Liberian President George Weah, Eto’o, Drogba Others Storm Lagos for Ambode
African football legends both in Nigeria and abroad will on Saturday, May 18, storm the Agege Stadium in Lagos to feature in the testimonial match organised to honour the outgoing Governor of the Lagos State, His Excellency, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. Among the stars that have confirmed their participation for the one day event include The President […]
INEC Shifts Bayelsa and Kogi Guber Polls by Two Weeks
Governorship elections in both Bayelsa and Kogi States have been shifted by two weeks. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, succumbed to pressure from critical stakeholders, Thursday, and pushed the polls from Saturday, November 2, 2019 to Saturday November 16. The commission also stated that “the timelines for all other activities leading to the elections […]
UEFA Probe: Man City Responds
Manchester City Football Club is disappointed, but regrettably not surprised, by the sudden announcement of the referral to be made by the CFCB IC Chief Investigator Yves Leterme. The leaks to media over the last week are indicative of the process that has been overseen by Mr. Leterme. Manchester City is entirely confident of a […]
Herdsmen Presence Scares Farmers in Abia
The presence of herdsmen in Ohuru Isi-Miri community in the Aba North Local Government Area of Abia has put farmers in the community, especially women on edge. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the community on Thursday reports that gloom has descended on the community, due to the inability of people to […]
RCCG Cleared of Music Minister, Mike Arowosaiye’s Suicide
A Facebook user has shed more light on the reasons why a former music minister in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Region 18 Abuja, Mike Arowosaiye, committed suicide. Arowosaiye was reported to have hung himself with a belt at his Sunnyvale Estate residence in Abuja on Tuesday over accommodation issues. But the female […]
Bayelsa APC Flays Dickson For Political Campaign Against Oil Companies
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has condemned a nascent campaign raised by the governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, against international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the state. In a press briefing addressed Thursday in Yenagoa by the APC State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, the party described the move by Dickson as […]
BREAKING: Senate Confirms Emefiele’s Appointment As Governor For Second Term
The Senate has confirmed Mr Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a second term of five years. The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions presented by Senator Rafiu Adebayo during Thursday’s plenary cleared Mr Emefiele on Wednesday after he was screened and asked questions relating to […]
Shettima Glory
By Mike Awoyinfa SHETTIMA GLORY might as well be the title of a book. A leadership book telling the story and the glory of Kashim Shettima, a man who did not allow the pernicious and calamitous evil called Boko Haram to eclipse his winning spirit—the zeal to make a mark in office and bequeath a lasting […]
Kano: The Insolent Meets the Unthinkable
By Louis Odion, FNGE It is perhaps a measure of the ethical pestilence ravaging the land today that Cecilia Ibru too has suddenly recovered her voice to rail and rant against beleaguered Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the mercurial but gravely flawed emir of Kano. Breaking a decade silence in a Punch interview at the weekend, the grandma once glorified […]
Buhari off to Mecca Today
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser hajj (pilgrimage) today, Thursday, May 16, 2019. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, says Buhari will be accompanied by close personal aides on the trip. The President is scheduled to return […]
