Global Uncertainty Trail Greeks’ Overwhelming Rejection Of Latest Austerity...
With almost all the ballots counted, results from the Greek referendum show voters decisively rejecting the terms of an international bailout. Figures published by the interior ministry showed 61% of...
View ArticleWe Will Not Criminalise Marriage Between Sickle Cell Carriers – Health Ministry
The Federal Government on Friday said it will not criminalise marriage between carriers of sickle cell disease in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Linus Awute,...
View ArticleA Few Quick Thoughts On Why Buhari Settled For Lawal Daura To Lead The DSS
Who is the new Acting DG of the DSS? As is the case with many career spooks, Lawal Daura is known to abhor publicity, preferring to operate quietly and from all indications with ruthless efficiency....
View ArticleDanladi Daniels: Attacking Tinubu Has Become A National Sport
-Danladi Daniels The seemingly coordinated vicious attacks on the former Governor of Lagos and APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a direct result of the front-line role he played in...
View ArticleMove Over World Cup, Japan Accepts US Challenge To A Gigantic Robot Duel
The US might have just beaten Japan at soccer in the Women’s World Cup, but the Japanese are already moving onto another great sport: giant robot fighting. Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry...
View ArticleAdaobi Nwaubani: Obama Shouldn’t Think Of Forcing Gay Rights On Nigeria
Late in 2014 when my friend, Zachary, invited me to his wedding taking place in The Berkshires this September, I was less concerned about having to travel all the way from Abuja to Massachusetts....
View ArticleOne Man Is Heading To Jail For Stealing Seven Pieces Of Meat Worth N700
Magistrate Court in Otta, Ogun state, on Monday sentenced a 28-year-old man to one month in prison for breaking into a shop to steal seven pieces of meats from a pot. The magistrate, Temitope...
View ArticleTo Mitigate The Dire Situation In The States, The Excess Crude Account Was...
When the 36 State Governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari a fortnight ago, one of the outcomes of that meeting was the setting up of a committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to fashion...
View Article“I Cannot Be Harassed Or Intimidated”| Dear APC, Sen Ekweremadu Has A Sub For...
Deputy Senate President (DSP) Ike Ekweremadu has promised to go down fighting. Sorry, he’s promised not to go down at all. On Sunday, Ekweremadu’s party, the PDP had alleged that there is a plot...
View ArticleJega Is Back At His Old Day Job (LOOK)
Professor Attahiru Jega who retired as Independent National Electoral Commision chairman on June 30, is back at his old desk. The professor resumed work today as a lecturer at the department of...
View ArticleA Bomb Has Just Gone Off In Kano
Reports just reaching us say a bomb; ostensibly detonated by a female suicide bomber, has just gone off in the Dangi round about, close to the Jumaat mosque in Kano. Details shortly… The post A Bomb...
View Article‘An Outstanding Leader’| Niger Delta Leaders Shower Kind Words On Sylva At 51
Niger Delta leaders have congratulated former Bayelsa governor, Timipre Sylva on his 51st birthday. In a press statement on Monday by the Director of Communication of the Niger Delta People’s...
View ArticleA Stunning New UN Report Says 2.4 Billion People Globally Lack Access To...
A UN report released in New York said 2.4 billion people lack sanitation facilities, including 946 million people who defecate in the open. The Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water report,...
View Article20 People And 25 Cows Were Killed In A Truly Gory Accident In Kogi Yesterday...
20 persons and about 25 cows were killed on Monday in a gory early morning crash around Irepeni, along the Abuja-Lokoja-Okene expressway. According to the Vanguard, the accident was caused by a road...
View ArticleTambuwal Approves Social Media Unit For Sokoto Govt
Sokoto governor, Aminu Tambuwal has approved the creation of a social media unit to be supervised directly by his office. According to a statement by the governor’s spokesman, Imam Imam, the new unit...
View ArticleAPC Calls Buhari ‘A Father Of The Nation’ Over Bailout Fund For States
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for the N804.7 billion intervention fund he approved for unpaid government workers. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday...
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National Stadium Surulere Lagos: Relic Of An Abandoned Sports City
Neglected, abandoned, decaying—these are some of the adjectives now used to describe the once renowned Sports city, National Stadium, Surulere – Lagos. Commissioned in 1973, host to the All Africa...
View ArticleYuck Or Yummy: Here’s Why You Should Eat Snails A Lot More
By Amaka Obiano While many consider it a delicacy, some would still scream yuck! and wrinkle up their noses at the mere mention of eating snails. Those slow slimy creatures—horrid! But here is why you...
View ArticleActing INEC Czar Shuffles Commission’s 14 Standing Committees [SEE FULL LIST]
The acting chairperson of the Independent National Commission (INEC), Amina Bala Zakari, has approved the reconstitution of the commission’s 14 standing committees. The reconstitution exercise, which...
View ArticleSpeaker Dogara Denies Owning A Private Jet , Says He Paid From His Pocket To...
Online news portal, Sahara Reporters had squealed on Speaker Yakubu Dogara earlier, reporting that Nigeria’s new leader of the lower legislative chamber, cozied on a private jet to Asaba where he was...
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