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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday warned that any coup d’etat in Nigeria would be vehemently resisted, and called on members of the military not to attempt one. The call followed a recent statement by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, that some military officers were hobnobbing with politicians ostensibly to overthrow the democratically-elected government of President Muhammadu Buhari. […]
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Headlines, Judiciary, Ondo, State News
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed that Acting Chief Judge of the Ondo State High Court, Justice Temitayo Olubusola Adefunke Osoba, falsified her age in official documents to enable her to remain in service. As the most senior judge in the state, Justice Osoba took over in acting capacity after the immediate past Chief Judge, […]
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Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
As groups and individuals continue to claim that President Muhammadu Buhari’s health is deteriorating while his supporters say he’s getting better and, with the President’s return to the United Kingdom on an indefinite sick leave, BAYO AKINLOYE writes that not a few people are experiencing a sense of déjà vu With a gait less graceful, […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
Anambra State government has dismissed the story suggesting that Governor Willie Obiano had traveled to the US with 179 people to be with his daughter on her graduation day. “This story is the worst lie ever told by a disappointingly unintelligent opposition and its propaganda machinery. The truth however is that governor of traveled to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has ordered Ethiopian Airlines to stop the collection of unauthorised charges forthwith. The order was contained in a statement signed by Mr Sam Adurogboye, NCAA General Manager, Public Relations, on Sunday in Lagos. Adurogboye said these unauthorised charges referred to as “refundable deportation fee” is put at between 75 […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
An Indian woman cut off a man’s penis after he allegedly tried to rape her at her house in the southern state of Kerala, police said on Saturday. The 23-year-old law student was at her residence in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram late Friday when she says she was attacked by the 54-year-old man, who had […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
Youths under the aegis of Southern and Middle Belt Allied Youths (SAMBAY) have replied their northern counterparts over the alleged threat the Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) issued against a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, warning that nothing must happen to the Ex-Minister. A statement jointly signed by Fidelis Ujah (Middle Belt), Onyema Ukachukwu (South […]
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Budget, Latest Politics
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
A human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo not to sign the 2017 budget because it was illegally increased by the National Assembly. He also said that President Muhammadu Buhari is not competent to sign the appropriation bill into law because he is on vacation. Falana spoke in […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
A Nigerian woman resident in Louisville, Kentucky, United States has admitted that she unlawfully obtained citizenship by entering into a sham marriage with a Houston man, the Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez has announced. The 41-year-old Euphemia Chinyeaka Okeke, admitted to marrying a Houston resident and U.S. citizen while in Nigeria. She then applied for […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, United Nations
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
The photo of a man in traditional attires believed to be from Papua New Guinea has gone viral online. People are amazed at the dressing because it a worn to a conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. -Punch
