The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, is due to retire from the Nigeria Police Force on January 3, 2019, having put in the mandatory 35 years in service. However, President Muhammadu Buhari may have approved a six-month tenure extension for him to enable him to coordinate and supervise the forthcoming general elections in the country, […]

ntertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, has spoken of his hatred for United States. The Area Fada is married to an American, Lady Diane, his wife of 40-years and recently sensationally renewed his marital vows claiming he had separated from her in a social media post only to rewed her the following […]

Good wishes and a flurry of congratulatory messages have followed news online that Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has given birth to twin babies, with husband Rasheed Bello, better known as JJC Skillz. Many adulatory messages have been posted on the Instagram accounts of Funke and Skillz, but there has been no official statement from the […]

Former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adamu Mu’azu, on Wednesday, had a private meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the presidential villa in Abuja. Muazu, popularly referred to as the ‘game changer’, arrived at the vice-president’s wing of Aso Rock hours after Osinbajo accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to the national assembly for the […]

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye as Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Also confirmed were eight other members of the ICPC board. They are Grace Chinda from Delta, Okolo Titus (Enugu), Obiora Igwedebia (Anambra), Olubukola Balogun (Lagos) and Justice Adamu Bello (Katsina). The […]

Ekiti State Government on Thursday received N3.9 billion from the Federal Government as the last tranche of its Paris Club refund. As directed by the President, N3.3billion was also deducted and paid as outstanding 2016- 2018 counterpart fund for Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) being owed by the state. Consequently, the State Governor, Dr Kayode […]

Effective from January 1st 2019, Mrs. Adenike Macaulay will be the newly appointed General Manager Sales Nigeria; Equatorial Guinea, Lufthansa Group. She will be responsible for all the commercial and sales activities of the Lufthansa Group Airlines in Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, being the first female and Nigerian to take this position. Macaulay started her […]

Angry Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has come down hard on some unruly federal lawmakers who booed President Muhammadu Buhari at Wednesday’s presentation of by President Muhammadu Buhari. He described the uncharitable lawmakers as “children who lack home training”. The governor lampooned the lawmakers on Thursday while speaking with state house correspondents after the Anchor […]

Police Command on Wednesday says it has uncovered a factory where assorted fake wine and fruit juice were produced at Aboru area of Oke-Odo, Lagos. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Imohimin Edgal, told newsmen, when he visited the factory that the 48-year-old owner of the factory has been arrested. A correspondent of the News […]

There was a mild drama at the presentation of the 2019 budget to the joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives members today as lawmakers kick, some of them cheer as President Mohammadu Buhari made his presentations. President Buhari, while addressing the joint session listed the achievements of his administration, but was interrupted […]