Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR (born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian politician and army leader who served as President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 to 2015 and again from 2018 onwards, and he is a Nigerian nationalist by ideology. Obasanjo was educated primarily in …
Controversial Instagram celebrity, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu popularly known as Pretty Mike has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. He’s being detained at the Bar Beach Police Station cell. Pretty Mike was arrested following the recent raid of Cubana and the arrest of 172 staff and clubbers on the Victoria Island branch of the nightclub. He’s alleged to …
About 700 women from the All Progressive Congress, APC, and the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Ndume Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, Thursday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The defected women had been led into the ruling PDP within the state by former Umuahia East constituency APC Woman Chief, Woman Charity Ekeleme. Talking …
Radiantly beautiful, and eloquent are the features that best describe Elizabeth Nganna, the indisputable winner of Miss Olamma Africa Beauty Pageant. The Abia state-born fashion designer made a new name for herself at the maiden edition of the pageantry which held in Enugu on Saturday, February 13, this year. In a very keen contest massively applauded for its clear processes, …
Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of one ‘Rufai Maikaji’, a deadly bandit terrorising the state, in an aerial interdiction conducted by the Nigerian troops. Maikaji’ and dozens of his fighters were neutralized around the fringes of Malul Forest in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna Central Senatorial District. The state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel …
Arsenal head coach, Mikel Arteta has revealed his conversation with a young striker, Folarin Balogun over the player’s future, saying it was positive. He stated the club has met and had positive conversations with the Nigerian-born England youngster and his agent, and are working to extend his deal. The teenager has just a few months left on his current deal …
Nigerian Immigration Service has arrested an imposter of the Comptroller General of the service, Mr. Mohammed Babandede. Jigawa State NIS Command Comptroller Mr. Ismail Abba Aliyu stated the suspect specialized in duping people. He stated the 25-year-old suspect identified as Muhammad Sulaiman Babaji of Bayi Quarters in Hedejia local Government was arrested parading himself as the junior brother of Comptroller …
Osun State House of Assembly yesterday approved the Amendment of Local Government Administration Bill 2021. The Nation recalls that in 2016, during the tenure of former governor Rauf Aregbesola, he signed the Local Government Administration No. 6 law of 2016 into legislation, which has been the practice to date. The bill, sponsored by Speaker Timothy Owoeye, sought to exchange the Local Government Administration …
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun said the state government has installed a solar-powered cold chain for the COVID-19 vaccines that have now arrived in Nigeria. Abiodun stated this on Wednesday, during a meeting he held with all Ogun State’s 20 Local Government Transition Chairmen at his Okemosan office, Abeokuta. According to Abiodun, the State would prioritise frontline healthcare staff in …
Nigeria international Victor Osimhen will be subjected to another round of tests tomorrow before he can be given a clean bill of health before making his return for Napoli. This a lot was disclosed by the neurosurgeon who treated the 21-year-old forward, adding he won’t give the Napoli striker the all-clear unless he’s completely certain there are no lasting effects …
A Federal High Court in Lagos gave three reasons for dismissing the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP)’s suit that sought to disqualify Senator Adetokunbo Abiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from continuing to represent Lagos East. Justice Chuka Obiozor held that the PDP’s case was statute-barred; adding that residency and indigeneship weren’t disqualifying factors under the constitution and neither was …
Former Super Eagles star, Obafemi Martins, AKA Obagoal has opened up on the rift with Music superstar, Burna Boy. It was reported that Nigerian rapper, Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf, AKA CDQ attacked Burna Boy for disrespecting Obafemi Martins. In what seemed like a ‘brewing ‘beef’ CDQ had via his Twitter handle on Monday, scolded Burna Boy for what he described as …
SIR: Here is a special appeal to the Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, our listening and performing leader, to urgently consider the upgrade of Bomadi General Hospital to a central hospital. The need to improve the hospital has become vital due to the rising demand for high-quality specialised healthcare services within the area. The Bomadi General Hospital facility which was …
Nigerian music legend, Tuface Idibia has given his two-cents on the difficulty of religious apply in Nigeria. Tuface in a series of posts on his Instagram story said religion is meant to be a moral gym, including that anything aside from that is a scam. According to him, anybody who claims to be fighting for God on your behalf is …
Boko Haram terrorists have pulled out of the ancient town of Dikwa in Borno State after being in control for hours and killing 5 soldiers, army sources stated in Report. Dikwa town is about 90km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and has experienced several assaults from the insurgents since the liberation of the town in 2016. It had earlier …
Following the verdict of the Federal High Court in Abuja which sacked the lawmaker representing Ibaji Constituency within the Kogi State House of Assembly, Atule Egbunu, the Independent National Electoral Fee, (INEC) on Monday, officially presented the Certificate of Return to Hon. Daniel Enefola Ojata of the Peoples Democratic Party. The presentation of the certificate of return was done by …
Manchester United striker, Edinson Cavani, has pledged to return to action for the club soon. The Uruguayan has been sidelined since Man United’s 1-1 draw against West Brom last month. The former Paris Saint-Germain star additionally missed Man United’s zero-zero draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. After the sport between Chelsea and Man United, Cavani posted on Instagram: …
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Military, Ali Ndume, has rejected the provision of blanket amnesty to bandits. Ndume stated it has the tendency to breed new forms of criminality in Nigeria. The Borno South senator spoke on Sunday Politics. According to Ndume, “I don’t think blanket amnesty is the solution because if you do that, another form of criminality may …
Controversial Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi on Monday described the kidnapping of school children by bandits as lesser evil. Gumi said kidnapping school students was a lesser evil when compared to the ransacking of towns and killing of its residents. He made the remark while featuring on News Pidgin. The cleric additionally said that his conferences were yielding positive results as …
Ex-housemate of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija season II, Uriel Oputa, has lambasted those mocking Chioma over her undefined relationship with music superstar, Davido. Davido’s relationship with Chioma, recently caused a massive uproar on social media, after the singer stepped out holding another lady, American Instagram model, Mya Yafai. In a viral video, the singer was seen stepping out with the …
