The protesting okada riders in Benin
Motorists and other road users in Benin City, the Edo State capital now ply the metropolis with fear following the increase of trainee drivers on the routes.
The development may not be unconnected with the ban of commercial motorcycle operators popularly…Ban On Okada: Edo Youths Rush To Driving Schools
The Peoples Democratic Party has said the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, remains suspended from the pay.
The party also said it recognises Mr. Tony Nwoye as its governorship candidate for the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State.
Acting National Secretary of the…‘ Amaechi remains suspended’, says PDP
At least 24 members of the youth vigilante assisting Nigerian security officials to hunt for members of the Boko Haram were on Friday killed after an ambush by members of the sect, military officials said.
The attack took place near Monguno Town, 158km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
A…24 feared killed, 36 missing as Boko Haram ambush ‘Civilian JTF’
•Gov’s shortlist of 5 loyalists causes tension in Tinubu’s camp
By CHIOMA IGBOKWE
An implosion is threatening the political empire of former Lagos State governor and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu into shreds following a move by his…Crisis hits APC in Lagos over Fashola’s successor
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Friday, spoke on the crisis in Taraba State since the arrival of the Governor, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, from a medical treatment abroad.
The PDP National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, said that the party would on Friday not…Taraba: We won’t allow governance by proxy – PDP
Beverly Osu, Big Brother Africa Housemate, tells ‘NONYE BEN-NWANKWO about her stay in the reality show and her relationship with Angelo, the South African housemate
What was your experience like in the Big Brother house?
It was very good. It was great getting to know people in the house. My 91…I don’t know why I fell in love with Angelo – BBA Housemate, Beverly Osu
The PDP chairman said the party would wade into the crisis.
DANBABA SUNTAI
The political camp of ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba has warned the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, not to support any faction in the ongoing political crisis in the…Taraba crisis: Governor Suntai’s camp warns Bamanga Tukur
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will today elect new officials into its National Working Committee, NWC.
Officials elected today will replace those forced to resign in June after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, reported fraud in the earlier elections.
PREMIUM…PDP Special Convention – Live Updates
A teenager, Oluwaseyi Adelegan, 14, was on Friday murdered by unknown assailants at his father’s house in Akure.
The deceased is the son of Solomon Adelegan, the National President, Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services.
The Police Public…Assassins murder union leader’s 14-year-old son in Akure
Vanessa Enofe
Though, he has stayed many years in the comedy industry, unlike some hoity toity comedian, Alibaba is humble and at his age still displays humility and give his fans a sense of association.
The gorgeous stand up comedian and business man Ali baba Akporobome today gave chance to…Comedian Alibaba Confessed Cheating On His Wife
LONG before last week, residents of Tunde Alabi Street and its adjoining areas in Ejigbo, a surbub of Lagos in the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), had lived in peace, unaware of the danger waiting to explode around their homes.
But the peace in the neighbourhood was shattered after…Petrol in Lagos Well- Sitting on ‘Bomb’
The political crisis in Taraba State continued on Friday as members of the state cabinet, re-instated by the Acting Governor, Garba Umar, refused to resume work.
Mr. Umar had on Thursday asked the commissioners to continue in office and ignore a statement read by an aide to ailing governor,…Taraba crisis: Commissioners shun Acting Governor as Majority Leader lambasts Assembly Speaker
Mrs. Ifeanyi Chima at the Intensive Care Unit of Primus Hospital, Abuja
Mrs. Ifeanyi Chima was one of Lagos delegates that attended a peace rally organised for women by the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, in Abuja on August 15, 2013.
The vehicle, which Chima and five other women were…First Lady’s jamboree: Chima, Accident victim still in hospital
Governor Shettima
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State wept publicly yesterday over the federal government’s alleged indifference to the plight of the people of state since the Boko Haram crisis started.
At the presentation of the KYAN machines to 40 teachers trained in India at the…Boko Haram: Shettima Weeps Over Alleged FG’s Neglect Of Borno
President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that government has progressively weakened the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, and will keep fighting terrorism to further enhance security in all parts of the country.
Several measures, he told the outgoing Representative of the Delegation of the European…We have weakened Boko Haram, says Jonathan
Fani- Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, yesterday expressed fresh regrets to Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, over his comment that they once had an ‘intimate relationship’ but said he would not want to say much for now on the issue to avoid…Alleged libel: Fani-Kayode, Bianca poised for legal battle
Concerned by the abduction of rights activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and two others on Friday along they Benin-Auchi Road, Catholic Bishop of Auchi Diocese, Gabriel Dunia, has directed Catholic faithful in Iyuku, Ozekhome’s hometown; and Auchi to keep prayerful vigil for God’s…Catholic Church calls vigil over kidnap of Ozekhome
BY GODFREY BIVBERE
LAGOS — A Customs officer on his way to office at the Seme border post was, yesterday, killed while his car was burnt by a mob in revenge of the alleged shooting of a smuggler by another officer at the border post, earlier in the day.
The deceased officer was said to have…Customs officer killed as mob avenges shooting of smuggler
BY SAMUEL OYADONGHA
YENAGOA — The police in Bayelsa State, yesterday, said the dredging firms whose workers were abducted last Friday by gunmen in the creek of Opuama in Southern Ijaw council area of the state paid N6 million ransom to the kidnappers without alerting them.
The state…Firms paid kidnappers N6m without alerting police – CP
By RACHAEL AGUNTA
Last year, Pastor Anslem Madubuko, founder of Revival Assembly, Ikeja, Lagos, lost his wife, Connie, who slumped and died. Then, he had said that life was not easy.
“Life has not been easy for me since the death of my wife. My life has been on pause,” he stated.
However,…My new Kenyan wife, family and I – Pastor Madubuko
Beverlyu
South Africa’s representative at the 2013 Big Brother Africa reality TV show, Angelo Collins, still wonders why Nigerians have been attacking his lover and fellow Housemate, Beverly Osu, for her behaviour while the three month-long event lasted.
Describing Beverly as “one in a…Beverly inspired me to read the Bible – Angelo
The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State, has apprehended two brothers, Wasiu Bada and Nurudeen Bada, for the alleged murder of a 32-year-old tailor.
According to the police, the suspects and others at large were seen beating the deceased, Quadri Busari, with iron rods and clubs.
PUNCH…Two brothers arrested for beating tailor to death
BY EVELYN USMAN
LAGOS — The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, said it hadrecovered two mobile telephones belonging to the gunmen that attacked the Chief Executive Officer of Young Shall Grow Motors, Chief Vincent Obianodo, Tuesday night, in FESTAC Town.
This came as Vanguard gathered…Police recover assailants of Young Shall Grow Motors boss mobile phones
Browne, Tinubu, Kalu Idika Kalu and Jim Ovia
The Lagos State Government on Thursday sealed off 13 buildings on Nnamdi Azikwe Street in the Idumota area, which it said were sources of environmental pollution.
Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency in company with some…Lagos shuts buildings for discharging waste into canals
Protest in India
GOMBE — Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have arrested 22-year-old Mohammed Inuwa of Herwagana quarters, Gombe for attempting to rape an 80-year-old blind woman, Malama Hannutu Baba.
The Gombe State Commander of NSCDC, Mr Joel Khestossen said,…Man, 22, docked over attempt to rape 80-yr-old blind woman
