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Tunji Braitwaite dies at 83 (RIP)

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

Tunji Braitwaite dies at 83 Monday, March 28, 2016 Dr. Tunji Braitwaite, 83, a foremost politician, lawyer and activist has died. It was gathered that the former Presidential aspirant and founder of Nigerian Advance Party (NAP), died Easter Monday morning at the St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos Island after an ailment. wp_posts

Resign honourably now, APC vice chairman tells Kachikwu

Resign honourably now, APC vice chairman tells Kachikwu Written by: Kolawole Daniel – Abuja Monday, March 28, 2016 advertisement TO THE All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, asked the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachukwu, to honourably resign his position if he is not capable of doing his part, by efficiently […]

Flogging: Suspended Lagos principal, teachers may face trial

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

Samson Folarin Flogging: Suspended Lagos principal, teachers may face trial Indications have emerged that the Lagos State Government may prosecute the principal of Eva Adelaja, Mrs. C.O. Coker, the school’s vice-principal, Mrs. Balogun and four other teachers said to have been implicated in a child brutality case. PUNCH Metro learnt that the state […]

I found condoms in my wife’s bag, she had sex with another man in my house – Husband tells court

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

“ I found condoms in my wife’s bag and she could not give a satisfactory explanation how she came about it,’’ an estranged hubby told an Ibadan Customary Court just as the court dissolved the seven-year-old marriage on Tuesday.A Mapo Customary Court dissolved the union between Sikiru Alabi and his wife, Basira, on the grounds […]

Group tells FG to publish recovered looted funds

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

A group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has demanded that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), enforces the verdict of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on making public, details on how recovered looted funds were spent since the return of civilian rule. A judgment by Justice Mohammed […]

Why Dasuki will remain in detention – Presidency

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government was not considering the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, from the Department of State Services (DSS) custody. The president said that Dasuki, has multiple cases in court, which he must diligently face and resolve. Senior Special Assistant to the President on […]

How 18-year-old girl was raped by teacher during exam tutorial in Abuja

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

A 28-year-old man simply identified as Goddy, has been arrested by the police in Kubwa, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja for allegedly raping a student whom he tutored. The 18-year-old unidentified victim was said to have been preparing for external examinations: Senior Schools Certificate Examination and JAMB. In the course […]

Picture: Drama as man’s manhood allegedly disappears after suspect touches him in Abuja

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

Drama as man’s manhood allegedly disappears after suspect touches him in Abuja By Danielle Ogbeche on March 29, 2016 There are indications that suspected ritual killers and alleged magicians may have re-surfaced in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and its environs. This is just as a certain man suspected to have ‘stolen’ another man’s manhood at […]

#iStandWithBuhari and the Limits of Political Opportunism – By Olalekan Waheed Adigun

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Presidency Monday, March 28th, 2016

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | March 28, 2016 – It has been almost a year now that some of us, swept by the euphoria of the “Change Mantra”, went all out to support perhaps the most persecuted presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. We were told severally how the General intends to “Islamize Nigeria”; we were […]

In Pakistan, Taliban’s Easter bombing targets Christians; 67 people killed

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, March 27th, 2016

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Easter Sunday, saying it intentionally targeted Christians. The suicide blast in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore killed at least 67 people, a local government spokesman told CNN. More than 300 others were injured, police official Haider Ashraf […]