*Fellow inmates taught me how to steal cars – Suspect Confesses (Independent) *Siblings use EFCC name to extort money from fraudsters (Punch)

Fellow inmates taught me how to steal cars – Suspect Confesses (Independent) A car theft suspect, Ojo Azeez, currently detained by the police, over allegation of removing vehicles from park with the use of master keys, has sworn that if…

*Pregnant mother slumps as fire kills 2-year-old son in Lagos (NewTelegraph)*How Lagos is dying (Vanguard)

Pregnant mother slumps as fire kills 2-year-old son in Lagos (NewTelegraph) Tragedy struck at the Ikotun area of Lagos on Friday night when fire razed a building leaving a two-year-old boy dead and others injured. The tragic incident, which occurred…

*Murder of Fasoranti’s daughter act of terrorism — Ex-president Jonathan (Punch) * Funke Olakunrin’s classmates want her killers fished out (Nation)

Murder of Fasoranti’s daughter act of terrorism — Ex-president Jonathan (Punch) Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday paid a condolence visit to the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the death of…

Obasanjo, GEJ absent at Buhari’s second term inauguration (Punch)

The duo of ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan were absent at the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for second term on Wednesday. Also noticeably absent was ex-military president Ibrahim Babangida, among others. The only past head of government present…

I’ve neither quit politics nor left PDP —GEJ (Punch)

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that he has no reason to quit the Peoples Democratic Party or retire from politics for now. He made the statement on Sunday through his Media Adviser, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, in reaction to a…

Remove Buhari as you removed Jonathan, Atiku appeals to Nigerians (Guardian)

The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to vote out Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari the same way former president Goodluck Jonathan was voted out in 2015. Buhari emerged Nigeria’s president in 2015…

Desperation to hold power fuels conflict, says Jonathan (Guardian)

“There is a vicious cycle in Africa where the struggle for political power leads to conflicts that bring up poor governance and create hardship which fuels the struggle for change of leadership, thus creating further conflicts and poor leadership.” With…

Buhari is corrupt because the government he presides over is corrupt – Saraki

Senate President and Director General Atiku/PDP presidential campaign, Bukola Saraki, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as corrupt. He made the assertion in a Channels TV interview monitored in Lagos. Saraki said in 2015 the All Progressives Candidate (APC) accused Goodluck…

Why Discos will not end crazy bills (Punch)

That the issue of erratic and non-supply of electricity to Nigerians is a daily discourse is no longer news! Irrespective of the daily release of data by the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, that the power situation…

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