Otunba T.J Abass 
The National Judicial Council(NJC), has commenced an investigation into the allegation of judicial rascality and acting outside the rules of the court levelled against a judge of the Bayelsa State High Court, Justice Ineikade Eradiri. The NJC, in a letter confirming the receipt of the petition against Justice Eradiri dated February 28, 2019, with reference … Read more
Nigeria has been declared a failed state with governance at all levels found wanting. This was contained in the Bishops Address for the 17th Annual Diocesan Synod 2019 of the Methodist Church Nigeria, presented by Rt. Rev. Biereonwu Livinus Onuagha to the members at Wesley Methodist Church, Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State. According … Read more
A Nigerian man has cracked up a large section of Nigeria’s online community with his hilarious reaction after getting a complimentary message from a funeral service home. The man, identified as @Ody_johnson, narrated his experience to his followers on Twitter. According to him, he had used the services of the funeral home during the burial … Read more
Nigeria national football team captain, John Obi Mikel, has hinted that he is not extending his contract with Middlesbrough, saying he has options elsewhere and wants to win trophies. Shortly after Boro’s 2-1 win against Rotherham United in which he scored his first goal for the club he joined in the winter transfer market, the … Read more
Days after it was announced that poisonous cow skins popularly as ponmo is in circulation, the Lagos State Police Command has arrested six persons over a truckload of same. The command’s spokesman, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspects, whose names were given as Adelowo Yinka, Olawumi Onabanjo, Omowumi Wasiu, Adeshokan Taiwo, … Read more
Tiger Woods is expected to visit the White House next week, where he will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump, a source told CNN on Thursday. The 42-year-old won his fifth Masters title last month, his first since August 2013. Following the victory, United States president, Donald Trump, congratulated Woods … Read more
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has warned some players in his team that they may have played their final game for the club. United’s pursuit of a Champions League spot for next season came to a disappointing end on Sunday in a 1-1 draw at rock-bottom Huddersfield. With the result, United ensured they cannot … Read more
Chelsea on Sunday wrapped up qualification for the 2019/2020 Champions League season after both Arsenal and Manchester United dropped points on Sunday. It marks a return to Europe’s biggest club competition after a year of playing in the Europa League for Chelsea after they missed out on qualification during Antonio Conte’s final season on the … Read more
Days after a video in which he threatened to stab his estranged wife and sister-in-law in a now-viral video, Nollywood actor, Francis Odega, has denied maltreating his wife and daughter. The actor, long known for his role in the popular sitcom, Clinic Matters, became an even more popular star after his “gerarahere” tag line became … Read more
Organisers of Big Brother Naija have announced June 2019 as the kick-off date for the season 4 of the reality TV show. Scheduled to be filmed in Nigeria for the first time, the fourth season of the widely followed reality TV show will air for the duration of 90 days while other details are being … Read more
Days after “Amin” singer, Dammy Krane, seem to suggest internet fraudsters known as Yahoo boys are the promoters of Nigerian music, rapper, Vector, has weighed in on the raging debate. In his own opinion, the Lagos Island-bred 34-year-old musician said he can never judge the perpetrators of internet fraudsters. “I support anything any man does … Read more
Britain’s two biggest parties said there was renewed impetus Saturday to find a compromise on Brexit after taking a battering in local elections from voters exasperated by the impasse. Prime Minister Theresa May’s governing centre-right Conservatives had a disastrous result, losing more than a thousand seats in the English local authority polls. But the left-wing … Read more
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for the opposition’s local election victory in Istanbul to be declared invalid and the vote re-run, increasing the pressure on the country’s electoral authorities. “Clearly, there were irregularities and corruption,” Erdogan said in a speech at a business leaders’ meeting. “If the Supreme Electoral Council could dissipate … Read more
The UN Security Council will hold a first informal meeting on Cameroon this month to discuss a worsening humanitarian crisis that has left three million people struggling for food. The United States is organizing the May 13 meeting after persuading African countries on the council to drop their initial reluctance to talks on the two-year … Read more
The leader of South Africa’s main opposition party urged voters Saturday to give “change a chance” in next week’s general election after 25 years of ANC rule. “Let us be brave and give change a chance,” Mmusi Maimane told more than 10,000 Democratic Alliance supporters at Dobsonville stadium in Soweto. South Africans go to the … Read more
Said Bouteflika, the powerful brother of deposed Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was arrested Saturday along with two former intelligence chiefs, a security source told AFP. General Mohamed Mediene, known as Toufik, who headed the secret service for 25 years and former intelligence coordinator Athmane Tartag were the two spy chiefs arrested, the source said, asking … Read more
MTN Group has appointed South Africa’s former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas as chairman-designate in a board shake-up, the telecommunications provider said on Friday. Mr Jonas will assume the position of chairman of MTN Group on December 15 once Chairman Phuthuma Nhleko steps down, MTN said in a statement.
The retail secondary market intervention sales (SMIS) of the Foreign Exchange market on Friday received $271.83 million and CNY41.14 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as part of the continuous intervention effort to stabilize the market. CBN spokesperson, Isaac Okorafor, said about CNY41.14 million was allocated for the payment of Renminbi-denominated Letters of … Read more
Predictable Future Foundation (PFF) has said 50 of the 500 girls expected to attend its 2019 annual girls conference on Thursday, April 9 at Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) House, Ikeja, would be awarded scholarship. The conference, planned to champion discussions around inclusive and qualitative education for the girl-child, will have some key stakeholders in … Read more
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports has handed over two members of staff, Salisu Sabiu, and Ibrahim Yola, over to law enforcement agencies for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in the Dutse area of Abuja. The Special Assistant, Media to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Nneka Ikem-Anibeze, stated this on Saturday while saying … Read more