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One Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari.’ The 30-year-old who resides in 10, Omikunle Street, Sango-Ota, Ogun State, was allegedly arrested last weekend, after one of his neighbours of Northern extraction complained bitterly that he named his dog after his father, Alhaji Buhari. […]

The Nigerian Police Force says it has sealed off the Sharks Stadium in Port Harcourt, the venue of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party. www.www.aso.rocks search engine learnt that policemen stormed the venue of the convention around 4am on Wednesday. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Donald Awunah, disclosed this during a programme […]

Watchers of Ondo politics have said that there is palpable rancour between a faction of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in the state and the National Leader of the party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The reason for the rancour they say, is the National Leader’s plans to hand-pick a candidate for the party ahead of […]

Senator ‎Ali Modu Sheriff the factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said at an emergency press conference in Abuja‎ on Tuesday that he will send a petition to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmoud Mohammed and the National Judicial Council against some judges who he alleged  had demonstrated unethical behaviour. He alleged that […]

Ben Ayade the governor of Cross Rivers State has today suspended the Commissioner of Water Resources in the state, Ntufam Ojie and the Managing Director of the state’s Water Board Limited, Oju Igile, indefinitely, over their lateness to work. The Governor at about 9am paid an unscheduled visit to the ministry and on getting there, […]

Nigerian football player Michael Umanyika, is dead.  According to All Nigeria Soccer, he died on Monday while training with Azerbaijani First Division club, Zaqatala PFK. Reports say he suddenly stopped and fell during a training session and all efforts to revive him proved futile.  Monday’s training was his first with Zaqatala PFK after returning from […]

Muhammed Abdullahi the Kaduna State Commissioner for Budget and Planning said on Tuesday that the government had begun preparations for the 2017 budget which would be presented to the State Assembly at the end of September. Abdullahi explained that the target was for the legislature to pass the budget early, so that its implementation would […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria as a country recognised her problems early enough, but didn’t tackle it on time. The President made the declaration on Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving Executive Members of Association of Africa Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM), led by the chairman, Mr Jeff Nemeth. President Buhari said that to […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday increased the maximum amount that would be sold to Bureau De Change, BDCs operator from $30,000 to $50,000 per week. Also, the apex bank  plans to release special intervention funds for Agric and Manufacturing. This decisions was reached  at the Bankers’ Committee meeting, which was held in […]

The Acting Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mrs Yetunde Oni has on Tuesday caution the agency’s workers against corruption and laid back attitude to work. She said in Jos that, “Over the years, we have battled with the devastating effects of corruption and the lackadaisical attitude of staft to […]

For building confusion, fomenting trouble, misunderstanding and division in the country, the Christian Association of Nigeria (19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory), on Monday called on security agencies to arrest members of “two dissident groups”,  Concerned Christians of Nigeria (CCN) and Northern Nigerian Christians (NNC), which have allegedly claimed to have pulled out of […]Read More

The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Mr Alan Tousignant, has on Monday stated that the U.S. Government is going to send officials from its Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, and other security experts to provide technical assistance to Nigeria on how to deal with terrorism. Tousignant made the revelation when he paid a […]