Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again decried the country’s socio-economic situation, saying government should be proactive in tackling the challenges. Obasanjo said this, yesterday, at the centenary celebration and 42nd annual international conference of The Apostolic Church Lagos and Western/Northern…
Saraki may declare Akpabio, other PDP defectors’ seats vacant (Punch)
The nation may witness yet another showdown in the Senate as the senators cut short their vacation to discuss President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 polls budget request. Apart from the fact that constant fierce arguments between members of the All Progressives…
Osinbajo panicked, sent me to confirm NASS invasion – Ojudu, Acting President’s aide (Vanguard)
There was tension across the nation from 7am on Tuesday, when the news broke that the DSS had barricaded the National Assembly, till evening time when we heard that the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, was in a meeting with…
Ozubulu Church Massacre: “We were reciting ‘I believe in one God’ when huge sounds like volcanic eruption filled the church” (Vanguard)
August 6, 2017 remains green in Amakwa village, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State as it was a day worshippers at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in the community were traumatized following the invasion of the church by…
Chelsea cruise past Huddersfield to get Maurizio Sarri era underway (Thestatesman)
Chelsea got the Maurizio Sarri era off to the perfect start with a resounding 3-0 win over Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium in their Premier League fixture on Saturday night. N’Golo Kante, in London barely a week after…
Kaduna deputy speaker, lawmaker defect to PDP (DailyTrust)
Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, John Audu Kwaturu and the member representing Kudan state constituency in the Assembly, Junaidu Yakubu, have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Kwataru who…
EFCC won’t relent in anti-graft fight – Magu (DailyTrust)
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said that fighting corruption is the only way to guarantee the future of Nigeria as a country, hence the commission will not relent in the fight. Magu,…
Anambra rules The World – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Anambra State has put Nigeria on top of the technology map of the world after a global contest. Five students of Regina Pacis Model Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra State who represented Nigeria and Africa at the World Technovation Challenge in…
Chieftaincy title for Uche Nwosu tears Mbaise apart (SUN)
This year’s Iriji Mbaise, the popular annual new yam cultural festival celebrated, August 15, by the entire Mbaise clan, at home and abroad, is being threatened by the decision of Mbaise Council of Traditional Rulers to confer a chieftaincy title…
Why FG N10,000 loans may be campaign gimmick (Independent)
It is not new for sitting governments to intensify and amplify their people driven projects when an election year approaches. In fact, it is a norm in this part of the world. Just recently, Ekiti workers got stipends from monies…