FLASHBACK: Benjamin Adekunle’s interview that sparked hot debates
The journalist Randolf Baumann interviewed Benjamin Adekunle, (head of the Third Marine Commando on Federal Side) in Igweocha during the Nigeria-Biafra War for Stern Magazine, and the interview was…
FEC approves construction of 7 model schools, N1.6bn for supply of anti-retroviral drugs
The Federal Executive Council on Thursday approved N4.6 billion for the construction of seven model schools to be located in the six geo-political zones of the country. The Minister of Information and…
Atiku’s server gambit
I really wonder for how long we have to deal with dishonest leaders. Leaders who lie without remorse, who cheat the people, deceive the people and relentlessly play on their intelligence. When Alhaji…
Pastors who buy private jet won’t make heaven – Pastor Giwa
The Senior Pastor of the Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Gospel Church, Pastor Giwa has stated that pastors who buy private jet won’t make heaven. According to the pastor who spoke on Friday, such pastors need to…
Olakunle Churchill denies granting interviews that provoked Tonto Dikeh
Tonto Dikeh’s ex-husband Olakunle Churchill has denied granting any recent interviews which may have made the actress to go on an all out attack on his personality. In one of the recent interviews granted by Tonto Dikeh, the…
Dino Melaye’s mother is dead
Controversial Senator, Dino Melaye has lost his mother, Deaconess Comfort Melaye to the chilling hands of death. The senator took to his Instagram page late Thursday night to announce the death of his…
Regina Daniels cries out as her brother is accused of assaulting police
Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels has cried out after her brother Lawrence was allegedly assaulted by police officers in Delta State yesterday. Report had earlier surfaced claiming that Lawrence was the one assaulting a police…
Magajin Garin Daura: Abductors call family
Abductors of Magajin Garin Daura, Alhaji Musa Umar Uba, have contacted his family several hours after kidnapping him, Daily Trust learnt from credible sources yesterday. The Magajin Gari, a senior traditional…
Reps invite Buhari over killings, banditry
The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to invite President Muhammadu Buhari over the ‘ongoing wanton killings’ and destruction of property by bandits and kidnappers in most North Western states of the country.While…
Why Anambra, Enugu, Kogi can’t be declared oil bearing states, by DPR
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) yesterday said that Anambra, Enugu and Kogi states can only join the list of oil producing states after meeting necessary conditions. In a letter to the Senate…
Billionaire Reginald Mengi dies at 75, leaves $560m for you wife
Reginald Mengi, one of Tanzania’s wealthies businessmen and revered figures in the East Africa business circles has died at the age of 75. Reginald Mengi passed away leaving behind $560 million for his 39-year-old wife and…
132 firms bid to buy 14 cargoes of Nigerian crude monthly
ONE hundred and thirty-two local and international companies yesterday offered to buy 14 cargoes of Nigerian crude oil monthly in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) 2019/2020 Direct Sale and…
Malabu Scandal: Documents show British executive received money from Etete
Fresh details have shown a British executive as a recipient of millions of pounds from the multi-billion dollar Malabu oil deal. Peter Bosworth and trading firm, Arcadia Petroleum, have been named in…
Saudi releases another Nigerian
AFTER four months in detention, a Nigerian arrested for “drug trafficking” was released yesterday by the Saudi authorities. Ibrahim Abubakar’s release had been announced on Monday by Suleiman Mustapha, the…
Computer village: Olasoji, Azeez installed as Babaloja, Iyaloja
Inspite of the protest by traders, Mr Adeniyi Olasoji and Mrs Abisola Azeez have been finally installed as leaders in the popular computer village in Lagos.The President-General, Association of Commodity Market Women and Men…
End your private trip, come back, face security challenges – PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to return home and fix the security challenges facing the country.Disclosing this in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola…
House leadership: 178 Reps -elect endorse Gbajabiamila
178 Reps-elect of the House of Representatives yesterday rose from an emergency meeting endorsing the Speakership ambition of Femi Gbajabiamila in the 9th Assembly.Rep Onofiuk Luke (PDP: Akwa Ibom) who spoke on behalf of the…
Hold Obasanjo responsible for constitutional loopholes – Falana
Foremost human right activist and lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has directed that former president Olusegun Obasanjo be held responsible for loopholes in the constitution.Speaking in Lagos, last week, during the launch of the…
Arrest me, I still won’t recognise Buhari’s victory – Adebanjo
The factional Leader of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has insisted that he would not recognise President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the February 2019 Presidential Election.Reacting to a…
Southwest governors, governors-elect rally lawmakers for Gbajabiamila
THREE governors and two governors-elect from the Southwest geo-political zone on Tuesday night presented a united front for the emergence of the House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, as the next House of Representatives…
US to give migrants DNA tests to prove family ties
US border authorities plan to give migrant families DNA tests to determine whether or not the adults and children are related, Department of Homeland Security officials said Wednesday.A “Rapid DNA” test program is being…
Buhari lied about academic credentials – Atiku, PDP tell tribunal
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of making false claims about his academic qualifications.…
Lagos launches new buses with free service on 5 routes
LAGOS State government on Wednesday launched the new buses under the Bus Reform Initiative (BRI) with free service on five routes, with 820 buses out of the 5,000 high and medium capacity buses planned for the initiative to be…
‘N23b severance package for National Assembly lawmakers ridiculous’ – Nigerians
Many Nigerians have expressed shock and dismay at the N23.7 billion severance package for Eighth National Assembly lawmakers in the face of what they called pervasive poverty in the land. Those who spoke…