Josephine Iyamu, ‘juju’ Nurse, Receives 14-year Jail Sentence
Josephine Iyamu, Nigerian-British nurse found guilty of trafficking five women to Germany, has been given a 14-year jail sentence at Birmingham Crown Court,UK. Also known as Mama Sandra, Iyamu had campaigned to represent Egor local government area of Edo state in the state house of assembly on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). […]
Oshiomhole Begs Factional APC To Be Patient
Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives (APC), has appealed to aggrieved members of the party to be patient with his leadership. He said this shortly after news broke that a faction had pulled out of the ruling party. The new faction, Reformed APC(R-APC), has many national assembly members and is led by Buba […]
Air Peace Plans All Female Flights for Thursday
Air Peace female flight and cabin crew members will tomorrow, ( Thursday) challenge their male counterparts by taking full charge of the carrier’s four-sector flights on the Lagos-Abuja, Abuja-Owerri, Owerri-Abuja and Abuja-Lagos routes. The development is coming days after Air Peace gave command to Sinmisola Ajibola, who made history as the airline’s first female Captain […]
WAEC Releases 2018 Exams Results
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) released the result of the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), announcing a significant improvement in the performance of candidates ahead of last year’s Announcing the result in Lagos at the WAEC Training and Testing Centre (WTTC), Ogba, Mr Olu Adenipekun, WAEC’s Head of National Office (HNO) […]
New Faction Of APC Emerges In Abuja
A new faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged in Abuja. The new faction is named Reformed-APC (R-APC) with Buba Galadima appointed as the Chairman. The new faction is made up of aggrieved members of the APC, mostly from the National Assembly. Briefing journalists after their meeting at the Sheraton Hotels in Abuja […]
Court Orders National Assembly To Begin Impeachment Process Against President Buhari
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari. Justice Maurine Adaobi Onyetenu gave the order on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, based on the suit filed by two Nigerians – a lawyer, Kanmi Ajibola and a human right activist, Sulaiman Adeniyi urging the […]
Juventus Make €100m Bid For Cristiano Ronaldo
Italian champions Juventus have made an offer of 100 million euros ($116.6 million) for Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo, according to various media reports on Wednesday. The 33-year-old, whose Portugal were knocked out of the World Cup last 16 by Uruguay on Saturday, hinted after May’s Champions League final victory over Liverpool that he was […]
If Africa Doesn’t Succeed, France And Europe Will Never Succeed – Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron believes the relationship between Africa and Europe is very important that both continents need each other to succeed. He said this on Wednesday during an interactive session with entrepreneurs from Africa in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The French leader challenged the young generation to change the African narrative, especially in the […]
FirstBank Set To Launch Innovation Lab
FirstBank is set to launch an initiative it says will birth an era of better, faster and more efficient banking. The initiative – Innovative laboratory will be launched on Thursday, July 5th, 2018 at the ‘Yabacon Valley’! Yaba area of Lagos, which is a leading hub for high-tech innovation and development. The FirstBank lab will engage with […]
End of the Road: Three human traffickers bag 41 years imprisonment
They were still suspects until yesterday when Justice Babs Kuewumi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos pronounced them guilty and handed them 41 years imprisonment for trafficking in person. The convicts are: Precious Owoh, a.k.a. Ejiro, 32, Blessing Gabriel, a.k.a. 28, Precious, and Rose Gabriel, 28 They were pronounced guilty of charges leveled […]
