Nigeria

Nollywood actress Funke Akindele, who is married to another celebrity JJC Skillz, has been implored by a popular Lagos prophet, and the Founder of Mountain of Blessing and Miracle Church of Christ, Dr Olagoroye Faleyimu, to marry a gateman…

The Presidency on Thursday explained that President Muhammadu Buhari did not refer to all Nigerian youths as lazy in a statement he made on Wednesday during the question and answer section of the Commonwealth Business Forum in London.…

Uti Nwachukwu former Big Brother Africa housemate has just given his view on Cee-c’s verbal abuse on Fellow housemate Tobi Uti condemned her actions and also spoke the hard truth that she is just human. Here is what he wrote: Kai!!…

The mace of the upper legislative chamber which was stolen by suspected thugs on Wednesday has been returned. Uche Anichukwu, spokesman of deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Joshak…

The theft of the Senate mace by suspected thugs was, at best, carried out with the connivance of security agencies, and likely sponsored and carried out by security agents, PREMIUM TIMES can reveal.The robbery, executed in the full…

There was pandemonium at the Nigerian National Assembly yesterday when thugs working for the suspended senate member Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, invaded the senate chamber and made away with the Senate Mace. According to reports reaching…

The Federal High Court in Abuja has halted the plan to sell the telecommunication firm, Etisalat, now called 9Mobile. This followed an application by some aggrieved shareholders who are demanding that the planned sales should not be…

Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has described as illegal and unconstitutional, the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege by the Senate. He said no legislative house has the power to remove or suspend any of its member. Falana said:…

Senator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West) aka Yayi yesterday relived his ordeal in the hands of the thugs that invaded the Senate. He said: “It is a horrible experience.  I have never witnessed something like this. I arrived at the…

The Nigerian police say they have recovered the mace that was stolen from the Senate on Wednesday.According to a statement signed by the deputy public relations officer in the police headquarters, Aremu Adeniran, and sent to PREMIUM…

President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has said that the Super Eagles players stand the chance of pocketing 24 million dollars if they play in the final of the 2018 World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria reports…

The federal government has ordered a probe of the invasion of the senate on Wednesday. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja. The statement said the government received the report of…

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has suspended Prof. Richard Akindele, whose telephone conversation in which he demanded for sex from a female student was recorded and released on social media.A member of the…

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has commended the leadership and all members of the Senate for standing up firmly in defence of democracy and the rule of law with their decision to defy those who mobilized an attack against the Red…

Popular Comedian, Ali Baba has blasted Nigerian politicians over the invasion of the Senate and stealing of the mace by suspected political thugs. He described the development as a product of a broken government. Parrot Nigeria…

Many celebrities in Nigeria have come out to react to Cee-c’s verbal abuse on Tobi in the Big Brother house. Media personalities, Toke Makinwa, Toolz Oniru-Demuren, Kemi Adebita, DJ xclusive and Laura Ikeji have all penned down their…

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is safe for business, urging foreign investors to come to the country and invest. Fielding questions at the business forum of the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2018) in…

Subsidy payment on petrol has been on the rise, hitting N112 billion within a 10-month period in 2017. According to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) monthly financial and operations report for October 2017, “a…

Big Brother Naija housemate, Cee-C has started her drama again towards Tobi, as she went on an epic rant. It all began when Tobi said he doesn’t like her anymore as they were about to prepare for their Close-Up task and she started…

The house of representatives has dropped the bill seeking to amend the electoral act. The amendment sought to change the sequence of the election in a way that the presidential election comes last, after the state assemblies/national…

Nigerian comedian, Mark Angel, known for his viral comic content which features celebrity kid comedienne Emmanuella, in an interview with Naij, disclosed that what they do is not just about the money. According to him, a company once…

The senate has resumed sitting, shortly after the mace, its symbol of authority, was stolen. The upper legislative chamber replaced the mace with another one, said to be a “spare”. It is not yet clear where the mace in the…

The senate has asked security agencies to help in retrieving its mace which was stolen after Ovie Omo-Agege, lawmaker Delta central senatorial district, invaded the chamber with suspected thugs. Omo-Agege was suspended last week for…

Thugs suspected to be loyal to the suspended Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Ovie Omo-Agege have invaded the red chambers and forcefully taken away the mace. They broke into the chambers when plenary was going…