Naira Marley is currently in court and we have a video of the EFCC prosecutor interrogating him, as criminal proceedings against him by the EFCC began today in an Ikoyi…
BUHARI APPROVES NEW MD FOR FAAN
President Muhammad Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Rabiu Yadudu as the new Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by…
MAY 29, JUNE 12 DECLARED PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
The minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has just finished addressing a press conference that was broadcast live by the NTA, Radio Nigeria and Voice of Nigeria. He said: 1)…
COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER, SHITTU IN MULTIMILLION NAIRA SCANDAL
-I am innocent, Shittu says The Minister of Communications Barrister Abduraheem Adebayo Shittu is enmeshed in a web of multiple contracts scandal involving millions of naira, a document seen by…
KIDNAPPERS NOW TRAIL PEOPLE TO THEIR VILLAGES IN NASARAWA
Kidnappers in Nasarawa State have shunned major roads and deviced new means of trailing their victims to remote villages to get them kidnapped. Investigation by our correspondent shows that in…
MEET THE REAL OWNERS OF MTN
Last Saturday’s listing of MTN Nigeria shares on the Premium Board of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has made it possible to identify the shareholders of the telecoms firm. Many…
GUNMEN ABDUCT 3 TRAVELLERS IN ONDO
Peter Dada, Akure Unknown gunmen on Saturday abducted three travellers at Auga Akoko on the Kabba-Ise Akoko Expressway in the Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. Before now,…
ETHNIC NATIONALITIES RISE TO DEFENCE TERRITORIES FROM BOKO HARAM, HERDSMEN AND BANDIT KIDNAPPERS AS INSECURITY PERVADES NIGERIA
Friday Olokor, Abuja A coalition of cultural groups in Nigeria under the aegis of Ethnic Nationalities Defence Organisation on Sunday birthed in Abuja with the resolve to protect, defend and…
ICPC BOSS REVEALS WHY IT WAS DIFFICULT ARRESTING VOTE BUYERS
Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC), says checking vote purchasing is an overwhelming errand because of the vast number of individuals engaged…
EFCC ARRESTS 10 YAHOO BOYS IN ABUJA, SEE WHAT THEY SEZIED FROM THEM, + THEIR PICS
The Abuja Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the weekend, arrested ten suspected internet fraudsters. They were Habib Adeyemi, Lawal Kehinde, Victory Jemibor, Solomon Enuneke,…
SANWO-OLU; I WILL EMPLOY GRADUATES AS DRIVERS AND PAY THEM 100K
The incoming governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said he will rid Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) of reckless driving by employing graduates as drivers and adding more dignity to…
MASSIVE REORGANISATION ROCKS NNPC AS NPDC MD IS SACKED
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja There has been a massive reorganisation of the top management staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, as about 50 senior personnel of the oil firm and…
ALLEGATIONS OF ARREST PLOT BEFORE INAUGURATION ROCKS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AS GOVT TRIES TO ARMTWIST THOSE AGAINST ITS CHOICE
Barely three weeks to the inauguration of the ninth National Assembly, lawmakers loyal to the incumbent Leader of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and Mohammed Ali Ndume, are flexing muscles and…
POLICE FREES UNIABUJA STUDENTS WHO WATCHED WHILE THEIR 17-YR OLD FRIEND DROWNED
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has released from custody two suspects arrested in connection with the death of an undergraduate student of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), Emmanuel Aigbokhalode Balogun. Balogun,…
PDP SPEAKS ON FG’S ALLEGATIONS OF ORCHESTRATING BREACH OF SECURITY
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said allegations by the Federal Government, that it is orchestrating a security breach in the country, alongside its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, are diversionary…
BUHARI YET TO SHOW NIGERIANS HE’S A GENERAL WITH THE HANDLING OF SECURITY ISSUES- SHEHU SANI
o Recently, you moved a motion concerning security which was supported by other Senators as regards insecurity in the country. Kaduna your place has become the epicentre of these crises.…
LOVE HOTELS, SHORT TIME RENDEZVOUS NOW TAKE OVER
Eric Dumo, Demola Olonilua and Timileyin Akinkahunsi As Nigeria’s economy continues to sluggishly recover from the last recession, many small hotels are finding ways to change their story. While lodging…
‘HIS POSITION LET ANOTHER TAKE’: OUTGOING LEGISLATORS MOVE OUT OF NASS
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Lawmakers who did not contest or win reelection in the last general elections have begun to move their belongings out of the National Assembly Complex, The Punch…
AD, LP: SANWO-OLU IS OF UNSOUND MIND, HAS CRIMINAL RECORD, SHOULD NOT BE SWORN IN AS LAGOS GOVERNOR
The gubernatorial candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Owolabi Salis and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Professor Ifagbemi Awamaridi, have asked the Lagos State Attorney General to investigate Governor-elect Babajide…
YARI ABANDONS CRISIS LADEN STATE, JOINS BUHARI FOR PRAYERS IN HAJJ
With bandits and kidnappers virtually in charge of Zamfara State, the State Governor as usual leaves the people to their fate as he jet out for lesser hajj. [FILES] Map…