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No ceasefire agreement with FG, says Avengers

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo and Geoff Iyatse the Niger Delta Avengers has denied entering into a ceasefire agreement with the Federal Government. The group said this on Tuesday in reaction to media reports saying it has signed a 30-day ceasefire pact with the government. Reports quoting sources at the Ministry of Petroleum as saying that […]

Lagos signs smart city deal with Dubai

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde Samson Folarin The Lagos State Government has signed an investment deal with the City of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The deal is expected to bring multi-billion dollar investments to Lagos, create thousands of jobs and transform the state, a statement by the Commissioner for Information and […]

Buhari names Idris acting IGP (Another northerner to key position)

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

Olalekan Adetayo and Adelani Adepegba president Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, as the acting Inspector-General of Police. The appointment was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. Idris succeeds Solomon Arase who proceeds on […]

Osun hijab crisis: Muslim clerics storm school to enforce court judgment

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Monday, June 20th, 2016

CONTROVERSY trailing the recent Osun State High Court judgment, which permits female Muslim students to wear hijab in public schools, took a new dimension on Monday when some Muslim clerics in Osun state stormed St. Charles High School in Osogbo and Ife Oluwa Middle Schools to enforce the implementation of the ruling. Nigerian Tribune […]

PHOTOS: Buhari resumes

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, June 20th, 2016

President Muhammadu Buhari resumed duty today after spending 14 days in London. This morning, with Vice President @ProfOsinbajo, in my office. Good to be back at work.pic.twitter.com/goEZx1uZXm — Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) June 20, 2016 : wp_posts

EFCC to arraign Diezani’s ally, Omokore, ex-NNPC GMD

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, Latest Politics Monday, June 20th, 2016

Jide Omokore Eniola Akinkuotu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it will arraign Mr. Jide Omokore, an ally of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC will also arraign Mr. Andrew Yakubu, a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petropeum Corporation, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, […]

Justice Niki Tobi dies at 76

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, June 20th, 2016

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Niki Tobi, has died at the age of 76. Tobi, who was also a former deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, died at the National Hospital in Abuja, it was gathered. The late justice was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2002 and spent eight years at the apex […]

Fire guts Lagos Airport Hotel

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, June 20th, 2016

Afeez Hanafi The Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja was gutted by fire on Monday with valuables worth ‎millions of naira destroyed. PUNCH Metro learnt that the inferno resulted from a surge in the electrical installations at a section of the Banquet Hall around 5am before it extended to the other parts. Combined efforts of the the […]

A friend told me my husband sleeps with other women in the back of his car

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, June 20th, 2016

A 44-year-old teacher has dragged her husband before a Lagos Island customary court over allegations of infidelity. The compainant, Tinuola Oyetunde, had accused her husband, Wale, of having extramarital affairs. She told the court that she had caught her husband several times with other women. “I normally see him at a popular bar on our […]

Picture: Nollywood actor, Alfa Lati, dies

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Monday, June 20th, 2016

Nollywood actor, Alfa Lati, dies Written by: Tayo Gesinde Sunday, June 19, 2016 advertisement . TOP HEADLINES The Nigerian movie has again been thrown into mourning, following the death of actor, Lateef Titilayo, fondly called Alfa Lati, by his colleagues and fans. Alfa Lati The deceased was said to have died on […]