The Presidency has cautioned leaders in the country to be mindful of their utterances and its potential consequences following the unfortunate killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti. Mrs Olakunri was killed on Friday on the Kajola-Ore road in Ondo State by those the police described as “armed robbers.” A Read more
Some Nigerians have reportedly kicked against the decision of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the North Central Chapter for declaring their support for Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) amid accusation of sexual assault. Pastor Fatoyinbo had been in the murky waters Read more
A 12-year-old boy with no ticket and no boarding pass managed to board a British Airways plane to Los Angeles at Heathrow Airport. The Dutch boy was discovered shortly before the plane took off, when a stewardess asked to see his ticket so she could show him to his seat. All other passengers had to leave Read more
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has revealed his worth in both cash and properties by publishing his asset declaration document, which shows he has in excess of N48 billion. The governor complied with Nigeria’s code of conduct law that mandates senior public office holders to file their asset details while assuming office and occasionally update Read more
A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Tanko Yakasai has said writing “unpatriotic” letters is a peculiar attitude of former-President Olusegun Obasanjo. He said this in his reaction to another well-circulated open letter Obasanjo wrote to Buhari on the state of insecurity in Nigeria. Yakasai, while speaking to newsmen in Kano on Monday, pointed Read more
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Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of Afenifere whose daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, was killed on the Kajola-Ore road, Ondo State, on Friday, July 12 by armed gang has claimed that herdsmen have taken over while raising alarm on the state of Nigeria. The grieving nonagenarian spoke on Sunday when Otunba Gbenga Daniel, the former governor Read more
Nigerians have spent about 3, 124,026,959 billion Naira to watch box office movies at the cinemas between January and June 2019. According to News Agency of Nigeria, the figures were according to data provided by cinemas and gathered by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria. The year opened with ‘Aquaman’, ‘Chief Daddy’ and ‘Up North’ Read more
Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he is very much worried and afraid that the nation is ‘on the precipice and dangerously reaching a tipping point where it may no longer be possible to hold danger at bay.’ Obasanjo who lamented the insecurity and the state of the nation in another open letter to President Read more
A former Super Eagles forward, Samson Siasia’s mother, Mrs Ogere Siasia has been kidnapped by gunmen early hours on Monday. Emerging reports indicate Siasia’s mother was abducted at her Odoni country home in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State at about 2 a.m. The abductors had not established contact with the family as her Read more
Super Eagles Coach Gernot Rohr has admitted that his team lost to a better side in the semifinals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Egypt on Sunday. Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez had scored from a last-minute free-kick few yards away from goal which sent the Desert Foxes to the final for the first Read more
