The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Taiwo Oluomo (Ifo 1 Constituency), has questioned the willingness of Senate President Ahmed Lawan to initiate the amendment of Nigeria’s constitution to solve the issues of security and disunity in the country. His comment follows Lawan’s reaction to calls for …
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Lebanese Man In Jos Accused Of Making Porn Videos With Little Girls
There was chaos in Jos, Plateau state, yesterday when irate youths of Abattoir, Jos South LGA, stormed Abattoir police station, demanding that a Lebanese man who allegedly used girls as little as 10 to make porn videos should be handed to them. When the police couldn’t account for the suspect’s …
Read More »Farooq Kperogi: Dementia, Not Buhari, Fired NPA’s Bala Usman
Twitter: @farooqkperogi Muhammadu Buhari’s “suspension” of Hajia Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) four months after prematurely approving a second term for her (months before the end of her first term) is yet another powerful instantiation of his dangerously degenerative dementia. Think about this: which half-way self-aware …
Read More »Police Kill Two And Arrest 5 Gunmen Who Attack Osun Town
Panic As Gunmen Attack Osun Town, Kill Two Five of the hoodlums were arrested while others escaped into the bush with bullet wounds. The Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident on Friday, saying five of the hoodlums were arrested while others escaped …
Read More »Yahaya Bello: ‘All Nigerians Are Asking Me To Run For President’
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday said he is considering running for President in 2023. He made the comment while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Nigerians, the youth and women, and all Nigerians, including very objective elites are asking me to run for President in 2023,” he said. …
Read More »Iniuobong Umoren: Highlights From Frank Uduak Akpan’s Confession
1)There were rumours that the culprit committed suicide in police custody, so they had to parade him. 2)The CP said there were no numerous shallow graves at the crime scene and he implores social media investigators to calm down. b)The CP said the rumoured shallow graves look like where they …
Read More »Buhari Promises To Help Chad Stabilise
Buhari promises to help Chad stabilise Mr Buhari said Chad should not hesitate to ask for help in areas it would deem necessary. Mahamat Idriss Deby and President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that Nigeria will assist the Republic of Chad to stabilise and return to constitutional rule. …
Read More »PDP Asks ICPC To Track Down Gimba Yau Kumo
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the latest revelation of $65 million (N31 billion) fraud in the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), in which President Muhammadu Buhari’s son in-law, Gimba Yau Kumo, is reportedly involved. The party charged the ICPC not to succumb to reported pressure from the …
Read More »Yahaya Bello: Let Us Restructure, Allow Younger People Take Control
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has backed his colleagues from the southern part of the country, saying Nigeria should embrace restructuring. State governors from the southern part of the country had on Tuesday met in Asaba and issued a communique in which they demanded the immediate restructuring of Nigeria and …
Read More »Osun PDP Criticizes Oyetola Over Absence At Southern Governors’ Meeting
Osun State Government on Friday kept mum as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party berated Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for absenting self from the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum meeting held in Delta State earlier in the week. Governors from the southern part of the country had at the meeting discussed issues affecting …
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