The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has blamed Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) for the botched attempt to impeach Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state. MBF’s President, Dr Pogu Bitrus who briefed reporters in…
Tinubu to build faculty of arts complex for LASU (Vanguard)
A former Governor of Lagos State and Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has offered to build a complex to house the faculty of arts at the Lagos State University (LASU)) in Ojo. The Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof.…
APC governor, Tambuwal asks Nigerians to reject Prison-yard Democracy (Vanguard)
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged Nigerians to reject what he Tuesday described as “prison-yard democracy, typified by the ignoble meddlesomeness, rascality and high-handedness of some security agencies against democratic institutions” in Nigeria in recent times. Speaking…
Man splits wife’s head for denying him sex (Punch)
A Ghanaian farmer, Kofi Abraham, 38, is currently on the run after he allegedly split his wife, Nana Yaa’s head for denying him sex. According to Adom Online, the body of the 34-year-old woman was found on Monday morning and retrieved by the…
Carl Ikeme’s retirement a blow to Super Eagles, says Ike Shorunmu (Guardian)
Former Super Eagles goalkeepers’ trainer, Ike Shorunmu has described the early retirement of Nigeria’s number one shot stopper, Carl Ikeme from professional football as a big blow to the country. He also believes the development has opened the doors for other goalkeepers…
Ecobank head office on fire
Ecobank Plc in Victoria Island, Lagos, was on Tuesday gutted by fire. The fire was said to have been caused by a 33,000 litre tanker that was discharging its content, suspected to be diesel. At the moment, it is not…
Zimbabwe election results expected from 3pm (Enca)
Zimbabwe’s electoral commission said on Tuesday there was no rigging or cheating in the first national election since the end of Robert Mugabe’s nearly four-decade rule. ZEC chair Priscilla Chigumba told reporters in Harare that vote counting was complete in…
Court restrains INEC, APC, others from conducting congresses in Imo (Guardian)
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), All Progressives Congress (APC) and its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, from conducting fresh congresses in Imo until August 21. The court also ordered the plaintiffs-Osita Izunaso,…
Zimbabwe election: Mnangagwa and Chamisa both upbeat (BBC)
Zimbabwe is awaiting the results of its landmark elections, with both frontrunners saying they are confident. President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he had received “extremely positive” information but opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said his party was “winning resoundingly”. Zimbabwe is electing…
I never called Melaye a clown — Saraki (DailyTrust)
Senate President Bukola Saraki has said that there was no time he told Sen. Abdullahi Adamu that Dino Melaye was a clown, saying the former governor of Nasarawa State lied against him. Sen. Adamu had in an interview with Daily…