EFCC should probe Obasanjo’s third term bribery allegations — Shittu
A legal practitioner, Mr. Wahab Shittu, in this interview with TOBI AWORINDE, argues that former President Olusegun Obasanjo should be investigated for allegations of bribery levelled against him while...
View ArticleDogara, others committed no offence — Shawulu
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Army, Mr. Rima Shawulu, in this interview with JOHN AMEH, absolves the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, of any wrongdoing in the budget padding scandal...
View ArticleMy support for Buhari personal, Tinubu tells Abayomi
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has berated a governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Mr. Tunji Abayomi, for the open letter Abayomi...
View ArticleDiseases you didn’t know that mosquitoes give
Solaade Ayo-Aderele Ask any adult the type of diseases that mosquitoes give, and malaria fever is likely to be the answer. While this is true, the awful fact is that mosquito bites transmit more than...
View ArticleNigeria is a distant country to its citizens
Obo Effanga Our country, Nigeria, is a distant land to many of its citizens. I do not know when we lost it, but I know the country was not always this far away from the people. It is true that someone...
View ArticleRobbers kill two IMSU undergraduates
Afeez Hanafi Two students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Imo State University, have been confirmed dead while two others sustained injuries after they were attacked by robbers on the Kaduna-Jos...
View ArticleOgun, Julius Berger and Lagos/Ibadan Expressway
By all accounts, the Ogun State Government’s directive to Julius Berger Plc not to work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during the rush hours is a welcome development. According to the Secretary to the...
View ArticleMartins’ brace lifts Shanghai Shenhua over Evergrande
Two goals from former Inter Milan and Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins saw runaway Chinese Super League leaders Guangzhou Evergrande stumble to a 2-1 defeat at third-placed Shanghai Shenhua....
View ArticleOur focus on Germany, not Brazil – Siasia
Pius Ayinor, Rio de Janeiro Samson Siasia has again stated that his programme is always about the next opponent rather than thinking of matches that are not yet on the fixtures. The national...
View ArticleWoman jailed 10 years for kidnapping newborn baby
A South African court Monday handed down a 10-year prison term to a woman who kidnapped a newborn baby from her sleeping mother in hospital 19 years ago, South African media reported. In passing the...
View ArticleOmisore is Dogara’s godfather – Jibrin
A former Chairman, Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, Abdumumin Jibrin, on Saturday said a former deputy governor of Osun state, Iyiola Omisore, is the ‘godfather’ of Speaker...
View ArticleArsenal not ready yet, says Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his team were not physically ready for the Premier League season after opening the campaign with a chaotic 4-3 defeat at home to Liverpool. With Per Mertesacker and...
View ArticleWeb designer defrauds man of N1.7m on Nairaland
Afeez Hanafi The police in Lagos have arraigned a website designer, Ikechukwu Iwezor, in an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding a blogger to the tune of N1.7m. The 28-year-old Iwezor...
View ArticleNewborn twin boys dumped in Lagos canal, found dead
Samson Folarin The Lagos State Police Command has begun investigation into the death of two newborn babies, whose corpses were recovered from a canal beside a filling station in the Ajangbadi area of...
View ArticleAGF to probe death of man in EFCC’s custody
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), has called for an independent inquiry into how a former Chief Protocol Officer to the...
View ArticleJibrin won’t escape punishment, says chief whip
Tunde Odesola and John Ameh The Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, said on Monday that a former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin,...
View ArticleJailbreaks: FG dismisses 23 prisons officials, suspends 11
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has dismissed 23 prisons officials for alleged complicity in jail-breaks at the Kuje Medium Security Prisons, Abuja and Koton-Karfe Prisons, Kogi State,...
View ArticleJubilation as Edo council pays seven months’ salary arrears
Alexander Okere, Benin The authorities of Egor Local Government Area of Edo State have begun the payment of seven out of the 17 months salary arrears owed workers in the council. Egor had the highest...
View ArticleBenue lawmakers refund N750m car loan to EFCC
Attah Ede, Makurdi The 22 members of the Benue State House of Assembly who collected money to purchase Prado Sports Utility Vehicles have started refunding the money to the Economic and Financial...
View ArticlePDP defies court order, to hold convention
Olusola Fabiyi, Ade Adesomoju and Chukwudi Akasike The Peoples Democratic Party defied an order by an Abuja High Court on Monday as it started the screening of candidates vying for various offices as...
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