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I explained the difference between HPV, HIV to Trump twice – Bill Gates
The world’s second richest man, Bill Gates, has revealed how he had to explain the difference between Human Papillomavirus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus to the U.S. President Donald Trump on two separate occasions. Gates made this…
VIDEO: Robbers blow up cash vans in broad daylight in South Africa
Robbers armed with assault rifles and explosives blew up two armoured cash-carrying vans in Johannesburg on Thursday morning in a brazen daylight incident. In dramatic cellphone footage of the incident recorded by a motorist, the…
NDLEA intercepts 4000kg of tramadol at Lagos airport
Many cartons of tramadol estimated at about 4000 kilogrammes have been intercepted by the Murtala Muhammed Airport command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport, Garba Ahmadu, who unveiled…
Father of three daughters – and other things you probably didn’t know about OAU ‘sex-for-marks prof’
Last month, a leaked telephone conversation between Richard Akindele, a professor in the department of management and accounting at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, and Monica Osagie, a postgraduate student surfaced on the…
Nigerian gay cries out on oppression of the country
Though not generally accepted, the issue of gay/homosexuality is quite rampant in Nigeria as some gay persons within the country have managed to defile all odds and go on with this sexual orientation A Lagos based homosexual…
Alleged N5bn fraud: Supreme Court rules against Erastus Akingbola
The Supreme Court has ordered a former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola, to return to the Federal High Court in Lagos to face his trial on N5bn fraud charges. The trial was prematurely…
US Secretary of State calls Buhari, reaffirms Nigeria, US relations
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Nigeria’s President Muhamadu Buhari and reaffirmed the longstanding relationship between the U.S. and Nigeria, U.S. Department of State, said. Spokesperson for the Department, Ms Heather…
Opposition yet to prove it can win Buhari – Olusegun Adeniyi
The former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Olusegun Adeniyi, on Thursday said the opposition parties had yet to demonstrate how they would defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019…
Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy
Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of this year’s Facebook privacy row, filed for voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a New York court late on Thursday. Cambridge Analytica LLC listed assets in the range of $100,001 to…
Nigerian Friends, Emmanuel Mmaduike and Olawale Kashimawo Jailed For £1M Fraud In The UK
Two members of a Nigerian organised crime group who committed more than £1m worth of fraud and money laundering after staging a mass phishing con have been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation. Emmanuel Mmaduike and…
Court orders JOHESU to end strike
•Govt, union officials meet The National Industrial Court yesterday in Abuja ordered striking members of Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), to suspend the on-going strike and return to work from today. Justice Babatunde Adejumo…
$51 oil benchmark okay for 2018 budget, say experts
Experts have commended the decison to raise the oil benchmark from $45 to $51 per barrel for the 2018 budget passed on Wednesday by the National Assembly, more than six months after it was presented. The National Assembly passed the…
I Didn’t Orchestrate Arrest Of Kwara Youths – Lai Mohammed
The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has vehemently rejected the accusation that he orchestrated the arrest of youths in Kwara State. The minister in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja…
Court orders NDDC ex-ED, Omatsuli, to forfeit N846.03m properties
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture of four landed properties linked to a former Executive Director, Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Tuoyo Omatsuli. The four properties, located…
FG Uncovers N8.1trn Fraud In NIMASA, NPA, 14 Others In 5 Years
•To probe N800bn subsidy claims The failure by 13 revenue generating agencies to remit accrued funds to the federal government has defrauded Nigeria by over N8 trillion in five years. A committee set up by the National Economic…
Ekiti last gov poll characterised by ‘hanky-panky’ — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the last governorship election that produced the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was characterised by “hanky-panky,” describing it as an unfortunate saga. He, therefore, called on the…
Any Marriage Conducted In Popular Ikoyi Registry Is Illegal Henceforth! – See Details
The Lagos State Government has secured a court injunction restraining the Federal Government’s owned Ikoyi Registry from conducting marriages. The state government in the court paper filed before the Lagos High Court, argued that it…
Police IG, Ibrahim Idris Might Be Sick – Neurologist Gives Reveals Why He Couldn’t Read…
A neurologist with the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Dr. Nura Alkali, has opined that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris’ struggle during his ‘infamous’ speech at an event in Kano could be as a result of ‘brain…
Documents Confirm Senate Paid Wife Of Saraki’s Aide Over N150k Salary Monthly For Doing…
Since 2015, Abiola Aiyegbayo, wife of Bamikole Omisore, Special Adviser on International Relations to Senate President Bukola Saraki, has been receiving monthly salaries of N151,788 from the Senate without rendering any service to the…
IGP Idris denies stammering video, but Nigerians want ‘original’ clip
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has denied a viral video that shows him struggling to read from a prepared speech.Mr Idris was in Kano on Monday to commission the Force Technical Intelligence Unit.A footage taken as the…
Saraki Vs IGP: Kwara judiciary steps in, wants suspects returned to Ilorin
The chief registrar of the Kwara State Judiciary on Thursday asked the police to bring back some criminal suspects that were transferred to Abuja on Wednesday.Police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, said the suspects were transferred to…
Shoe polish donation: Shettima queries commissioner for ’embarrassing’ government
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, has queried his Commissioner for Higher Education and aspirant for the house of representatives in 2019, Usman Jaha (Babawo) for distributing shoe polish and other items to youth in Gwoza as part…
Abuja court adjourns Melaye’s case indefinitely on health grounds
Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of FCT High Court, Maitama, on Thursday adjourned indefinitely the trial of Senator Dino Melaye, being tried for allegedly giving false information. Melaye, representing Kogi West, was dragged to court on…
BREAKING: Bola Shagaya loses bid to reclaim seized N1.9bn
The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed an application seeking to unfreeze a Unity Bank account with a balance of N1,902,673,399.93 belonging to Hajiya Bola Shagaya.Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, in a judgment on Thursday, threw out…