By Dan Abakpa In September 2014, the Jonathan Presidency served a pyrrhic victory to Nigerians over claims that it has killed Boko Haram’s most vicious leader, Abubakar Shekau. The public statement excited Nigerians, but sadly turned out to be a ruse like previous such claims in July 2009 and another in late June 2013. The […]
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Third Term Agenda: Falana intoxicated with early wine – group
Pro-democracy group, National Democratic Front (NDF), believes Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana’s recent attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari is a product of “intoxication with early wine”. In a recent scathing onslaught, among others, the self-acclaimed human rights lawyer had insinuated that President Buhari is contemplating a third-term agenda in 2023. However, in reaction, […]
Funke Akindele Releases Official Trailer for her Directorial Debut, “Your Excellency”
The official trailer for Funke Akindele directorial debut “your Excellency” has been released. The release of the movie was scheduled for December. The trailer was released on Friday, November 8, 2019, on YouTube by EbonyLife Films, the production studio behind the film. ‘Your Excellency’ tells the story of a bumbling, billionaire businessman and failed presidential […]
Deep Off-shore Act: The Other Perspective
By Timi Frank The reigning issue in Nigeria now is the signing into law on Monday of the amendment to the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Act, Cap D3, Law’s of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), 2004, by President Muhammadu Buhari from his new base in London. Top functionaries of the Buhari […]
Popular Music Star, ‘Rudeboy’ Celebrates Wife 31st Birthday
Nigerian music icon Paul Okoye popularly known as ‘Rudeboy’ is celebrating his wife, Anita Okoye 31st birthday. The mother of three marks her 31st Today Friday, November 8, 2019. The music star took to his Instagram page today and celebrated his beautiful wife. He also shared a photo of his adorable wife. He posted, “Happy […]
Despite Court Order, No Person Has Come to Pick Sowore- DSS Spokesperson
The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to confirm that it has received the Court Order for the release of Omoyele SOWORE. It is important that the public notes that since the receipt of the Order, no person has turned up at the DSS to take delivery of him. This becomes imperative for reasons of […]
Breaking: Police redeploys senior officers, Kogi, others affected
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment and posting of senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force to different zones and formations. The deployment, which was announced by the force PRO, Frank Mba, affects 13 Assistant Inspector Generals (AIGs) of the police. According to Mba, the redeployment followed the recent promotion of […]
Kogi Governorship: Natasha defeats INEC as Court recognises SDP candidate
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the electoral umpire to reinstate the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Natasha Akpoti, for the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State. Delivering judgement on Thursday, Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa held that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) was wrong to have excluded Ms Akpoti from the forthcoming governorship […]
House of Rep member challenges Fashola to 90-day road travel tour
The statement that roads in the country are not as bad as they are portrayed, attributed to Babatunde Fashola, Minister for Works and Housing, has earned him a response from a member of the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam. Mr Salam (PDP–Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo federal constituency) challenged Mr. Fashola and other relevant stakeholders to boycott […]
American Popstar, Chris Brown accuses Police of Harassment
American musician, Chris Brown has accused the police of harassing him during his planned house sales. According to TMZ, Chris Brown had planned a yard sales at his San Fernando Valley residence on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. However, things took a different turn when police officers arrived at the venue to stop the yards sales […]