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Corruption Politics, Governors, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, July 22nd, 2018
Gov. Wike Squanders Rivers Resources on Choice Properties at Ada George Road – Hon. Ojukaye … Acquires neighbours’ properties under threat The APC chairman in Rivers State, Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, EFCC and ICPC to investigate the source of money used by governor Wike in acquiring the sprawling properties the governor now […]
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Elections, Elections 2019, Governors, Headlines, Ogun, Soccer, Sports, State News
Saturday, July 21st, 2018
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Ex-international, Chief Segun Odegbami, says education and health will get more attention if he is elected as the governor of Ogun State in 2019. He said this on Wednesday while declaring his intention to vie for governorship in Ogun on the platform of the Labour Party. Odegbami, while declaring at the party […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Saturday, July 21st, 2018
By Fikayo Olowolagba Veteran singer, Onyeka Onwenu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take a cue from the rescue of the Thai soccer team and ensure the release of Leah Sharibu who is in Boko Haram captivity. Onwenu said this in a video where she was seen weeping, to appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari […]
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Headlines
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Destiny Ugorji Disbarred Lagos lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye was on Monday arraigned before Magistrate Court 9, Wuse, Abuja, presided over by Abdulaziz Omezia on a nine-count charge of obstruction and interference with Police investigation, offensive publications among other seven charges. The charge reads “extortion by threat of accusation, an offence punishable by death, injurious falsehood, defamation, […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Friday, July 20th, 2018
The new national airline, Nigeria Air, will require initial capital of between $150m and $300m, and the Federal Government is seeking a strategic partner to operate the carrier, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday. The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Wednesday said the government would not own more than […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa
Friday, July 20th, 2018
By David Odama LAFIA-THERE is fear is Nasarawa State, following the emergence of a new sect known as Hakika, operating in Total Local Government Area of the state. The group, with members claiming to be Islamist saints, is currently occupying a large expanse of the forest in the area. At a meeting in Lafia, Alhaji […]
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American Politics, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Headlines
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received an honorary degree from the prestigious Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Newsmen report that the Enugu-born writer of short stories and non- fiction shared photos of the honour ceremony via her Facebook page. She was among the few recipients of the honorary degree from the university and […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Super Eagles striker, Alex Iwobi in explaining his lack of game time at the Russia 2018 World Cup, has stated that coach Gernot Rohr was trying a new thing at the tournament. Iwobi who scored the goal that earned Nigeria the World Cup came in mostly as a substitute much to the chagrin of Nigerian […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Six European countries on Thursday deported 29 Nigerians from their nations. The all-male deportees were sent home from Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Norway and Lithuania. The spokesperson for the Lagos Airport Police Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, confirmed the development. According to him, they arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 7.35am aboard […]
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Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Passengers including hundreds of Nigerians on board Air France operated commercial Aircraft from France to Lagos and Abuja have since Wednesday been stranded at Charles De Gaulle International Airport, Paris. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many of them have to sleep at the airport from Wednesday for a day or two days […]
