Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday commissioned the Alapere Road and junction improvement works in Agboyi Ketu area of the State, with an assurance that his administration will continue to judiciously put the monies paid by tax payers to good…
Meghan Trainor ‘dreams’ of being as popular as Ed Sheeran (Contactmusic)
Meghan Trainor’s ”dream” is to be as successful as Ed Sheeran. The 24-year-old singer and songwriter has penned tracks for the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Fifth Harmony and Jason Derulo and though it ”breaks [her] heart” giving away the songs…
Benue rejects Miyetti Allah’s call for emergency rule (Guardian)
The Benue government has described the call by the national president of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Abdullahi Belo Bodejoh, for the declaration of emergency rule in the state and Taraba as unrealistic, untenable and unacceptable. In a statement yesterday…
Mob chases driver into stream after lorry crushes okada rider (Guardian)
There was pandemonium in Onitsha, Anambra State yesterday after a lorry crushed a commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as Okada rider, dragging his motorcycle for some distance before it could stop. The accident occurred at the Magazine Junction, close to Federal…
Buhari orders payment of soldiers, police, others on IPPS platform (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the armed forces, police and paramilitary’s officials to be enrolled in the Integrated Personnel and Payment System (IPPS). The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this at an interactive session with the Nuhu Danburam-led…
Your apology not enough, return looted fund, FG tells PDP (Guardian)
The Federal Government says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should complete its apology to Nigerians by returning all the funds looted from the public treasury during its 16 years in power. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the…
10 best Mavrodi death memes from satisfied Nigerians (SUN)
Sergei Panteleevich Mavrodi is a name that for many Nigerians will live in infamy alongside a rogues’ gallery of history’s greatest crooks and swindlers. At least that was the general sentiment that followed news that the infamous Russian financial fraudster…
Stephane Audran: French actress dies at 85 (BBC)
Stephane Audran, the French screen star of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, has died at the age of 85. Audran won a string of awards including a Bafta for best actress in 1974 for two films, The Discreet Charm of…
CVR: INEC registers 319, 106 new eligible voters in Lagos (Nation)
The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ), Lagos State, on Tuesday said it had registered 319,106 new eligible voters in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registraton ( CVR ) exercise. The Resident Electoral Commissioner ( REC ) in the state,…