On the afternoon of the 9th of October 2012 in Pakistan, a bus conveying school children was stopped by the Taliban. One girl stood up to speak for education and what is right. She was shot three times. That girl survived to tell her story. That little “David” called Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel peace prize and silenced the Goliath ... Read More »
14th July 2016, Lagos, Nigeria – The Board of Directors of Nigerian Breweries Plc has declared a revenue of N157.37 billion for the first half of 2016. The unaudited and provisional results released to The Nigerian Stock Exchange show that the amount represents a 4 per cent increase over the N151.67 billion declared in the corresponding period in 2015. The ... Read More »
Courtesy Thiday Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has reacted to Thursday’s arrest of his wife, Alhaja Moroophat, by officials of the Department of State Security Service, and condemned in its totality the different versions of the agency’s narratives as published by some media houses. He had issued a statement giving the family’s side of the story ... Read More »
Leading African businessman and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu CON joined: the First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wife of the Vice President of Nigeria, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) CEO, Segun Awolowo and Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC) Ms. Arancha Gonzalez at The Women in Export Stakeholders Forum and Exhibition in Abuja. Themed ... Read More »
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship standard bearer in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, is alleged to be using his connections to dislodge the governor of the State, Hon. Seriaki Dickson. Timipre Sylva and Seriake Dickson Timipre Sylva and Seriake Dickson An APC statwart in the state, Hon. Israel Igoni, told Vanguard in Abuja, yesterday, that Sylva was upbeat about the ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, approved the recommendation of the Committee investigating Defence Equipment Procurement from 2007 to 2015, for further investigation of those involved, after the committee found a number of irregularities in the contract awards. The approval followed the Third Interim Report of the Presidential Committee on the Audit of Defence Equipment, which was released on Thursday. Among ... Read More »
Courtesy Punch Two lovers, Emem Asuquo and Olugbenga Yakubu, have been remanded in prison by a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court sitting on Lagos Island for alleged public disturbance. They were arraigned on Wednesday on four counts of assault and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace before Magistrate A.A. Adefulire. PUNCH Metro learnt that an altercation broke out after 31-year-old ... Read More »
Courtesy Thisday Men of the Department of State Security (DSS) earlier this Thursday stormed the Ikoyi residence of the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, and picked up his wife, Alhaja Moroofat Omolola, after hours of ransacking the house without laying their hands on anything. Security sources confirmed to us that the DSS men were actually at ... Read More »
Senator Dino Melaye, the lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district, has clarified what transpired during the closed-door session of the Senate on Tuesday, which led to shouting match between him and Senator Oluremi Tinubu Melaye, made this known during a press briefing. Read his statement below: It is my sincere pleasure to address you this morning. It wouldn’t have been ... Read More »
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