an 11-year-old girl. It was gathered that the 35-year-old man was...

There were indications that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress governors’ meeting at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday ended in deadlock as the two parties failed to make any decision on the tenure of the APC National Working Committee members. It was learnt that both...