Nigerian woman,40, dies in Spain as kids spend days unaware of her death
A Nigerian woman, said to be about 40 years old, was dead for several days in Palma, capital of Majorca, Spain before her body was discovered.
What must change about Xmas for you this year?
I’m doing everything I used to do in the past as usual, but in moderation. You know, in Nigeria, if you don’t know how to manage yourself, you will be in trouble. If you say you want to be like the Jones; you’ll be in big trouble. As far as I’m concerned, I don’t know what recession is because I’ve always lived my life in moderation. If anyone is doing aso-ebi and I cannot afford the price, I simply tell them I can’t pay for it. Truly, it’s very easy to cope in Nigeria if you know how to manage your resources.
Buhari and the fight against corruption
President Buhari’s much-advertised fight against corruption has degenerated into a demolition derby. As happened with many previous efforts to fight corruption in Nigeria, different outposts of power and influence in the president’s coterie appear determined to use anti-corruption as a cover to settle intra-palace scores.
2017: That Aso Rock budget that deserves your attention
The first time this budget analysis series ran was for the 2016 budget; and it becomes visible each day that the 1810 page document was a horrid, hurriedly-put, corrupt-conduit-filled piece of executive cluelessness.
Confession Of A Frustrated Lagos Based Housewife-“I Did This Since He Could Not Sexually Satisfy Me”
I am Evelyn, a lagos Based housewife and I have a very special issue that needs to be dealt with urgently, it is about to ruin my marriage of over 8 years. I and my husband had a very beautiful life together, but that was until two years into our marriage, just after we […]
Falcons captain signs for new Swedish club
Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kristianstad DFF have announced the signing of Super Falcons captain Rita Chikwelu. The central midfielder has spent the last six years of her career with Umea IK, and featured in the UEFA Women’s Champions League with the Norrland-based team. Prior to her move to Umeå Energi Arena, Chikwelu was in Finland for […]
Ogbeh puts poultry farmers on alert over bird flu outbreak
*Says no vaccine to cure virus By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA— THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, yesterday, put poultry farmers across the country on alert over the recent outbreak of bird flu in Kano State. Ogbeh said poultry farmers should apply preventive measures to curtail any penetration in their farms by […]
Former Benue LG boss arrested with cache of firearms
A former local government Chairman in Benue State and two other persons have been apprehended by police for allegedly being in possession of a cache of dangerous weapons.
Gunmen kidnap female Customs officer in Lagos
A female Customs officer was, Tuesday night, abducted by two armed men in front of an eatery in Festac area of Lagos
RCCG plans grass-root sports development
By Olayinka Latona The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Lagos Province 1, has joined the growing list of religious bodies getting actively involved in sports. General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye will on Monday, December 26, launch the province’s maiden football league season tagged: “5G Connection”. Speaking to journalist on the […]
Demonstrators stone El-Rufai’s convoy in Kaduna
A 24-hour curfew was, yesterday, imposed on Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema’a Local Government areas of Kaduna State.
PENGASSAN warns Mobil to reinstate 150 sacked workers
By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has warned Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, MPNU, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, to immediately reinstate the over 150 of its members sacked by the company. This was contained in a statement, yesterday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, co-signed by Festus Osifo, […]
Eagles get bonus for Algeria win
•NFF silent on Zambia win Super Eagles will enjoy a merry Christmas as they will be paid their win bonus of $5,000-a-man for a 3-1 home win over Algeria in a World Cup tie latest Friday, officials have informed. A top team official was compiling the account details of the players at the Nigeria Football […]
APC leaders are bad learners —PDP S-South Chair
By Oboh Agbonkhese WARRI—CHIEF Emmanuel Ogidi, Vice Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-South, has said that the current economic recession was because the leaders of All Progressives Congress, APC, are bad learners, which was why PDP has been positioned to reclaim the Presidency in 2019. Speaking in Warri, Delta State, at the God’s Kingdom […]
Security votes on N-Delta enough to develop the region—Pereotubo
By Aniema Umoh A Niger Delta activist, Mr Oweilaemi Pereotubo, has called on the Federal Government and multinational oil companies operating in the region to expend their security votes on the human capital and infrastructural development of the region rather than waste them on security they cannot guarantee. Pereotubo, a presidential aspirant for Ijaw Youth Council, […]
Herdsmen abduct Delta monarch
SUSPECTED herdsmen, yesterday, kidnapped the traditional ruler of Agbarha Kingdom, Delta State, Orhifi Enemor II, while another royal father escaped abduction.
