EFCC arrests former Akwa Ibom governor Godswill Akpabio
According to latest reports, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has picked up boisterous immediate past governor of oil rich Akwa Ibom State and minority leader in the upper...
View ArticleDele Momodu: Let the action begin, Mr President
Your Excellency, please, permit me to congratulate you on your recent selection of some more distinguished Nigerians into your prospective cabinet. The nominations clearly vindicated the views...
View ArticleEdwin Clark says Alamieyeseigha lost his life to political persecution
Outspoken Ijaw leader and former information minister, Chief Edwin Clark has alleged that the late former governor of Bayelsa State, DSP Alamieyeseigha lost his life to political persecution. In a...
View ArticleI once peeped at a lady’s underwear on the red carpet–Denrele Edun
Eccentric entertainer and model, Denrele Edun has said he’s even more of a weirdo than people think. He also said he isn’t a different proposition at home as well. “I don’t think there is a clear...
View ArticleAPC gives a blow-by-blow account of how Akpabio bought over judges at the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Akwa Ibom State, has kicked against the Judgment delivered last Wednesday by Justice Goddy Anuhihu which affirmed the victory of former governor of the State,...
View Article#KogiDecides: Why Kogi needs change | By Abubakar Sidiq Usman
Kogi State is inarguably Nigeria’s most blessed state. With human capital in ample quantity, a wide array of mineral deposits and enviable land mass, Kogi is one of those states that one would...
View ArticleA few tips on how to wash your fruits and vegetables properly
Your vegetable drawer is the filthiest part of your refrigerator. “Even if you washed every piece of produce before storing it, bacteria can still grow as foods spoil or things leak down in there,”...
View ArticleWhatever happens this season, Chelsea won’t sack me–Mourinho
Jose Mourinho is confident of staying on as Chelsea manager beyond the season even if the blues finish in mid-table. Chelsea lie 16th on the log after eight games and have it all to do against Aston...
View Article“Nobody knows her”| Sokoto governor Tambuwal rejects ministerial nominee from...
The All Progressives Congress in Sokoto State on Friday rejected the nomination of A’isha Abubakar as the ministerial nominee from the state. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the...
View ArticleAkpabio returns to the warm embrace of the EFCC
Barely 12 hours after he was let go by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, minority leader and immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State, has returned to the Idiagbon House office of the...
View ArticlePDP calls for an emergency meeting tonight following Akpabio’s EFCC arrest
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be locked in an emergency meeting tonight on the heels of the EFCC invitation extended the way of minority leader in parliament, Godswill Akpabio. The former...
View ArticleDSS arrests Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly taken in Director of separatist radio station, Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Acclaimed as the Director of Biafra Television and the Leader of the...
View ArticleNo governor nominated minister for Buhari–El-Rufai
Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has said the trend of powerful state governors sending their list of ministerial choices from their states to the president, was bucked this time. El-Rufai...
View ArticleSimon Kolawole: Applying Okafor’s law in a new Nigeria
Interesting stuff. When the National Assembly was about to be inaugurated in 1999, some shadowy figures took money to the lawmakers to influence the leadership elections. A “principled” senator from...
View ArticleJude Ndukwe: By attacking Saraki, Tinubu has shown that he lacks class
The well publicised denial of Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, APC’s godfather, kingmaker and supremo, of having anything to do with a purported conspiracy between him and the president of the Senate, Dr...
View Article70-year-old man resurrects in the mortuary; 30 hours after he was pronounced...
The Vanguard reports a quite interesting story today. 70-year-old Amos Otene who was certified dead by medical practitioners and made to spend over 30 hours in a mortuary in Makurdi, the Benue State...
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The grammatical blunders on display during the senate ministerial screening |...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi I didn’t follow the live broadcast of the recent senate confirmation hearing (or what the Nigerian media and social media commentariat call...
View ArticleAlfred Omolewa: If Saraki can preside over the senate, then Amaechi should be...
The orchestrated delay by the Senate to confirm the ministerial nomination of Rotimi Amaechi is a brazen display of what happens when open and honest process is brushed aside so that the wiles of...
View Article‘He is a rare icon’| APC youths call on senate not to torpedo Amaechi’s...
The youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) isn’t really happy that immediate past governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, wasn’t screened alongside 18 other would-be ministers by...
View ArticleMeet the Nigerian who was nabbed in Australia with hard drugs worth $10m
A 32 year old Nigerian could be jailed in Australia for life for allegedly smuggling $10million worth of methamphetamine into the country inside a gaudy fish statue. Sydney border force officers found...
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