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Former governor of Oyo State, Dr Omololu Olunloyo, has come out to talk about Nigeria at 59 and how the country can strive to be better. Speaking on if the country has progressed, “No, because 1960 was a great year of hope for us. There was evidence that it was ...

Ex Governor of Oyo State, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi has asked for sacrifice from the leaders and citizens to ensure the development of Nigeria. He disclosed this briefly after being honoured by the Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan on Sunday. Ajimobi was one of those who bagged meritorious award at a ceremony ...

Ex Governor and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the Feb polls, Peter Obi has cried out that Nigeria has a $90bn, about N28 trillion debt portfolio with absolutely nothing to show for it. The PDP man said Nigeria has spent more than N1,6 trillion to service ...

Former Chief Economic Adviser to Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof. Magnus Kpakol has had his say on the poverty level in Nigeria. In a recent interview, Magnus said we can only kill poverty in Nigeria if the government can concentrate on human capital development. He added that without proper data, government ...

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo recently attended the graduation ceremony of their son, Fiyin, from Warwick University in the United Kingdom. Their kids, Kiki and Damilola were also present at the important ceremony. See pictures,

On Friday Iyi Uwadiae, the registrar of West African Examination Council, (WAEC) came from the WAEC headquaters in Ghana to present the attestation certificate, confirmation of WAEC result to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The president was presented with the attestation because by law WAEC cannot issue ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted on embarking on a nationwide strike over the non-implementation of N30, 000 as the new National Minimum Wage, in spite of the National Industrial Court ruling in Abuja Strike Action begins on Tuesday November 6th. Markets, Shops, Businesses, Offices, Transportation and Filling Stations will ...

The Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette arrived in Lagos this morning for an official visit to the state. She arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos at 8.47am. She was received by the Akinwunmi Ambode, Governor of Lagos State, Canadian Consular officials and security chiefs. ...

Hajiya Hadiza Jummai Ali, the Former First lady of Kaduna and Wife of Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), the Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) died yesterday night at the age of 53. She will be buried today. She was the First lady of Kaduna state when her ...

Bishop David Oyedepo, the Bishop of Living Faith Church (aka Winners Chapel) during his sermon yesterday said the government have not been able to arrest the killer herdsmen in some parts of middle belts because they are agents of the Government. While speaking at the Church’s Sunday Service titled ‘Covenant ...

Chief Tony Anenih, a former Minister of Works and chieftain of PDP died yesterday afternoon at the Cedar Crest hospital in Abuja, where he had been on admission. He was aged 85.

“Dry”, a 2014 movie by Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke Linus, will screen at the 2018 Ray Charles Week which will take place at Dillard University, New Orleans, Lousiana, U.S. on Friday 26th october The movie’s theme focuses on the practice of fistula and under-age marriage among young Nigerian women. It ...

The Federal Government on Tuesday indicated that it was working round the clock to come up with a policy that would monitor, regulate and control the number of children a woman can give birth to. It went ahead to make it known that it has launched a massive consultation of ...

Earlier today, the leader of the now proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, was spotted in Jerusalem, Israel. Photos and Videos of him praying in Jerusalem was shared online by Radio Biafra. Kanu went missing in September last year after the military invaded his home in Abia state. ...

The Federal Ministry of Health has banned the production and importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations to check substance abuse among Nigerians. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made the decision known in a statement issued by Mr Olajide Oshundun, Assistant Director of Information in ...

The governor made the appeal on his twitter handle.  

Former aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode has just described President Buhari as the greatest terrorist to ever rule Nigeria and he says former US President Barack Obama helped put him there following the ousting of Goodluck Jonathan . See his tweet below…

  A Nigerian man has been arrested in Thailand for deceiving women into transferring him money as a part of a romance scam. The suspect identified as Light Chinezurum Mmaramigro was arrested on Friday morning, April 27, at his apartment in Bangkok after he posed as an online suitor, engaging ...

  The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Haddy Ametuo, says “some ghosts “ initiated the recall process against Sen. Dino Melaye. Mr Ametuo, who stated this in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday on the botched recall process, expressed delight that the efforts had ...

The young man pictured, according to Mohammed Ciroma, used to work at an abattoir in Missouri before he became addicted to drugs, precisely codeine syrup. “This young man is at the abattoir in maiduguri. He was a hard working fellow, before becoming a victim of drug abuse, namely, codeine syrup. ...