Martins Seattle Sounders striker, Obafemi Martins, has defended Mario Balotelli over his behaviour on and off the pitch. And he has explained that incidents involving the Liverpool star are often blown out of proportion. The former Nigeria international is involved in a romantic relationship with Mario Balotelli’s biological sister, Abigail Barwuah, who gave birth […]
Grace, Lagos CP, Cornelius Aderanti and Ejeh The police in Lagos have said the 29-year-old photographer, Ejeh Smith, who was brutalised by a policeman attached to the Ikoyi Police Division along with his wife, Grace, was drunk on the night of the incident. The police authorities added that the couple engaged the policeman in […]
The Nigerian Army has discovered a plan by the Boko Haram insurgents to attack 25 communities and villages spread across five states in the troubled North-East zone. A credible security source, who confided in our correspondent on Thursday, said that the Boko Haram hit list was recovered by Special Forces during an operation at the […]
Sierra Leone said Friday it was banning any public Christmas celebrations as the spiralling caseload of Ebola infections continues to spread alarm. Soldiers are to be deployed throughout the festive period to force people venturing onto the streets back indoors, the government’s Ebola response unit said. Palo Conteh, head of the department, told reporters in […]
About 100 Nigerians, including women and children, were deported on Thursday, after seeking asylum in Finland. The asylum seekers arrived the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 7 a.m. on a cargo airline, Privilege Gourment. Investigations revealed that three of the deported men were arrested for violence and were taken […]
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke | credits: File copy Experts have expressed worry about mounting challenges in the oil and gas sector now being aggravated by the falling global oil prices. They stressed the need to address issues such as poor state of the refineries, dwindling oil and gas reserves, rising cases of […]
EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde | credits: File copy The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday brought two persons, said to be employees of the MTN Nigeria Limited, before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for alleged N1.3bn theft. The accused, according to the charge filed before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo, are Victor Akintunde […]
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar The two main political parties in Nigeria on Wednesday ended the race to pick their presidential candidates for the February 2015 election. For the Peoples Democratic Party, its special convention and primary at the Eagle Square in Abuja were considered as a mere formality […]
Ejeh; Grace | credits: Samson Folarin There has been widespread outrage at the action of a policeman, Dada Ogunsanya, who allegedly brutalised a photographer, Ejeh Smith and his wife, Grace, in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Among those that called for the sanction of the officer was a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana […]
A Federal Capital Territory High Court judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, on Wednesday ordered security agents, including the police and operatives of the Department of State Service, to confiscate the latest book of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, My Watch. The judge of the FCT Wuse Zone II court said the publication of the book, which […]
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