Fola Ojo A very rich man invited about 20 of his employees to his palatial abode in Texas, United States for his 60th birthday celebration sometime ago. The rich man told his workers that during the private party there would be a swimming competition in his half-an-acre sized royal swimming pool. What he did not […]

An Indonesian civil servant who owed his ex-wife a large alimony has paid back some $10,000 worth of missed payments in coins. Dwi Susilarto arrived at court on Thursday hauling a dozen sacks filled with 153 million rupiah ($10,500) in small change, a hefty payment that weighed in at about 890 kilograms (1,960 pounds), his lawyer […]

Torrential rains struck Hawaii as Hurricane Lane moved toward the island state, triggering land slides and flash flooding. At 0600 GMT, the National Weather Service said the hurricane was packing winds in excess of 120 miles per hour (195 kilometers per hour), despite being downgraded to category three. Currently located some 230 miles south of […]

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, has warned politicians and their supporters not to turn the Ojude Oba festival into an avenue to play any form of politics. The monarch had reacted to the shouts of ‘APC! APC!’ (All Progressives Congress) which momentarily rented the air from a […]

Gbenga Adeniji A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Attah, has doubted the capacity of ex-governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio,  to ensure victory for the All Progressives Congress in the state in 2019. Akpabio, who quit as the Senate Minority Leader recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC. [READ […]

Oladimeji Ramon The Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation says it has written to the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, demanding information on the $16.9m (about N7bn) allegedly paid as a legal fee to two Nigerian lawyers, following the recovery of $321m Abacha loot from Luxembourg. The foundation, in a statement on Thursday by its Programme […]

A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has said those defecting from one party to the other need “psychiatric evaluation”, an online newspaper, The Cable reported on Thursday. Sylva was quoted as saying this while reacting to rumours that he had moved from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party. In a […]

Contrary to the claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that he was fighting corruption, the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that the President is surrounding himself with people who have corruption cases. It therefore said that the claim of integrity by the President was questionable. READ ALSO: Labour Party backs Buhari, promises 16 million votes It further […]

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  said no fewer than 103 cases of Ebola have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. OCHA said the figures includes 76 confirmed and 27 probable, including 61 deaths as at last Tuesday. Suspected new cases continued to emerge in Mabalako and Oicha areas of […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to “immediately release” jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who has been on hunger strike for more than three months. Sentsov, a 42-year-old Kremlin opponent, was arrested in Crimea after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of the peninsula and has been languishing in a […]

Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Thursday met with the popular musician, Yinka Ayefele, to resolve the impasse over the demolition of Ayefele’s Music House in Ibadan. The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who was at the Governor’s Office in company with some monarchs, also pleaded with the governor to resolve the impasse. See the […]

Heart attacks and strokes will soar over the coming years as the diabetes epidemic continues unchecked, a charity has warned. The increasing number of people with diabetes could trigger a 29% rise in the number of heart attacks and strokes linked to the condition by 2035, the British Heart Foundation has said. An estimated 39,000 […]

The Delta Assembly has amended the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission Law, 2015, empowering the governor to extend the tenure of board for not more than one year. The amendment of the law followed a motion moved by the Deputy Majority Leader of the Assembly, Mr Oboro Preyor at the plenary on Thursday […]

A police officer was injured on Thursday when an armed man opened fire at police in central Moscow before being shot and injured himself, investigators said. The man appeared to start shooting at police “for no reason” as he walked past them on a Moscow street, not far from the foreign ministry building, a statement […]

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted that with the continued influx of moisture, thunderstorms and rains would be expected over most parts of the country for Friday. NiMet made this known in its Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Thursday. It said that cloudy conditions would prevail over Sokoto and […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has set up a committee to resolve the impasse over the demolition of Yinka Ayefele’s Music House in Ibadan. Ajimobi had set up the committee at a reconciliatory meeting with the popular musician in his office on Thursday in Ibadan. READ ALSO: Rescue Leah as you jail more looters, ex-Gov […]

Two security guards at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, were, on Thursday, rewarded with N250,000 each after returning a passenger’s missing bag full of dollars and jewelry. The security guards are Messrs Achi Daniel and Francis Emepueaku of Halogen Securities Ltd. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Daniel was with his colleague, Emepueaku, […]

The Independent Service Delivery Monitoring Group has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the Independent National Electoral Commission budget. The group in a communiqué issued on Thursday and signed by its Executive Director, Dr. Chima Amadi, at the end of one-day roundtable held in Abuja, said any delay might […]

Google on Thursday said it blocked YouTube channels and other accounts over a misinformation campaign linked to Iran, on the heels of similar moves by Facebook and Twitter. READ ALSO: South Africa detains Russian ship allegedly bringing illegal weapons to Lagos Google said that working with the cybersecurity firm FireEye, it linked the accounts to the Islamic […]

A Ghanaian father, Eklu Awayi, 38, has killed a huge snake that was trying to swallow his less than one-year-old daughter on his farm. According to Awayi, he was working on his farm with his wife and daughter when he heard unusual screams from the baby, reports  Citinewsroom. Alarmed by the scream he rushed to the […]

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has urged the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state to sustain the peaceful legacy of its late chairman, Taofeek Oyerinde, popularly known as Fele. Ajimobi gave the advice in Ibadan on Thursday while receiving leaders of the union in his office. The News […]

The John Kayode Fayemi Centre, a leadership organisation founded by Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, says the on-going recruitment exercise by the Ayo Fayose administration is illegal. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that hundreds of unemployed graduates on Thursday besieged the State Secretariat to buy forms. The state government said 2,000 workers would be […]

Air France and British Airways announced on Thursday that they will halt flights to Tehran next month, citing low profitability as the US reimposes sanctions on Iran. Air France, which had run connections to the Iranian capital via its low-cost operator Joon, said it would axe the route on September 18, blaming “poor commercial viability”. […]

Political analysts have said that having 91 political parties in a developing country such as Nigeria is ‘unnecessary, awkward and abysmal.’ They made the assertion while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos on political developments in the country. NAN reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, on August 16, issued certificates […]

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the  remand of a herdsman, Jaye Mohammadu, in Agodi Prisons for allegedly killing his mate over N2,000. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Abdulateef Adebisi, said that Mohammadu, 18, should be remanded at the prisons, pending an advice from the Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions. The News […]

A man is currently looking for ways to calm his angry wife, who recently found out that he connived with her doctor to remove her womb without her consent. Dr Harvey Olufunmilayo, who shared the story on his Twitter handle, @drolufunmilayo, asked his followers for advice on how to calm the wife on Wednesday. The doctor […]

The U.S.  contributes one billion dollars annually to develop Nigeria’s human capital, Mr David Young, Deputy Head of U.S Embassy in Nigeria has said. Young made this known during a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Film Corporation on Thursday in Jos. He said the U.S was investing in health, education and agriculture sectors among other as […]

European soccer’s new Nations League competition will give national team football a boost when it gets underway next month, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said on Thursday. Ceferin said that friendly internationals failed to provide meaningful matches and that a new balance was needed between club and national team football. The Nations League, to be held […]

John Ameh A leadership tussle among pro-President Muhammadu Buhari elements in the House of Representatives is threatening the unity of the larger All Progressives Congress caucus of the House, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. Investigations showed that at the centre of the quarrel were the Leader of the House, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila; the Coordinator of […]

•Walk is not work, says Atiku Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party has told President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians will not be swayed by his claim that he walked 800 metres to demonstrate his health status and thereby ready for second term in office. Rather, the party said Nigerians would be looking for a […]

Ted Odogwu, Kano Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, called on women to vote for credible candidates, especially President Muhammadu Buhari and himself, in 2019. Ganduje made the disclosure on Tuesday at the Government House while giving out N30, 000.00 each to about 6, 600 women drawn from the 44 local governments areas […]

Peter Dada, Akure The senator representing the Ondo North Senatorial District, Ajayi Boroffice,  has called on all leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State to embrace unity and peace ahead of the 2019 general elections. The senator said it was only when there was unity in the party that President Muhammadu […]

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of attacking, intimidating and killing of its members in the state. The accusation came just as a bloody clash between suspected thugs loyal to the APC and the PDP claimed the lives of […]

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police in Abuja have arrested two suspected killers of a Central Bank of Nigeria worker, Michael Iorkohol, 47, who was declared missing by his family before his remains were found in Piyako community in Abuja. The suspects, Alfred Leonard and Samson Agbo, were found with the deceased’s wrist watch, belt, shreds […]

The remains of the late Alhaji Taofeek Oyerinde, the Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, Oyo State Chapter, have been buried. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oyerinde, popularly known as `Fele’ was buried on Wednesday at his Elebu residence in Ibadan according to Islamic rites. NAN recalls that Alhaji Najeem Yasin, […]