MASSOB threatens ‘internal revolution’ against Igbo leaders
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, on Sunday, threatened to organise an ‘internal revolution’ against political, traditional, religious and...
View ArticleFallen NNPC truck crushes Abia motorist to death
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia A truck belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation, laden with over 40,000 litres of petrol, on Saturday night fell on a Mercedes Benz car and killed the...
View ArticleMy wife’s duty is to look after me, Buhari insists
Olalekan Adetayo and Afeez Hanafi Despite the criticisms that have trailed his comment that his wife, Aisha, belongs to the kitchen and “the other room,” President Muhammadu Buhari says he stands by...
View ArticleVIDEO: My wife looks after me, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the duty of his wife, Aisha, is to take care of him. Buhari said this in an interview he granted Deutsche-Welle’s Phil Gayle shortly before he left Berlin, Germany...
View ArticleDollar scarcity: Banks suspend ATM card usage abroad
The foreign exchange crisis hitting the economy has assumed a new dimension with Deposit Money Banks announcing the suspension of overseas Automated Teller Machine card services and online transactions...
View ArticleWhy JAMB scrapped use of scratch cards
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scrapped the use of scratch cards for any of its transactions and services, describing it as “archaic,” its Registrar/Chief...
View ArticleNaira to continue gain on dollar supply to BDCs
Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The naira is expected to appreciate further this week following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s approval of dollar sale to Bureau De Change operators. The CBN has given...
View ArticleChibok girls recount ordeal as they reunite with parents
John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi, John Ameh, Friday Olokor, Leke Baiyewu and Adelani Adepegba Emotions ran high on Sunday in Abuja when parents of the 21 Chibok girls, who were released by Boko Haram...
View ArticleArrested judges: Lawyer sues Buhari, DSS, AGF, others for N50bn
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a N50bn suit against President Muhammadu Buhari, the Department of State Services and its Director-General, Lawal Daura,...
View ArticleBenin crown prince wrestles with chief priest
Alexander Okere, Benin The crown prince of Benin of Kingdom, His Royal Highness, Eheneden Erediauwa, has symbolically wrestled with the Chief Priest of Okhuaihe shrine, Osarodion Usuanlele. The...
View ArticlePlaying for Nigeria cost Mikel Chelsea place – Dimeji
Festus Abu Dimeji Lawal says he is amazed by some of the criticism Nigeria captain Mikel Obi has faced as Chelsea manager Antonio Conte continues to overlook him. Mikel, who is Chelsea’s second...
View ArticleHow should government tackle incidence of forced marriages?
Balarabe Musa (A former Governor of the old Kaduna State) The government should treat them as criminals. All perpetrators of forced marriages should be treated as criminals. But we have to determine...
View ArticleI’m still alive, man with 97 wives in Niger
Enyioha Opara, Minna THE Bida man with over 90 wives, Bello Abubakar Masaba, on Sunday condemned reports making the rounds in some media that he is dead, saying “it is the work of my detractors.” The...
View Article60-year-old driver rapes mental patient
Samson Folarin There was chaos at Iya Abiodun bus stop, Ifo, Ogun State, after a security guard, Abdullahi Muhammed, caught a 60-year-old trailer driver, Lawal Bankole, allegedly having sex with his...
View ArticlePolice smash car-snatching syndicate, recover stolen vehicles
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia Men of the Abia State Police Command have smashed a car-snatching syndicate, which allegedly stole a Toyota Highlander Sports Utility Vehicle at gunpoint along Finbarrs Road...
View ArticleHow Conte saved Moses career
Festus Abu Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has hailed Nigeria winger Victor Moses as the player continues to thrive in his new role at the Premier League side. In his second start for the Blues, Moses...
View ArticleEx-commissioner’s son, girlfriend burnt to death in Bayelsa
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Mr. Mientei Ayawei, the son of a former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nimibofa Ayawei, and his girlfriend, identified only as Happiness, have...
View Article(BREAKING) N4.7bn Arms probe: Obanikoro arrives Nigeria
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has arrived in Nigeria from his base in the United States to respond to an invitation by the Economic and Financial...
View ArticleI lost women voters to media lies – Trump
Donald Trump has stepped up claims the presidential election will be rigged against him, as polls showed support slipping away from the Republican candidate only three weeks from the vote. The...
View ArticleDaughter of US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay killed by stray bullet
The teenaged daughter of US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay died on Sunday after a shooting at a restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., local media reported. Trinity Gay, 15, – herself a rising track...
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