My declaration made in good faith, Saraki tells Not Too Young to Run group

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki has said that his declaration for the presidency in 2019 election was made in good faith to young PDP aspirants, partly as a symbolic act of encouragement. The Not Too Young to Run group had on Thursday disowned affiliation with Saraki’s declaration for the presidency in 2019 election. The group said that ‘the movement wishes to express its disappointment with Senator Saraki for usurping...

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Man drugged and robbed of Motorcycle

    A  young man named Samuel was on Thursday drugged and robbed of a brand new motorcycle in a bar name withheld along Idiroko road, Ota in Ogun State. According to an eyewitness, he said that Samuel who happens to be a commercial motorcyclist within singer axis drove a man who claimed to be his friend to the bar at around 7:30 pm, on there arrival the said passenger brought out two cans of energy drink which he gave one to...

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Moura Stars As Tottenham Thrash Mourinho’s United 3-0

Manchester United suffered a second consecutive defeat on Monday to intensify the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho as Harry Kane and a Lucas Moura double moved Tottenham joint top of the Premier League with 3-0 win at Old Trafford. United now trail Spurs, Liverpool and Chelsea by six points and stand four adrift of champions Manchester City just three games into the new campaign. The odds on Mourinho losing his job have been slashed in...

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Lady Breaks Internet With Romantic Break-up Story With Cheating Boyfriend

Add caption A lady identified as Florence Hungbo just shared a thread of how she broke up with her boyfriend after she caught him cheating. According to her, "breaking up from cheating partners shouldn't always be curses, abuses or fights. You can actually end any Unprofitable/Toxic relationship with profitable actions that will leave betrayals wow for the rest of their lives''. She claims to have drilled the man on bed over a period...

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Women Paid N1.8 Million To Buy Newborn Twin Babies In Imo

According to a report, two women, Chizoba Eze and Amaka Eze, have been arrested by the Imo State Police Command for allegedly buying newborn twins, Emmanuel and Emmanuela, for N1.8m in Umuahia, Abia State. The women, who were said to be from Enugu State, were paraded on Monday by the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Enwerem, who said the suspects were intercepted on Owerri-Aba Road. The suspects were paraded on Monday alongside...

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Bayelsa Governor Asks Nigerians To Shun Ethnic Division, Hate Speech

In a statement on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Agbo, he urged Nigerians and Muslims to love one another and pray for peace for the nation. The governor called on the people to take advantage of the Sallah celebration to propagate brotherly love among Nigerians, irrespective of their religion or ethnic background. “The country is more than ever before too divided along religious, ethnic and partisan lines. Nigerians should...

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Notorious Young Robbers Busted By Gallant Police Officers

The Bauchi state police command has arrested a group of suspected armed robbers who raided a residence in the metropolis last month (28/07/2018). A complaint was received by the police from one Ahmad Hassan Abdussalam, who reported that unknown armed men stormed his residence and robbed him of some valuables items thereafter fled to unknown destination. After a discreet investigation by the operatives attached to State Intelligence Bureau...

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Ex-UN Chief Kofi Annan Is Dead

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian has died. The Kofi Annan Foundation said the former UN boss, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work, died on Saturday aged 80. He died in Switzerland, after a brief illness, according to a tweet by the Foundation “It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and...

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BREAKING: INEC bars 23 parties from participating in Osun gov election

Add caption The Independent National Electoral Commission says the 23 newly registered political parties will not be allowed to participate in the September 22, 2018 governorship election in Osun State, as the deadline for submission of candidates has passed. This is just as INEC announced that all political parties could, on Saturday, begin holding party primaries in preparation for the 2019 general elections which will begin in February. The...

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Lecturer remanded for allegedly defiling housemaid, 13

A Makurdi Upper Area Court on Monday remanded a senior lecturer at the Department of Catering and Hotel Management, Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old housemaid. The accused, Andrew Ogbuja, who was arrested last Friday, pleaded with the judge to temper justice with mercy and grant him bail to enable him to go back home and resolve the matter amicably. The accused, who spoke through his counsel, David...

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No cash, Weapon found in former DSS Boss custody

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied claims that huge sums of money and weapons were recovered from the house of its immediate past Director-General, Mr Lawal Daura. DSS Public Relations Officer, Mr Tony Opuiyo, who said this in a statement on Monday, said contrary to the reports, no security agency has carried out any search operation on Mr Daura’s house. He dismissed viral videos showing cash and other items purportedly...

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Messi succeeds Iniesta as Barcelona captain

Lionel Messi has been named as the new captain of Barcelona following Andres Iniesta’s departure from Camp Nou. The Argentina international, who already wears the armband for his country, takes over from Iniesta following his move to Vissel Kobe at the end of the 2017-18 campaign.  Messi has skippered the Blaugrana on numerous occasions before having been the official vice-captain since 2015, but will now lead the Liga champions out...

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Housewife stabs husband to death over telephone call

A 23-year-old housewife, Damilola Ayeni, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly stabbing her husband, Olumide, to death at their house on Bamgbose Street, Lagos Island. It was learnt that the duo, who got married about two years ago with two children together, had a disagreement at their home on Friday. The woman was said to have stabbed the 36-year-old husband in the chest. He was rushed to the Lagos Island General Hospital...

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