Maid bolts with employer’s N1. 6m six hours after she was employed
It took a newly employed housemaid only six hours after she started work to show her hand: she stole N1.6million cash in foreign currencies belonging to her boss. But 26- year- old…
UNILAG Business School begins programme next month
To bridge the gap between theory and practice, the University of Lagos Business School (ULBS), is set to raise its first set of business leaders, as it would commence its programme on September 7, 2019. The Executive…
Alleged N3b scam: Let me retire honourably – Oyo-Ita begs
AS the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) steps up investigation into a N3 billion contract scam, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred…
Scarlett Johansson is Forbes’ world highest paid actress
For the second year in a row, Scarlett Johansson tops Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actresses, earning $56 million. That includes a lot of Marvel money, like an eight-figure check…
Trump jacks up tariffs on China goods to 30%
US President Donald Trump has announced additional tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods, jacking up existing 25 percent duties to 30 percent. Another $300 billion in goods due to…
Minister pledges rehabilitation of Moshood Abiola National Stadium
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has pledged to ensure the urgent rehabilitation of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja in line with international best practice. The…
IPOB reveals what its members will do to Buhari in Japan
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday urged it’s members in Japan to arrest President Muhammadu Buhari when he arrives the country. IPOB said its members should arrest…
Keanu Reeves to return as ‘Neo’ in ‘The Matrix 4’
Lana Wachowski, the script author and director of ‘The Matrix’, a 1999 sci-fi movie, is set to write ‘The Matrix 4’, a sequel to the three-part blockbuster film. The fourth chapter is expected…
China’s car import move tickles Nigerian market
The Nigerian automotive sector was yet to recover from the defusal to assent to the Auto Policy Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari as news filtered in about plans by China to export used vehicles to African countries,…
IPOB Attack: Mammoth crowd welcomes Ekweremadu in Enugu
THOUSANDS of people living in South-East, yesterday, stormed Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu to welcome Sen. Ike Ekweremadu few days after being attacked in Germany by a group.It would be recalled that…
Lagos calls for prosecution of teacher ‘requesting nude’ of 14-year-old girl
The Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has called for the prosecution of one Emmanuel Davies, mathematics teacher, over the alleged “sexual exploitation” of a teenager. In…
Why Lagos is magnet point for investors, by Tinubu
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why Lagos remains the magnet point for investors within and outside the continent. He…
Nigerian Serial Robber, Gloria Makanjuola, Jailed In UK
A Nigerian woman in the United Kingdom, Gloria Makanjuola, who committed a series of robberies and theft on buses in Hackney, even targeting an 87-year-old woman, has been jailed. Makanjuola,…
President Buhari Finally Approves Licenses For Online Radio & TV
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved licenses for online radio and television stations, as part of reforms in the broadcasting industry. This was revealed in a statement by the Ministry of…
‘You risk extradition’ — FG asks Nigerians indicted by FBI to surrender
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has asked citizens indicted in the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) probe to voluntarily turn themselves in or risk being extradited to the US.…
Ministers Reporting To Abba Kyari
I have read several comments on the above subject matter. I am amazed at the level of passion this pronouncement has generated. The internet is a great thing. But while it brings news…
I’m overhauling Police force to overcome insecurity – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja said the entire structure of the Nigerian Police Force is being overhauled, re-positioned and primed with modern technological gadgets to meet rising…
BBNaija: ‘Omashola TV’ steals the show
Omashola Oburoh, a housemate in the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, has stunned fans with his creative project, ‘Omashola TV’. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omashola’s…
Tenant rapes landlady to death in Ekiti
A yet-to-be-identified commercial motorcyclist popularly called ‘Okada rider’ on Thursday allegedly raped a middle-aged woman, Mrs Bukola Olarewaju to death in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital.…
Unilorin professor discovers anti-cancer, anti-TB drugs, seeks commercialization
Professor Joshua Obaleye of the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin has announced the discovery of anti-malaria, anti-cancer and anti-tuberculosis drugs by a team led by him. He said…
JUST IN: Why I shunned PFN panel on Busola Dakola, by Fatoyinbo
Founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has explained he shunned the panel set up by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to probe the rape allegations…
My sacking, miscarriage of justice —Melaye
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye on Friday described the ruling of the Kogi West National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal nullifying his victory in the…
Nigerians always complain about govt but something is wrong with everybody – Ex-US envoy
Andrew Young, a former ambassador of the US to the UN, says Nigerians are always complaining about the government but that ”something is wrong with everybody”. Young said this on…
5 million emails sent in 10 days: Inside the world of 78 Nigerian Yahoo Boys
An American online publisher focusing on the tech industry, TechCrunch, has revealed that a whopping five million emails were sent within 10 days by a group of 80 Internet scammers who were rounded up in an…