UPDATE: Pastor Ajanaku confirmed dead, Oro traditionalists perform burial rites
The news making wave around that Pastor Ireti Ajanaku resurrected may after all be lies as a contrary report from Gazelle news has it that the pastor is confirmed dead, and that the Oro traditional...
View ArticleUS investigates Shekau’s Death Report
The United States Government has launched a probe into the report that Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, is dead in a bid to authenticate the claim by the Joint Task Force (JTF), which had on Monday...
View ArticleAmosun launches 150 taxi cab in ogun
Ogun State government says all arrangements have been concluded to inaugurate its 150 new metro taxi cabs. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Transportation, Mr Gbenga Opesanwo, disclosed...
View ArticlePoliticians behind oil theft in Niger Delta – CLO
Chairman, Civil Liberties Organisation, Mr. Nenji James, says politicians are behind oil theft in the Niger Delta. James said this during a courtesy visit to the state’s Federated Chapel of the Nigeria...
View ArticleObadare’s burial gulped over N130m —Son
ABOUT N130 million may have been expended on the final burial of the founder of the World Soul Winning Evangelistic Ministry (WOSEM), Apostle Timothy Obadare, in Ilesa, Osun State, last Saturday....
View ArticleLagos arrests 22 underage hoodlums, 35 others
No fewer than 20 suspected underage hoodlums and 35 others have been arrested in Oshodi, Lagos State. It was learnt that the suspects were arrested by the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and...
View ArticleAlakija, first female Head of Service in Oyo, dies at 88
Ibadan – Mrs Tejumade Alakija, the first female Head of Service in the Old Oyo State and daughter of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Adesoji Aderemi, is dead. The death of Alakija was confirmed by her...
View ArticleGambari challenges African countries on security
The Head of the African Union Team to the ECOWAS Commission, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has called on African countries to address the security challenges facing the continent. He said the intervention of...
View ArticleOgun PDP doubts Daniel’s loyalty to Jonathan
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said it doubted former governor Gbenga Daniel’s claim of loyalty to President Goodluck Jonathan. The Ogun PDP expressed the doubt...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills 35 in Borno village attack
ABUJA (AFP) – Suspected members of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram have attacked a village in Borno, killing at least 35 people and wounding 14, the military said on Friday. “Boko Haram people...
View ArticleTwo brothers stab friend to death
Lagos – An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday remanded brothers, Nurudeen Dada, 38, and Wasiu Dada, 41, who allegedly stabbed their friend to death. The Magistrate, Mrs A. Tobi, ordered...
View ArticleUS urges Nigerian youths to resist extremism
The United States government has urged youths in the country to individually and collectively adopt a peaceful and non-violent strategy to end the menace of violence and extremism in the country. It...
View ArticleShekau’s death excites BRIC investors
By UDUMA KALU with agency report The reported death of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram insurgency, is making foreign investors look favourably towards investing in Nigeria. Such investors...
View ArticleThousands have gathered in the US capital to mark 50 years since Martin...
Thousands have gathered in the US capital to mark 50 years since Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech on civil rights. Today’s civil rights activists came to Washington with concerns...
View ArticleFraudster clones FCT Minister’s phone, swindles him of N3m
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Muhammad, has fallen victim to a man, who specialises in cloning phone numbers and using same to commit...
View ArticleJubilation as first Int’l flight lands in Akanu Ibiam airport
Enugu – It was jubilation galore, Saturday, as the first international aircraft, the Ethiopian Airline Boeing 737-800 ET-APL landed at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. People coming down...
View ArticleI‘ll be voice for our people in the Senate – Majemite
By Tony Nwankwo Olorogun (Barr.) Fred Okiemute Majemite, lawyer and politician, is political adviser to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State. He is also the Okiemute ro Ovie of Ughelli Kingdom....
View ArticleThousands of Nigerian Muslims hold pro-Morsi rally
KANO (AFP) – Thousands of Muslims rallied peacefully in northern Nigeria on Saturday to demand the return of Egypt’s Islamist former president Mohamed Morsi, ousted by the military early last month....
View ArticleCensus Chairman Has Been Consuming Too Much Alcohol And Should Be Sacked,...
KANO State governor, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to sack Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Dr. Festus Odimegwu, over his criticism of the 2006 Census....
View ArticleEse Walter Deletes Facebook, Twitter Accounts After Revealing Affair With Her...
Following comments on her blog post which has gone viral, Ese Walter has deleted her Facebook profile. Her twitter account has also been closed, and sources close to her say she has “broken her public...
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