Double Whammy! After Financial Crisis, Italian Family Battles Former Billionaire, Festus Fadeyi
At the intersection between life and livelihood, former billionaire businessman, Festus Fadeyi, is cliffhanging dangerously. Until recently, Fadeyi was the self-effacing but…
Edo residents condemn Obaseki over destruction of Ize-Iyamu’s billboards
Thousands of market women and residents of Edo State have condemned destruction of billboards and other campaign posters of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Governorship candidate…
From Agege To Banana Island… How Sujimoto Built $400million Business Empire
Suave and successful Sijibomi Ogundele, otherwise known as Sujimoto, is the poster boy of Nigeria’s real estate sector. He is the enterprising young man behind Sujimoto Construction…
Ondo2020: Your agitation against indirect primary late – APC tells aspirants
The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said aspirants who rejected the indirect mode of primary for the State Governorship Primary Election are late with their…
Four hardest punchers in boxing history: George Foreman’s list
Former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion, George Foreman has named his four hardest punchers in boxing history. Foreman, 71, who was known as the hardest puncher in his era did not list…
Busted: Lizzy Anjorin’s new husband Lateef Lawal has 5 other wives
Lateef Adegboyega Lawal, the new husband of Nollywood actress Lizzy Anjorin was already married to five women, before tying the nuptial knots on Thursday. As a muslim, he has…
Australia’s pair skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya dies at 20
Australia’s pair skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya died at 20 on Friday, the International Skating Union (ISU) confirmed on Saturday. “It is with profound sadness that the ISU learned of the…
Zimbabwe accuses ECONET Wireless of money laundering
Zimbabwean police have accused the country’s largest telecom operator ECONET Wireless of money laundering. They have thus issued a warrant asking it to hand over a list of its mobile money…
Kwara detains arrested 50 night clubbers at COVID-19 isolation centre
The Kwara Technical Committee on COVID-19 arrested no fewer than 50 persons in the early hours of Saturday at a night club in Ilorin, the state capital, for violating the ban on night…
TOLULOPE AROTILE: More doubts as Yoruba of Kogi, others raise questions
More questions, emerged, yesterday, over the death of the late Flight Officer, Tolulope Arotile, as the umbrella body of Yoruba-speaking areas of Kogi State, Okun Development Association, ODA, called on the Federal Government to…
2023: Power will shift to South, says Yari
A former Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari, yesterday said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would ensure power shift to the South in 2023. The…
Arotile: NAF to reveal details of investigation today
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will today give details of its preliminary investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot,…
Corruption in Police Force is exaggerated – Jemibewon
David Madayese Jemibewon who would clock 80 years on Tuesday, is a retired Nigerian Army Major General. He was the governor of the defunct Western State and Oyo…
For Niger Delta, Abuja Is Not Your Problem
Tales of sleaze in the Niger Delta Development Commission underscore reasons for failed interventions of the agency in the region, writes Samuel Ajayi....... The Niger Delta…
Classmate who knocked down Arotile ‘has no driver’s licence’
A former classmate who hit Tolulope Arotile, first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), “has no driver’s licence”. Arotile died from head injuries on Tuesday when she…
INVESTIGATION: From Jonathan to Buhari: Inside Nigeria’s multibillion naira railway fraud
On March 19 this year, eight officials of the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Railway Corporation huddled together in Abuja with representatives of three contracting firms handling various sections of…
John Lewis lion of U.S. civil rights movement takes final bow: Tributes (Photos)
Tributes poured in Saturday from Democrats and Republicans for U.S. Civil rights leader and long-serving Congressman John Lewis. He died on Friday, after losing the battle with pancreatic cancer. He…
Nigeria is a fan of imported maize despite being Africa’s largest producer
Data made available by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) show that Nigeria has been close to attaining self-sufficiency in maize production as far back as 1960. However, the country still imports maize; a trend the…
NDDC: CSOs accuse Wike of frustrating probe
The Civil Society Advocacy Groups for Accountability and Probity has accused Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike of frustrating efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari to sanitise the Niger…
I’ve no presidential ambition in 2023 – Lawan
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Saturday denied nursing presidential ambition for 2023. Lawan, in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, said the media report about the…
Edo 2020: APC Seeks Disqualification Of Obaseki, Deputy Over Forged Certificates, Tax Fraud
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking the disqualification of the governor of Edo state, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Mr. Philip Shaibu from the upcoming gubernatorial…
Court summons Malami, Emefiele, others over national theatre handover
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and…
NAF opens investigation into Arotile’s death, two suspects held
The Nigerian Air Force on Friday stated that it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of its Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, in a road accident, adding…
Attorney-General Malami drags SaharaReporters to IGP Adamu
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN said he has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over the persistent malicious publications…