The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested three staff of the state Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development, in connection with the theft of a 250 KVA power generator. The command’s spokesman, DSP Kennedy Idirisu, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lafia. Idirisu …
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Fayose’s brother Visits Fela’s Graveside In Lagos On 20th Memorial Anniversary –
To mark the 20th memorial anniversary of Afrobeat superstar, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Isaac Fayose, the younger brother of Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose, paid a visit to Fela’s graveside at Kalakuta Republic, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos. On August 2, 1997, Fela Kuti, died at the age of 58. Even …
Read More »3 Russian aircraft captured by NATO over Airspace violation
Three Russian military aircraft have been intercepted by NATO jets near Estonian airspace. “Two Spanish F-18 jets assigned to NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission scrambled from Estonia’s Amari Air Base on Tuesday to intercept unidentified non-NATO military aircraft near Estonian airspace,” acting NATO spokesman Dylan White said in a statement. …
Read More »Why we rejected Magu as EFCC Chairman ,says Saraki
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said contrary to insinuations, the Senate had no pre-meditated plan to reject Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Mr. Saraki said, while featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, that the screening of …
Read More »Investor BJ Rivals Hushpuppi, Poses With Bags Of Gucci Clothes
Investor BJ, one of the guys 9ice praised in his song ”Living Things” appears ready to rival Hushpuppi as Gucci Master. The ”Hardworking Socialite”, according to 9ice, decided to walk into a Gucci store, burn some dough then storm out with loads of Gucci materials. Can this make Hushpuppi green …
Read More »Messi bids farewell to Neymar on Instagram
Lionel Messi bid farewell to Neymar on Instagram Wednesday after the Brazilian striker told him and other Barcelona teammates he was leaving, saying it was a “huge pleasure” to have played with him. The Catalan club confirmed Wednesday that Neymar wanted to leave after weeks of intense speculation, taking the …
Read More »FG should give free visa for tourism investors to boost sector
Mr Yomi Fadugba , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MOYDAK Construction Ltd., Lekki, Lagos, has urged the Federal Government to make entry visa free for investors in the tourism industry. Fadugba, a hospitality consultant and investor, who made the appeal when he spoke with pressmen on Wednesday in Lagos, said …
Read More »Kogi Assembly In Free-For-All Fight As Speaker, Journalists Escape Death
Hell was let loose today at the Kogi State House of Assembly when suspected hoodlums in large numbers invaded the assembly complex, disrupted sitting and afterward descended on the member representing Igalamela/Odolu constituency, Friday Sani aka Makama, who was just resuming sitting after being reinstated by a state High Court. …
Read More »Fela still relevant 20 years after his death
Popular Nollywood actor and TV personality, Segun Arinze, known as “Black Arrow’’, says Afro-beat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is still relevant 20 years after his death. Fela’s elder brother, Prof. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, a former Minister of Health, announced his death from complications related to HIV and AIDS on Aug. 2, …
Read More »Two fake blind beggars arrested at Imo varsity
Policemen attached to the Imo State University, Owerri, have arrested two fake blind beggars on the varsity’s campus. Their arrest, our correspondent learnt on Tuesday, followed intelligence information given to the police by some students of the institution, that the two young men who had been begging for alms on …
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