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Nine Nigerians arrested in US for multi-million dollar fraud
Nine Nigerians have been arrested in the United States of America for defrauding businesses and individuals of more than $3.5 million. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of…
How Fela father’s cane shaped my life, by Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that the strict discipline he got as a child growing up with his uncle, father of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Oludotun Ransome Kuti shaped his life to…
Our pastors and their private jets
The Bible says, in all our getting, we should get understanding. I don’t know if our pastors can help their poor congregations understand this growing appetite for private jets. It’s possible that some pastors actually need…
Power generation drops as gas shortage forces closure of four GenCos
Four power generation companies (Gencos) have been unable to generate electricity to the national grid for several days, due to gas supply challenges, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) disclosed yesterday.…
Saudi King okays planned multiple oil investment pact with Nigeria
The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and the Crown Prince, H.R.H. Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud have endorsed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) being prepared by Nigeria and the…
New salary scale has not been approved for armed forces – DHQ
The defence headquarters (DHQ) says that a new salary structure had not been approved for the members of the armed forces of Nigeria (AFN). The DHQ was reacting to a “fictitious document” being circulated on some…
Only employers with less than 25 workers exempted from new minimum wage – NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has declared that the new minimum wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, was binding on all employers of labour in the country. NLC President,…
“Call Your Husband Daddy, Before You Call Your Pastor Daddy” – Bosede Dare Advises…
Nigerian Lady on social media, Bosede Monehin Dare Advices women on how to treat their husband, see below.... Quote Hi Women, Please Learn to respect your husbands and stop calling them their names. Imbibe the word daddy, as you do your…
Lagos adds 740,146 jobs in 12 months — highest in the country
A recently released report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that 740,146 jobs were added between July 2017 and June 2018. According to the Q3 2018 Labor Force Statistics (unemployment…
President Buhari should transmit letter to National Assembly on private visit to London – PDP
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, yesterday in Abuja declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing 10-day private visit to London, United Kingdom, is an illegal and…
Police Arrest Parrot After Screaming “Police Mama” To Tip Drug Dealers Off
Police in Brazil took a parrot into custody Monday after it alerted two alleged drug dealers to authorities' presence, according to Reporters As police prepared to raid a suspected drug den in the northern state of Piauí, the bird yelled…
FG registers 3m people on national social register
The federal government says it has registered a total of 3,031,065 individuals and 755, 112 households in the ongoing national social register being handled by the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating…
Juventus coach, Allegri calls UEFA Champions League ‘bastard’ competition
Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri has described the UEFA Champions League as a “bastard” competition. Allegri, whose side were knocked off the Champions League by Ajax a few weeks ago, said his side…
Ambode releases 14 prisoners after 20 years
The Lagos State Government, through the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, on Friday pardoned 14 inmates of the Maximum Security Prison in Kirikiri who have been imprisoned for over 20 years for…
My husband is too sex hungry and often rapes me, wife alleges after 16-year union
An Oke-Bola-based trader, Olabisi, has pleaded with a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, to dissolve her 16-year union with her husband, Paul, “because he is too sex hungry and often rapes her.”Testifying before court…
Crazy Bills: Consumers ask to be disconnected
Just to avoid paying ‘crazy bills’ till eternity, some aggrieved consumers living at Bayomo Close, Off Agbado Road, near Iju-Ishaga Round-About, have asked Ikeja Electric, IE, to disconnect them. One of them…
Boy, 6, found dead in neighbour’s fridge
Men of the Lagos State police command are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a six-year-old boy, Treasure Akinsohun, whose body was allegedly found inside a freezer of a…
Gunmen kill driver, kidnap all passengers
Jonah Sokolo, a driver with the Abua Odual Local Government Transport Service, has been shot dead by kidnappers. The kidnappers also made away with all the other passengers in the 30-seater Coaster Bus,…
JUST IN: Buhari donates $500,000 to Guinea Bissau for elections
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the donation of $500,000 to the government of Guinea Bissau. According to a series of tweets on the verified Twitter handle of Presidency Nigeria @NGRPresident, Buhari made…
Emiliano Sala’s father Horacio dies aged 58
The father of Emiliano Sala, Horacio, has died at the age of 58 following a heart attack, the mayor of the village where he lived said on Friday.His sudden passing comes just three months after his son, Argentina striker…
Gbajabiamila, 50 Reps-elect take campaign to Saudi Arabia
The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives and preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the position of Speaker in the Ninth National Assembly, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has taken his campaign to Saudi…
Gucci owner Kering to pay record fine – Reports
The owner of Italian fashion giant Gucci is set to pay a record fine of nearly 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in a tax evasion case, according to media reports Friday.“Lawyers are still negotiating with the tax authorities…
Court dissolves seven-year marriage as wife claims she thought husband was a Muslim
The president of Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, Mr. Ademola Odunade, on Friday dissolved a seven-year marriage between Kaosara Aderinto and Emmanuel over deception.Kaosara, a hair dresser, prayed the court to…
NYSC loses Kazaure, gets Ibrahim, as Army approves new postings [See List]
The Nigerian Army has approved the postings and appointments of some of its senior officers. A statement signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa and forwarded to DAILY…