Four passengers are dead while four others are missing in a boat mishap on Friday night in Ikorodu Lagos. The General Manager, Mr Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) confirmed that the accident happened at Owode/Ibeshe near Ikorodu at about 8.00 p.m. on Friday evening. Emmanuel said the boat, …

The Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Governor confirmed this in a statement personally signed by him on Saturday. He said himself and some of his close aides tested positive for the virus after carrying out the coronavirus test. He further disclosed that …

Ambassador Campbell’s Curious Defense of Buhari’s Corrupt Aso Rock Cabal Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Dr. John Campbell, America’s former ambassador to Nigeria from May 2004 to July 2007, wrote a June 24 opinion article titled “Nigerian Media’s Unsubstantiated Claims that U.S. Agencies Investigating Corruption by Buhari’s Inner Circle” for the Council on …

President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the memory of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Adesoji Aderemi, saying his memory would remain evergreen. The President, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, paid glowing tribute to the late Ooni on the occasion of …

A 20-year old man, Samuel Nii Quaye who got missing at age 2 has finally reunited with his family, after he (Samuel) appeared on Atinka FM’s “Obi Adi Mawu programme” to recount his ordeal. The 20-year old man who had been living with a fetish priest all his life said …

Football lovers are aware that the campaign would not have ended by June 30 but there are football stars whose contracts will end and are obligated to sign new deals even if they are offered by their current employers. Right now, bargain deals are more important than ever in a …

Nigerian Instagram celebrity Ramon Olorunwa Abbas a.k.a. “Ray Hushpuppi” faces may be sentenced to 20 years jail term in the United States. Hushpuppi is facing criminal charges alleging he conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from business email compromise (BEC) frauds and other scams. “If convicted of conspiracy …

Alhaji Buba Galadima, elderstatesman and former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari has no genuine interest in fighting insurgency and other security challenges in the country. Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, Galadima a renown critic of the Buhari administration …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a bank guard and two others in Benue State over fraud. The suspects who confessed, allegedly specialize in defrauding bank customers through Automated Teller Machines (ATM). EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects were arrested at …

He appears harmless, taciturn and easy-going. But Ndubisi Anthony is extremely dangerous. Anthony poses as a shoe dealer at Ogbunabali Road, Port Harcourt City. However, behind the visible business of buying and selling shoes, the 52-year-old indigene of Ngo-Okpala in Imo State, has other secret criminal ventures involving kidnapping and …