Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso yesterday alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan gave the 16 governors who voted for Plateau State governor Jonah Jang at last year’s Nigeria Governors’ Forum election N2 billion each. According to him, while the 16 pro-Jang governors were financially gratified to do the presidency’s bidding, the other 19 governors who voted for Rivers State governor ... Read More »
Leon Balogun has expressed his desire to represent Nigeria at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil. The Fortuna Dusseldorf defender was born in Germany to a Nigerian father and German mother. He was called up by coach Stephen Keshi as a late minute replacement for captain Joseph Yobo, who picked an injury during a game for Norwich City. He ... Read More »
The State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, Lagos State has released popular musician, Obesere, who was accused of raping a 29-year-old student of the Polytechnic Ibadan. Obesere, whose real name is Abass Akande, was invited for interrogation at the Department 14 of the SCID. Obesere, popularly called Papa Tosibe, was alleged to have raped the victim at his Okota home. Policemen ... Read More »
The US Senate rejected President Barack Obama’s controversial pick for a prominent civil rights post Wednesday amid a backlash over the nominee’s connection to a high-profile convicted cop-killer. Seven members of Obama’s Democratic Party joined all Republicans in opposition to help torpedo the nomination of Debo Adegbile to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Adegbile is a leading civil ... Read More »
A man and his wife were today Wednesday March 5th arraigned in an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting at Isabo for allegedly fighting nude in public over alleged infidelity. The accused, Kehinde Soetan, 37, and Aderinsola Lawal, 28, were arraigned for breach of public peace. The duo, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Police Prosecutor, Augustine Ozimini, said that ... Read More »
Sequel to the meeting of Ekiti Guber aspirants with President Goodluck Jonathan, the President had made it clear that he wanted a process that will throw up a consensus candidate. He explained that his interest in the consensus arrangement was to reduce unnecessary decimation of aspirants’ finances and unnecessary rancours that accompany party primaries. I have studied the President and ... Read More »
Members of Ekiti State House of Assembly yesterday called on the National Assembly to as a matter of urgency, commence an impeachment process against President Goodluck Jonathan over alleged illegal deductions of oil revenues from the Federation Account. Speaking at a plenary session at the hallowed chambers in Ado-Ekiti, members of the Assembly described as “irresponsible and criminal,” the monthly ... Read More »
President Olusegun Obasanjo who was 77 year-old today (Wednesday) confessed that he had no real record of his birthday. Obasanjo said he could not give an actual date of his birth, attributing it to his parent’s inability to have it documented. The ex-president spoke at his 77th birthday ceremony held at the ampi-theatre Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, ... Read More »
The Sacked Sports Minister took to Twitter to talk about his tenure he said: we have built a system that will ensure that regardless of who is in charge, results can be achieved and things can be done the right way. but what i consider to be my biggest achievement is that under my watch, we have built a system ... Read More »
All Progressive Congress (APC) Ekiti State governorship hopeful, Mr Kayode Fayemi is has declared war on his kinsman for refusing to sell house to his elder brother, Segun Fayemi. Fayemi who has worn the garment of a tyrant ordered security agents to arrest Mr Sunday Oluwatoke yesterday when the man refused to allow him him have his house, built in ... Read More »
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