Buhari off to Jordan, Dubai
President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja, on Thursday, for Amman to honour an invitation by King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan to participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa. During the summit, holding at the Dead Sea, Jordan, President Buhari will deliver an address at the opening of the […]
EFCC Releases Onnoghen’s Dossier
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has provided a new dossier of the improprieties committed by Justice Walter Onnoghen, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, now facing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false asset declaration. The dossier, by way of a “final address” was sent by lawyers to the commission in […]
Breaking! Gunmen Kills Church Burser in Akure
Dare devil gunmen on Thursday morning entered the Anglican Church, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State, and killed the Church burser, Mr Gabriel Kola Abiodun. His remains have been evacuated and taken to the mortuary by some policemen. Security has been beefed up in the area just as sympatisers have begun to throng the office.
Seyi Makinde Sets Up Transition Committee
FORMER deputy chief whip of the Senate, Senator Hosea Ayoola Agboola, has been named the chairman of a 10-man transition committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor-elect in Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde. This was made known in a statement issued and signed by the committee’s deputy chairman, the PDP Oyo Central senatorial candidate, […]
Gen Bamaiyi Tells Court How Con Lawyer, Ajudua Fleeced Him of $8.4m
A former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt General Ishaya Bamaiyi explained before an Ikeja High Court today how a serial conman and lawyer, Fred Ajudua defrauded him of $8.4 million. Bamaiyi who was standing trial alongside others for the attempted murder of the late Alex Ibru, Publisher, Guardian Newspapers said he have the money […]
Algeria’s Interim Rulers Faces Call for more Change as Bouteflika Goes
Algeria’s caretaker government faces the prospect of persistent popular demands for the removal of an scletoric ruling elite and wholesale reforms after ailing 82-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika quit in the face of mass protests. “We want a president who understands what we want,” 25-year old Bouzid Abdoun, an engineer at state-owned energy concern Sonelgaz told […]
Controversy Trails 6-month-old Baby Snatched from Mum
Limpopo Police, in South Africa, are continuing their intensive search, Wednesday, for a six-week-old baby that was snatched from his mother in the Mokopane CBD, last week. The baby was snatched from the mother as she bought food at a spaza shop. The abductor, reports later revealed, then disappeared into the taxi rank in the […]
Nollywood Actor, Oliver Duke, ‘Do Good’ Dies on Way from Mum’s Burial
Nollywood actor, Oliver Duke has reportedly died in an auto accident while returning to Lagos after the burial of his mum. The burial reportedly took place at his hometown in Akwa Ibom State, on Friday. Comedian and creator of the ‘Do Good’ comedy series, Basorge Tariah Jnr, announced the death of the actor yesterday, in […]
Bouteflika, Algerian President, Resigns
Algeria’s state news agency APS said late on Tuesday that the embattled president Abdelaziz Bouteflika sent his resignation to the Constitutional Council. The ailing, 82-year-old leader stood down shortly after the army chief of staff demanded immediate action to remove him from office, following weeks of mass protests against his rule. “There is no more room to […]
APC Holds 9th Assembly Dear, Warns Saraki, Dogara, Others
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the party’s decision on the selection and zoning of principal officers for the incoming 9th National Assembly is supreme. Mr Yekini Nabena, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that the party’s decision must […]
