Tafawa Balewa knew there was oil in North but didn’t explore –Ex-ambassador
A former Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Amb. Yerima Abdullahi, has said the first Prime Minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966), knew about the deposits of oil in the North but…
Kogi governorship election: Audu/Faleke group join forces with Yahaya Bello
AHEAD of the Kogi State governorship election slated for November 16, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress and incumbent governor of the state, Yahaya…
2020 Budget: Federal government disowns MDAs over ‘telephone charge’ estimates
The House of Representatives has queried the allocation of huge amounts of money to suspicious items by Federal Government’s ministries, departments and agencies in the…
Buhari returns to Abuja after Russia-Africa summit
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after actively participating in the three-day Russia-Africa summit held in Sochi, Russia. The presidential aircraft conveying the…
Victor Osimhen receives Ligue 1 Player of The Month award
Lille’s Nigeria international Victor Osimhen has received his award as French Ligue 1 player for the month of September 2019. The Super Eagles striker displayed…
President Buhari orders DICON to supply military, police uniforms
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the military, police and other security services to procure their uniforms and other kits from the Defence Industry Corporation of…
Mike Tyson slams Andy Ruiz’s shocking body transformation
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s the view of Mike Tyson having witnessed Andy Ruiz Jr shed weight before facing Anthony Joshua. The world heavyweight champion knocked out AJ…
Islamic group reacts to killing of man by four FRSC officers
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described the killing of a road user by four officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) as callous, wicked and detestable. The officers…
Remembering gangling Rashidi Yekini
Had I known that he shared the same birthday as one of the greatest football players in the history of the game, I would not have been wondering for years about where Rashidi got his prodigious goal-scoring…
Court orders Asamoah Gyan to pay estranged wife $37k maintenance fee
The Divorce and Matrimonial Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Her Ladyship Mrs Justice Hafisata Amaleboba, has ordered Black Stars Captain Asamoah Gyan to pay…
Tinubu’s daughter, Folasade welcomes second surrogate, a baby girl
Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, the first daughter of the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has welcomed her second baby, a girl,…
We initially opposed the plan to raise USSD charges – MTN
MTN Nigeria says there is a need for dialogue among stakeholders to resolve issues around proposed charges on unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) channels. In a statement,…
I was turned into sex machine at Kwara ‘rehab centre’, says rescued inmate
TWENTY-year-old Laide Arikewuyo, one of the 108 girls rescued from an illegal rehabilitation centre in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has said that she was turned into a sex…
Online reporters sent out of budget defence session at senate
Umar Kabir, clerk of the senate committee on special duties, walked out some reporters from a budget defence session on Friday. The reporters had gone to a hearing…
Sex-for-grades: Female victims set to submit petition to UNIBEN authorities
A petition by aggrieved female ex-students of the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Benin will be submitted next Friday to the authorities of…
96 year-old man weds heartthrob, 73, in Abuja
The agrarian village of Kiyi in Abuja went agog on Thursday, October 17, when 96 year-old Pa AbdRahman Munse-Bwaye married his heartthrob, 73 year-old,…
Ex-inmate bags two varsity degrees in prison
Former inmate of the Nigeria Correctional Service in Enugu State, Mr. Adenyi Theophilus, got two degrees while in prison. Adenyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…
Woman Shares The Love Letter A 9-year-old Girl Wrote To Her 9-year-old Son
A lady identified as birrdie-t on Twitter has shared the love letter a 9-year-old girl sent her 9-year-old son. Sharing the letter, Birddie asked her followers to cry with her over the matter. According to the letter, the little girl…
Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos Loses World’s Richest Man Title To Microsoft’s Bill Gates
Jeff Bezos has just lost his position as the richest person on Earth to Bill Gates. According to Forbes, the Amazon honcho lost his title during after-hours trading…
Edo lawmaker arraigned for forgery, impersonation
The Edo State Police Command on Friday arraigned a lawmaker in the state House of Assembly, Ugiagbe Dumez, before the State Criminal Court on allegation of forgery and…
Sex-for-grades: Police invite suspended UNILAG don, Igbeneghu
The Lagos State Police Command has invited a lecturer of European Languages at the University of Lagos, Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu, who is at the centre of the sex-for-grades scandal.In a letter of invitation sighted…
Deji Adeyanju submits petition on Tinubu’s bullion vans to EFCC (See Petition)
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission manhandled journalists at its head office in Abuja on Friday as a group of activists, including the convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju,…
Allow Nnamdi Kanu Come Home To Bury His Mother – Monarchs Tells Buhari
The traditional ruler of Orlu in Imo State, Eze Gideon Ejike, on Thursday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to allow the leader of proscribed Indigenous…
New York’s most expensive property is a $98 million (Photos)
For $98 million, a super rich individual can own a big slice of upscale New York. The city’s most expensive property is a five-story 20,000 sq ft apartment at 172 Madison Avenue which boasts 11 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms. The exclusive…