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General Court Martial sentences Aircraftman Benard Kalu to death by hanging
The General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Makurdi has sentenced Aircraftman (ACM) Bernard Kalu to death by hanging for shooting and killing his female colleague, late Aircraftwoman (ACW) Sholape Oladipupo. Delivering...
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Barcelona attack: 13 confirmed dead after van hits Las Ramblas crowds
Police confirm fatalities and added that suspect has been identified. This is coming on the heels of the incident in Spanish city that is being treated as terror attack. This had led to the death of 13 people and several injured. A second van linked to...
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Hong Kong democracy fronters jailed over anti-China protests
Alex Chow, Nathan Law, and Joshua Wong given six to eight month sentences for roles placed in anti-government occupation known as the umbrella movement. Hong Kong’s democracy movement suffered huge setback after three of its most influential young leaders...
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Lagos ranked 2nd least liveable city in d world
Lagos is the most economically important state in Nigeria and the nation's largest urban city having the fifth largest economy in Africa. According to the annual report by the Economist Intelligence Unit 2017, Global Liveability Report ranked Lagos as...
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The Senate President, Saraki, Dogara visit Buhari in London
Bukola Saraki, the Senate president, and the Speaker of House, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, have made a trip to visit the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari, who is reportedly said to be recovering from unknown ailment in London. The visitors were reportedly hosted...
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Naira decreases in parallel market
The Nigerian currency has now continued to lose weight in the exchange market, reported today. The currency loses one point to be exchanged at N368 against N367 which was exchanged on Wednesday. Nonetheless, at the Bureau de change, the naira was sold...
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Barcelona star Luus Suarez ruled out for 'four to five weeks'
The must star and songwriter took his time to tweet about his depression and there has been an inrush of messages from people to wish him well and encourage him to keep up with the fight. Depression is a feeling of severe despondency and dejection. It...
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Angelia Okorie narrate close call with armed robbers on birthday
The Nollywood Actress, Angelia Okorie who is a year older today, August 17th took to her Instagram page to share what she experienced today. According to her, barely 30 minutes after she drove out of the orphanage home she went to celebrate her birthday,...
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Sovereignty as people's liberation
It is no longer gainsaying that the commoners in Nigeria have been living in wants since inception of the state. Although, time was a bit accommodating and comfortable to the generality during the earliest time of independence. No thanks to maladministration...
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Hilarious, see little girls reaction to a laptop
Funny things we do when we were young. This primary school pupil had a funny response on sighting a laptop. She was scared witless as she was afraid to get too close to the harmless gadget. Refusing adamantly to touch it, her teacher and a fellow student...
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Quit notice: South East group petitions UN, AU, ECOWAS and others
A leader of Igbo Socio-cultural group, Uzoko Umanna has moved out to gather signatures for the petitions forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. It has also been reported that, same petition has been forwarded to UN...
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Tecno Mobile Wins Pan African Mobile Phone Brand Award 2017
Top mobile brand, Tecno Mobile recently won the Pan African Mobile brand at the Titan Tech awards Tecno Mobile is an highly sought after phone brand across Africa, especially Nigeria aimed at revolutionising the African phone Market. The Senior Marketing...
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Public officials received N400bn bribes in one year – NBS
A total of N400 bn was received in bribes by public officials within a period of one year, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. The NBS stated this in its National Corruption Report, stating that 32.3 per cent of Nigerian adults who had...
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Buhari and aids vehemently restrain Osinbajo
According to information privy to Reuters, President Muhammadu Buhari and his aids have restrained Osinbajo from taking some actions despite his long absence from office. In a report titled: ‘Nigeria stand-in careful not to upset the boat as Buhari steers...
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Hon. Francis Mmegbuanze is dead
Hon Francis is a member of Anambra State House of Assembly representing Idemili North State Constituency. He allegedly died after attending the All Progressive Grand Alliance Primaries on Tuesday, August 15th from his sick bedHe was hospitalized for an...
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Trump Sacks Nigeria’s Ogunlesi, dissolve business council
Nigerian-born international CEO, Adebayo Ogunlesi, was sacked by the controversial US President, Donald Trump, along with other distinguished CEOs counselling him via two councils on how to “Make America Great Again.” The US president sacked Ogunlesi...
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The Reincarnation of Post-UTME
The Federal government has lifted ban on post-utme that was earlier proscribed. For me, this is a glad tiding because it enhances transparency and accountability. Even, eventually admitted students are well grounded and upto par. This was confirmed by...
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Sierra Leone mudslide, Aisha Buhari sends condolence letter.
Sequel to the August 14 flood and landslide that befell Sierra Leone, which left up to 310 Sierra Leoneans on death row, the Nigerian first lady has sent her condolence letter to Sierra Leone President, through her high commissioner to Nigeria. She says,...
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Odinga moves to challenge Kenya election at supreme Court.
Kenya opposition leader has made his first public reaction to Kenyatta's election victory. After the announcement of the election result, was a violent protest by the opposition loyalists against the election result, which had led to the death of 25 Kenyans....
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Buhari's health status is a private issue, Joe Igbokwe insists.
Responding to question about President Buhari's health status in a television program, Joe Igbokwe insists the #resumeorresign protest is uncalled for, because the President health status is a private issues. He further likens the situation to a former...
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Security consolidated for Magu, mother, family
Security has been heightened for the Acting Chairman of the EFCC Mr. Ibrahim Magu and his family, including his aged mother. It was learnt that some strangers have been on surreptitious observance on Magu’s residence in Maiduguri. Some policemen have...
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Pope Francis criticizes Lord's Prayer [Details]
Pope Francis has clamoured for a translation of a phrase about temptation in the Lord's Prayer to be changed. The current wording that says "lead us not into temptation" is not a good translation, because God does not lead humans to sin, he says. He suggests...
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ASUU strike unnecessary and meeting up demands unrealizable - Presidency
The Presidency has posited that, meeting up with the demands is unrealizable at the moment. This was said by senior special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Sheu on channel television as he said, the total debt from the agreement is far more...
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Court assents Evans’ Fundamental Rights Suit For Hearing
The Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has ruled in favour of the notorious Kidnapper Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as 'Evans' that his Fundamental Rights Enforcement Suit filed should be heard. Justice Abdulaziz Anka dismissed the objections...
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#ResumeOrResign group stages another "sit-out" protest in Lagos
Despite the declaration by its convener that the protest has been suspended, some members of "Our mumu don do" group still staged a "sit-out" protest in Lagos on Wednesday. The group wants President Muhammadu Buhari to resume or resign as he spent 100...