FG, Shi’ites In ‘War Of No Retreat, No Surrender’
It all started like an action movie on that fateful Saturday of December 12, 2015, when members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as the Shi’ites group, tried to block…
Governor Makinde Draws The Flak
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is a man gifted with the art of stirring controversies. Recently, the governor shocked many political watchers within and outside the state, when he said his…
President Buhari mourns veteran sports journalist, Akinloye Oyebanji
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sorrow at the passage of veteran sports journalist, Akinloye Oyebanji, aged 62. The President condoles with Oyebanji’s family, friends and colleagues,…
WOW! Ed Sheeran Buys All His Neighbours’ Houses After They Complained About His Noise
Ed Sheeran is going to some pretty extreme lengths to stop his neighbours filing noise complaints on him, spending £4million (please get us a converter) to secure the houses around him,…
Music Star, Akon Mobbed By Excited Crowd At The Popular Eko Idumota Market in Lagos (Video)
Music Superstar, Akon, with his roasted corn, recently paid a surprise visit to the streets of Idumota, in Lagos, and crowd go wild in excitement. It doesn't look like he was expecting that sort of…
Armed Robbers Posing As Police Officers Steal Gold Worth ₦14b From Brazil Airport (Video)
A group of armed men dressed in police uniforms on Thursday stole a haul of gold and other precious metals worth at least $40 m (or about ₦14.4 billion) from Guarulhos International Airport cargo terminal. Security footage showed some of…
PHOTOS: Bauchi gov weds second wife in Lagos
GOVERNOR Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State took a new wife in Lagos on Friday. She is Natasha Mariana, a Lebanese-Nigerian. The modest ceremony took place at the Syrian mosque in Ikoyi, Lagos…
Release El-Zakazaky and our agitation will stop – Shiites tell FG
• Declaring IMN terrorist group right – ACF’s scribe The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shitte said yesterday that all it requires from the federal government to stop its…
Maharaj Ji recommends EFCC, ICPC screening for ministerial nominees
Satguru MaharajJi, the founder of One Love sect, has recommended the screening of ministerial nominees by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices…
RUGA settlements is for states ready to adopt initiative, says Ganduje
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, says states, where Fulani are not indigenes, will not be required to implement the RUGA settlement initiative. Ganduje made the clarification shortly after…
Trump attacks another Democrat Congressman
American President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked another prominent African- American lawmaker, tweeting that his Baltimore district is a disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess.”…
Police recovers 500 animals from bandits in 4 hours gun duel, no arrest
The Police Command in Katsina State said on Saturday that it had recovered 500 animals from bandits in Safana Local Government Area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the…
Repatriating funds stashed abroad is frustrating – Magu
Mr Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has decried the difficulties being experienced in the repatriation of stolen assets traced to foreign…
Arsenal agree stunning £72m deal for Nicolas Pepe
While fans were anticipating for the signature of Crystal Palace Winger Wilfred Zaha, Arsenal have reached an agreement with French club Lille to sign Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe in…
Super Eagles star Onyekuru marries heartthrob
Super Eagles star Henry Onyekuru tied the knots today in Benin with his beautiful heartthrob,Esty. Onyekuru who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray SK, as a forward was in the bronze winning Super Eagles…
UNILAG announces date for Post UTME
The University of Lagos has fixed Aug. 1 to Aug. 21 for application for its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) screening into all courses/programmes for the…
Veteran sports journalist, Akinloye Oyebanji, is dead
Nigerian veteran sports journalist and retired Director of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Akinloye Oyebanji, has died at the age of 62. His family confirmed that Oyebanji passed on at…
EL-ZAKZAKY: The making of an unrest
IBRAHIM El-Zakzaky is a child of belief. From childhood through adolescence, he was raised on a stern diet of toil and reward; thus his life from infancy till he clocked 16 was…
Amid tears, NYSC boss visits family of slain Corps member in Zaria
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Ibrahim Shuaibu, at the weekend visited the home of a slain Corps member, Precious Owolabi, in Zaria,…
Ndigbo will cease to be Nigerians if denied 2023 Presidency – Ezeife
Elder statesman and former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife has said that no Igbo man will still claim Nigerian citizenship if the South East zone is not supported to…
FG petitions South African authorities over attack on ex-BBA housemate, Tayo Faniran
Following an attack by two South African policemen on a former Big Brother Africa housemate, Mr Tayo Faniran, the Consular-General of Nigerian High Commission in Johannesburg, Mr Godwin Adama, has petitioned the South…
How celebs stand in COZA pastor’s face-off with Timi Dakolo, wife
THE social landscape has not been the same since Busola, wife of popular singer Timi Dakolo, made public the allegation that she was raped by the founder of the Commonwealth of Zion…
Woman hacks off ex-husbands manhood, flushes it down toilet
A woman in Taiwan’s Hukou has cut off her ex-husband’s penis and testicles to punish him for being unfaithful to her while the couple was still married, according to the territory’s…
Nigerians spend over N359 billion on MTN airtime in 6 months
Yesterday, MTN Nigeria Plc released its Q2 2019 financial results, a breakdown of which shows how the leading telco made money in the past six months. Of specific interest is the…