On Thursday, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo hosted guests at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, which was filled to capacity when he gave out his eldest daughter Damilola in marriage at a colorful traditional engagement to Oluseun Bakare.
Month: March 2018
WORLD RANKING: SUPER EAGLES RETAIN 52ND POSITION
Nigeria retained her previous 52nd position in the world in the latest World rankings released on Thursday. The Super Eagles are seventh in Africa. Nigeria had 609 points, two points below Cameroon that is 51st in the world. The top…
REKINDLE VOTERS’ CONFIDENCE – OLU OF WARRI APPEALS TO INEC
The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, on Thursday appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rekindle voters’ confidence in subsequent elections. Ikenwoli said this in his palace in Warri when he played host to INEC officials from the…
ATIKU AUCTIONS U.S. MANSION
A luxury mansion co-owned by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and his fourth wife, Jennifer Douglas, in the posh neighbourhood of Potomac, Maryland, United States, has been auctioned. The property gained international notoriety in 2005 after it was searched by…
BOKO HARAM KIDNAPPS EIGHT PASSENGERS IN OYO
Eight passengers were allegedly kidnapped from a bus plying the Igboho-Igbeti road, Oyo state, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Thursday, March 15. The passengers were reportedly told to alight and get into another vehicle parked by the roadside, by…
SOYINKA TASKS FG: DECLARE FULANI HERDSMEN AS TERRORISTS
Professor Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government to declare as terrorists, herdsmen responsible for attacks in states across the country. The Nobel Laurette said this on Thursday in Lagos, while delivering his keynote speech at the Ripples Nigeria Dialogue;…
POLICE TO RECRUIT 6,000 CONSTABLES
The Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC) Mike Okiro has clarified that the Commission is now in charge of the recruitment of about six thousand constables into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Okiro in an interview with newsmen on Thursday said,…
ELECTORAL ACT: COURT RESTRAINS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
The federal high court, Abuja, has ordered the national assembly to suspend actions on the electoral act. President Muhammadu Buhari rejected amendment to the act on Tuesday. In a letter to both chambers of the national assembly, the president said…
VIGILANTE SERVICE GROUP: SENATE ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED LAW PASSED BY KOGI STATE
The Nigerian Senate has ordered its Committee on Security, Intelligence and Judiciary to immediately open investigation into an alleged law passed by Kogi State establishing “Vigilante Service Group”. Senate wants the National Security Adviser, Ali Mongunu and the Attorney-General of…
EX-PRESIDENT’S AIDE COUNTERS BUHARI OVER COMMENT ON DAPCHI SCHOOL GIRLS ABDUCTION
A former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s claims in Damaturu, Yobe, that he handled the recent abduction of 110 Dapchi schoolgirls ‘much better’ than Mr. Jonathan treated a similar incident in Chibok in 2014 is…