Monitoring Direct Primaries Has Financial, Security Implications – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained that the monitoring of the direct primaries of the 18 registered political parties in the country has financial and…
Why We are Unbundling the Rail Sector – FG
The federal government has disclosed that it is unbundling and commercialising the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to optimise its operations and advance private sector participation.…
NDLEA Arrests 12 Apapa Dock Workers over Link to Seized N9.5bn Cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday said it had arrested 12 dockworkers at the Apapa Seaport in Lagos over their alleged link to the importation of 32.9 kilogrammes of…
GTCO MUSIC CONCERT: LIVE IN GHANA!
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, the parent company of Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Ltd, holds its first-ever show outside the shores of Nigeria tagged: GTCO Music Concert: Live in Ghana! From the…
Ikoyi Building Collapse: Dele Momodu’s Insensitive PR Stunt
Popular Nigerian ‘Journalist’ Dele Momodu a.k.a Bob Dee means different things to different people. To some he is the archetypal grass to grace story whose palm kernels were broken for…
How Could I Have Lost My Ward When APGA Chairmen Joined APC A Week To The Election? – Andy Uba
The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded Anambra State Governorship election, Andy Uba has questioned the credibility of the exercise saying…
Direct primaries leave room for manipulations – Salihu Lukman
Salihu Lukman, director-general of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), says the amendment of the electoral act compelling all political parties to adopt the direct mode of primary…
Bandits Shot Dead In Benue
Soldiers of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have neutralised three bandits in an operation carried out in parts of Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. The new Force…
Brig General Gunned Down As ISWAP Fighters Ambush Troops In Borno
A Brigadier-General has been shot dead in an ambush by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Borno State. Four other soldiers were reportedly killed in…
How we used woman to lure lawmaker who broke my marriage, rob him of $2,000 –Suspected kidnapper
An information technology expert, Cyril Isong, has been apprehended by the police for the alleged abduction of a House of Representative member. Isong, who lived in Abuja, reportedly…
Direct primary: Govs angry over uncertainty to produce successors, win senatorial tickets
There are strong indications that many governors are angry that the direct mode of primaries passed by the National Assembly may deny them the opportunity of producing their…
Britney Spears released from 13-year conservatorship
Britney Spears has described the termination of a legal arrangement that controlled many aspects of her life for 13 years as "the best day ever". "I think I'm gonna cry," she told her 35 million…
BREAKING: Buhari Departs Paris For South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Saturday, depart Paris for Durban, South Africa, to attend the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2021 which takes place on Monday. Presidential…
Dani Alves makes sensational return to Barcelona
Barcelona announced on Friday that veteran defender Dani Alves will be returning to the club as new coach Xavi Hernandez’s first signing. Alves, 38, has been a free agent since…
Eight PFAs meet N5bn capital requirement
Chief Executive Officer, Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria, Oguche Agudah, said on Friday that eight out of the 20 pension fund administrators in the country have…
Now we know Ekiti kidnappers were not Fulani — MURIC
Ekiti State Police Command on Monday, 8th November, 2021 paraded four suspected kidnappers who had been terrorizing the state in the past two years. But contrary to the old narrative, there was no…
Pero demands N500m from Annie Idibia for alleged libel, defamation
Pero Adeniyi, baby mama to popular Nigerian singer, Innocent ‘2Baba’ Idibia, has demanded a sum of N500m from his wife Annie, over alleged defamation and libelous online…
Baba Ijesha: Witness scared to testify in court – Prosecution
The prosecution team of the Lagos State Government has told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that one of the witnesses set to testify against Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James alias Baba…
Aguero considering retirement after heart problem
Barcelona star Sergio Aguero is reportedly considering retirement after being forced off the pitch with a heart problem against Alaves. The Argentine has suffered with a series of injury…
Gbajabiamila’s Masterstroke On Direct Primaries
The Nigerian political landscape came alive recently owing to a critical development that has generated serious interest, not just among the political elite but also among the masses,…
I raped lady for choosing Yahoo boy over me –Osun herbal powder marketer
Two marketers of herbal powder (locally called agunmu) – Ismaila Raheem and Akintola Segun – were recently arrested for allegedly raping a lady at Kajola-Oko, near Osogbo,…
eNaira downloaded over 566,000 times from 160 countries – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria said on Friday that the eNaira wallet has been downloaded over 488,000 times from over 160 countries. The CBN said in a statement, “So far, we have…
Stripped of Influence, Govs Fight Back over Direct Primaries, Consider Court Action
Though, President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to sign into law the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed this week by the National Assembly, which, among other things, makes direct…
I Didn’t Do My Research Before Joining Bolton Wanderers From PSG – Okocha
Nigeria legend, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha, has insisted that he didn’t do his research before joining Bolton Wanderers from Paris Saint-Germain in 2002. Okocha shocked many football fans when he…