2022 World Cup: Ex-UEFA Chief Platini Arrested In Connection With Criminal Probe
The banned ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a criminal investigation into the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The French football legend elected to lead European football’s governing body in 2007 was taken into custody by French anti-corruption police investigating the awarding of the 2022 World Cup […]
Produce The Server Used For 2019 Elections Now- Obi to INEC:
Peter Obi, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must produce the server used during the general election. The commission has denied using server for the elections, explaining that it was used during Anambra and Osun governorship elections in 2018. At a programme in Osun state on […]
Ayokunle Reelected CAN president
Supo Ayokunle, president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), has been re-elected president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The results was announced on Tuesday by Matthew Kukah, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, at the Ecumenical Centre, Abuja. Ayokunle got 59 votes to defeat Caleb Solomon-Ahima, president, Fellowship of Christian Churches in […]
US Denies Banning Student Visa For Nigerians
The United States Mission in Nigeria has denied that it placed a ban on the issuing of student visas to Nigerians. According to a brief statement issued by the embassy on Monday, the commission said the media reports claiming that a ban was placed, is false, hence describing them as ‘fake news’. Last week, some […]
Runsewe Says Bobrisky is not Cultural Ambassador, Warns Nigerian Youths*
The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture has lambasted the controversial Nigerian Internet personality and cross dresser, Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju popularly known as Bobrisky. Otunba Segun Runsewe insisted that Bobrisky, whose contentious gender and amorously weird dress sense totally negates the true Nigerian culture which is respected and admired all over the […]
102-Year-Old Woman Credits Long Life to Drinking Beer Daily
Mildred Bower lived through the Great Depression, and she saw the market crash in 2008. She was an American citizen when Woodrow Wilson lead the nation, and when Barack Obama was elected as the country’s first black president, too. Yep, at 102 years old, Millie — as her friends call her — has pretty much […]
Abiola and His Three Strange Friends
By Dare Babarinsa It is a matter of irony that President Muhammadu Buhari, who was decidedly hostile to Chief Moshood Abiola when he was our military Head of State, is the one to honour my old boss by recognising June 12 as a national holiday. Wednesday, the first time the day was marked by the […]
Nursing Mother Arrested with AK 47 Rifles in Ondo
Detectives attached to Igbekebo Police Divisional headquarters in Ilaje Ese-Odo Local government area of Ondo state have nabbed a 29-year-old woman identified as Ebisemi Ebiyen, for allegedly concealing two AK 47 rifles inside her baby’s bag. Information gathered revealed that the suspect who is currently cooling her heels at the police cell in the Department […]
Rape Victim Asks Court to Forgive Assailants
In what appears as an act of forgiveness, a 24-year-old woman (name withheld), and a rape victim shocked as Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday when she said she forgave her assailants, and seek to withdraw criminal charges against them. She was allegedly drugged and gang raped at a nightclub by two […]
At Last, Okorocha sworn in as Senator
Immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has been sworn in as Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District. Clerk to the Senate, Nelson Ayewoh, conducted the swearing-in after which Okorocha signed necessary documents. The former governor was not among those that took oath of office on Tuesday when the senate was inaugurated. Rochas Okorocha […]
