Polls: Military jets, soldiers take over Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Kwara, Adamawa
There was palpable panic among residents in some key states of the country on Friday as the Nigerian Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance jets began air patrols over perceived flashpoints in the North-East,…
KWARA: Saraki at the precipice, Abdulrazaq sails on
The conclusion of last presidential and National Assembly polls has inevitably recast the political permutations in Kwara State.Elections: New commissioner of police deployed to BenueThe long political domination of…
GUBER RACE: Upsets, surprise loom
How Governors may emergeIn politics, anything can happen. Or who would have imagined that the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, regarded as political warlord and kingmaker in his state, Kwara would lose an election to return…
Anxiety, Fear Grip Voters As Election Holds For Governorship, State Assembly Seats
Security agencies in the country are believed to be in possession of intelligence purporting that political parties vying for seats in the nationwide governorship and state assembly elections today have drawn up demographic maps…
At 85, God Has Given Me Everything – Subomi Balogun
Otunba Subomi Balogun is the founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Group and Olori Omoba of Ijebuland. Balogun, an accomplished banker and philanthropist, who also is the head, Christain laities in…
Olanipekun, Osinbajo’s brother, Keyamo, 15 others to defend Buhari’s victory
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), will lead the legal team assembled by President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress to defend the President’s mandate in court, The…
We Have Resorted to Self-defence Because Ogun CP Can’t Protect Us – Osoba
Chief Olusegun Osoba, a veteran journalist and a national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), first governed Ogun State under the botched Third Republic between January 1992 and November 1993. Again, in 1999, he was…
Kwara Guber poll: Issa Aremu directs Labour Party supporters to vote for APC’s Abdulrazaq
The gubernatorial candidate of Labour party, LP, in Kwara State, Comrade Issa Aremu, has directed his supporters to vote for the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in Saturday’s election.He…
Equity group tips Kalu for Senate presidency
As Nigerians await inauguration of the 9th Senate, following the near expiration of the 8th Senate, a pressure group, Movement for Justice and Equity/Solidarity for Election of President of Igbo Extraction has tipped the former…
A Hedge Fund Steps Into Nigeria’s $9 Billion Corporate Dispute
Nigeria potentially faces the largest financial liability in its history, and a hedge fund is coming to collect. The legal and political drama involves a deal between the country and a tiny natural gas…
UEFA explain controversial Champions League VAR calls
UEFA took the unusual step on Friday to explain a series of controversial Video Assistant Referees (VAR) calls in this week’s Champions League last 16 ties.European football’s governing body bowed to pressure by bringing forward…
Court sentences Lekan Shonde to death for killing wife
The Lagos State High Court on Friday sentenced Lekan Shonde to death by hanging for killing his wife, Ronke.Lekan Shonde, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State, was found guilty of the murder of his wife.PUNCH Metro…
The Failed Coup d’Etat of February 23rd
The ego of the dominant power elite has always been fragile. Used to decades of being pampered and catered for, while leading from the kitchen, being pulled back from the feeding bottle it has held down…
VIDEO: Princess Shyngle Calls Man Who Bought Her G-Wagon An Idiot For Asking Her To Clean His House
Ghanaian Actress, Princess Shyngle has rained insults on her man for asking her to cook and clean his house. According to Shyngle, the fact that she accepted to date him doesn’t mean she’s ready to be the kind of…
Ladi Adebutu’s Father Kesington Rejects His Endorsement Of Amosun’s Candidate
Sir Kesington Adebutu, Chairman of Premier Lotto Limited and owner of the popular ‘Baba Ijebu’ lottery, has disowned the endorsement of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) for the governorship election in Ogun…
Unidentified Couple Cause Commotion Online After Stripping Unclad For Their Photo-shot
This couple has got themselves making the rounds online for obvious reasons after deciding to be “unique” in their photo shoot. The yet-to-be identified couple stripped naked for the photo session and barely covered their modesty. The…
Akpabio withdraws court case challenging election defeat
Former Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, has withdrawn a case he filed in court challenging his Senate reelection loss. Mr Akpabio’s lawyer, Sunday Ameh, announced the withdrawal in court in Abuja on…
Earth tremor hits Abuja again
Earth tremor has been reported in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja on Friday. There are however unverified claims that the tremor claimed three lives. Residents reported that the seismic disturbance occurred at about 2…
Only APC members should be considered for appointments – Aisha Buhari
The Wife of the President, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has advised the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider only its card-carrying members for political appointments. She made the call at a…
Confusion in Kwara PDP As Atunwa Insists On Quitting Race
•Saraki’s ‘Good Boys’ On The Run Following Failure At The Polls •Details Of Saraki’s Fall In Kwara The last may not have been heard of the downfall of the erstwhile strongman of Kwara politics, who doubles as…
Bobrisky gives haters something to think about after sharing his Bank Account Statement
Nigerian Male Barbie, Bobrisky has shared screenshots of credit alerts he received in one day while asking his followers if they’ve made that much in their 20s. According to the infamous crossdresser, his goal is to make at least One…
Pastor Adeboye of RCCG sends message to Osinbajo
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday congratulated Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on his 62nd birthday. Adeboye, who took to his verified Twitter…
Trump Ex-Campaign Chief Manafort Sentenced To 47 Months In Prison
US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort was sentenced to nearly four years in prison by a federal judge on Thursday for tax crimes and bank fraud in the highest profile case yet stemming from…
BREAKING: ‘Hoodlums’ set INEC office ablaze in Akwa Ibom
Suspected hoodlums have burnt down an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ibesikpo Asuntan local government area of Akwa Ibom state. Electoral materials were destroyed in the incident…