Amnesty office distances self from allegations of indebtedness
In a press release signed by the Chief of Staff, Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta/Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme Colonel Dedis Abel (Rtd), the Amnesty...
View ArticleDear State Governors, if you don’t use bailout funds to pay salaries, the...
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, has said his commission is keeping an eye on how State Governors have been disbursing the tranche of cash handed them...
View Article#SaveMirabel campaign raises over $17,000 in 7 days for the Mirabel Centre
Dear Friends, I feel like I can call you all friends with the outpouring of support, encouragement and donations for Mirabel Centre in the past week. When I started this journey 10 years ago, it was a...
View ArticleFormer PDP Chairman Bamanga Tukur has left politics for good
Former National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, used the occasion of his 80th birthday to announce he was hanging his gloves as a politician. Tukur has been reminiscing on his time as a...
View ArticleCode of Conduct Bureau slams 13-count charge of corruption on Saraki
The Code of Conduct Bureau has slammed a 13-count charge of corruption on the President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, reports Nicholas Ibekwe for Premium Times. In charge number ABT/01/15,...
View ArticleCholera sweeps through Maiduguri IDP camps, killing 16 and hospitalizing 172
The Vanguard is reporting that 16 people have so far died and 172 have been left in critical condition, following a bout of cholera that has swept through three internally displaced persons (IDP)...
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Donald Trump has officially declared a war against the press
Donald Trump has long lamented coverage of himself from the political press. Monday night was no exception during a lengthy rally that went on for nearly an hour. At a rally in Dallas’ American...
View ArticleThe real reasons Daniel Amokachi dumped Ifeanyi Ubah football club
Former Super Eagles player and coach, Daniel Amokachi, says he didn’t leave Ifeanyi Ubah football club under a cloud, even though the abruptness of his departure suggests otherwise. Amokachi resigned...
View ArticleFrance President confirms that Boko Haram has ties with ISIS
French President Francois Hollande said Monday that the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State jihadists is the same battle after he met Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari, who is on a...
View ArticleThe PDP believes the APC wants to steal its electoral victory in Akwa Ibom by...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is aware of plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to scuttle its electoral victory in Akwa Ibom State by using the Department of State Services...
View ArticleThis is what Boko Haram wants from Buhari before the Chibok girls can be set...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that one of the conditions given by Boko Haram for the release of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls was for the Nigerian government to release one of the sect members...
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President Buhari returns to Nigeria from France [Photos]
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria from a three-day working visit to France where bilateral cooperation on security, intelligence, trade and investments, topped the agenda. He was...
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Ifeanyi Ubah warns Daniel Amokachi: “I won’t tolerate you tarnishing the...
Daniel Amokachi may have resigned as coach of Ifeanyi Ubah Football Club, but the Anambra born oil magnate who owns the football side says the former Super Eagles coach and player hasn’t followed due...
View ArticleHow Denrele broke the internet as Nigeria’s Caitlyn Jenner last night
Eccentric celebrity, Denrele Edun, has a thing for going overboard with his fashion choices, but he went one better on Wednesday night. He was going to give Transgender poster child, Caitlyn Jenner, a...
View ArticleFor shunning my probe panel, Amaechi has shown he’s guilty of corruption–Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the refusal of immediate past Governor Rotimi Amaechi to appear before the panel probing alleged financial malfeasance during his time, is enough to show...
View Article10 Boko Haram members were picked from among an IDP camp in Adamawa and arrested
At least 10 suspected Boko Haram insurgents have been arrested by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp in Adamawa state, the Public Relations Officer of the organization, Abdullahi Musa said....
View ArticleNo further devaluation of the Naira under me–Buhari
As the Naira continues its free fall despite the many attempts by the Central Bank to shore it up, President Muhammadu Buhari has said a further devaluation will be unhealthy for the Nigerian economy....
View ArticleThis man explains why he had to bite off a policeman’s ear
27-year-old Ibrahim Ayelangbe told an Ikeja Magistrate court that he had no choice but to bite off the ear of police officer, Cpl. Ebere Nwogidi last July. According to the prosecutor, the accused...
View ArticlePipeline vandals gunned down and killed 7 DSS operatives
A fierce exchange of gunfire between operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and petroleum pipelines vandals in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, led to the death of seven members of the secret...
View ArticleWife of SUN Deputy MD has been released from the kidnappers’ den
Toyin, wife of Steve Nwosu who is the Deputy Managing Director of the SUN Newspapers, has been set free by her abductors. Ms Nwosu was abducted three days ago from their family home in the Okota area...
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