A Magistrate Court in Minna on Tuesday ordered the remand of one Ade Ilesanmi in prison for allegedly causing the death of his wife. Ilesanmi had pleaded not guilty to a count of culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of…
Lagos PDP endorses Saraki for president (ThisDay)
As the race for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gets hotter, party faithful of the Lagos state chapter Monday adopted Senate President, Bukola Saraki as their presidential project while also endorsing him for President. Party faithful…
Ambode weighs options as efforts to secure Tinubu’s support fail (ThisDay)
As it becomes more obvious that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, will not change his mind on his decision not to support Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s second term of office ambition, the…
APC reschedules presidential primary for Sept. 26 (ThisDay)
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its presidential primary for Wednesday, September 26. Also, the party will commence screening of aspirants by Friday. This was part of the revised timetable for primaries approved at the meeting of National Working…
Nigeria must invest in human capital to check poverty, Bill Gates restates (PremiumTimes)
The co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has reiterated the need for African governments, especially Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to invest more in human development as this is the only sure means to…
Drake beats Usher‘s record on Billboard music chart
The international rapper, Drake is the man of the moment as he has broken another Billboard record, this time racking up the most weeks at number 1 in a year. Drake beat Usher‘s record of 28 weeks at number 1…
Panic in Abuja as military fighter jets fly over houses (Punch)
There has been panic in Jikwoyi, Nyanya and Karu satellite areas of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, over some military fighter jets reportedly hovering over houses and creating deafening noises. Residents told PUNCH Metro that the jets had been combing…
Nigeria, where ‘more people have access to phones than toilets’ (DailyTrust)
More people have access to mobile phones than toilet facilities in Nigeria, UNICEF’s Chief of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Zaid Jurji, has said. Speaking yesterday at a two-day media dialogue on European Union (EU) Niger Delta Water Project in…
MainOne, Orange ink deal to boost internet access into Francophone West Africa
French Telecoms company, Orange and leading West African Connectivity and Data Centre services provider, MainOne have struck a partnership that will see the French telecoms giant co-invest in two new cable landing stations in Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire…
Court summons Saraki over fresh criminal complaint (Punch)
A Grade I Area Court in Aco Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to serve a summons on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to compel him to face a criminal complaint initiated against him…