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  Dele Momodu speaks on President Buhari’s ‘plan’ to marry his Minister, Sadia Umar Farouk A former presidential candidate and Publisher of the Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has reacted to the romour making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari was set to wed a second wife on Friday (today). The rumour emerged from the Aso […]

President Muhammadu Buhari declared, Wednesday that he was not only fully committed to the unity of Nigeria, but would also devote all his time and energy in promoting it for the benefit of Nigerians. The president made the pledge while receiving a delegation of Benue State Council of Traditional Rulers led by the Tor Tiv, […]

A Lagos State prosecutor, YA Pitan, on Wednesday said a former Super Eagles’ Captain, Augustine Okocha, accused of income tax evasion since 2017, had finally settled with the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).   She told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos that the LIRS informed it that the defendant visited its office and reconciled […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured an order of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, to detain former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, and his son, Faisal, in its custody pending the conclusion of ongoing investigation.   The order which was given on October 7, 2019 […]

The outrage over the alleged sex-for-grades scandal at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) continued yesterday with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) calling for an investigation and sanctioning of the lecturers indicted in order to sanitize the university system.   The Chairman of the UNILAG branch of ASUU, Dr. Dele Ashiru, said the union […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Abdullahi Babalele, son-in-law to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, before a Federal High Court, Lagos, for alleged money laundering. He was re-arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on a two-count charge following the re-assigning of the case after he was arraigned before Justice Nicholas Oweibo on August […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised an alarm on the increasing menace of oil pipeline vandalism, which hit a record high of 228 pulverized points in July. The corporation disclosed this on its July, Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR), released in Abuja on Wednesday.    The report noted that the breached lines […]

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Ahmed Abdulrahman, has warned police officers to avoid bribe or extortion stressing that such money was poisonous and capable of bringing bad luck. He gave the warning in Nsukka while addressing men and officers of Police Area Command, Nsukka, during his familiarization tour.   He said his administration […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday formally presented a N10.33 trillion budget proposal for 2020 fiscal year. The proposed budget is about N40 billion less than the N10.729 Trillion approved by the National Assembly last week in the 2020-2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) draft.   Although the national assembly is yet to […]

Nigerian universities caught global attention yesterday not because of academic breakthroughs that earned them some laurels; rather, the focus on the nation’s universities was triggered by the release by BBC African Eye of a video which vividly advertised the escapades of randy lecturers sexually harassing and propositioning undercover female reporters, pretending to be students and […]

Another pastor, Boniface Igbeneghu, who heads a Foursquare Gospel Church in Lagos, was caught on camera sexually harassing a BBC undercover reporter who pretended to be a 17-year-old secondary school graduate.   “Switch off that light, I’ll kiss you for a minute,” Igbeneghu told the student during her visit to his office after he had […]

Gunmen clad in military camouflage violated the peace in Pegi resettlement community when they kidnapped nine persons during a brazing attack on the community, located in Kuje Area Council, of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).   Members of the community, who confirmed the attack, said the kidnappers struck about 8 p.m. on Monday night. They […]