Thirteen inmates reportedly escaped in fresh jailbreak recorded at Koton Karfe prison in Kogi in the early hours of Saturday. According to NAN, the incident happened around 7am when the inmates forcefully brought down the wall of the prison. The all-male prison facility, which was inaugurated in 2014, has the capacity to accommodate 180 inmates, […]
Continue ReadingIt was rain of accolades for the outgoing Group Managing Director/CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Mr. Phillips Oduoza in Lagos on Wednesday as captains of industry and leading voices of Nigerian society witnessed the launch of a book in his honour. The book titled “Dynamics of the Nigerian Financial System” edited by […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudy weather over central states with prospects of localized thunderstorms over Abuja ,Lafia , Jos and Jalingo on Saturday morning.The predictions are contained in the Weather Outlook issued by NiMet’s Central Forecast Office (CFO), in Abuja on Friday. It added that there would be isolated thunderstorms over Abuja, […]
Continue ReadingHuman rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has disclosed how he was offered one million pounds (N405 million) to launder money for a former governor.Mr. Falana explained that the governor decided to choose the lawyer because, according to him; “nobody will suspect you”. He revealed this in the current edition of ALERT, a monthly pull-out by the […]
Continue ReadingThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Ben Uwajumogu, the winner of Imo North Senatorial District rerun election held on July 28. Uwajumogu scored 56,076 votes to defeat Mr Athan Achonu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 43, 815 votes. Prof. Arinze Agbogu, the INEC […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, while receiving a team led by Dr. Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer of Gavi and The Global Fund, at the State House in Abuja, gave assurance that the lapses that have worked against Nigeria as a nation would be corrected. In a statement issued on his behalf by his Special […]
Continue ReadingBy Reuben AbatiI wrote a piece recently, a tribute to the late veteran actress Bukky Ajayi and the multi-instrumentalist OJB Jezreel, in which I raised a number of issues, including how in Nollywood today, there is an obsession with the whitening of skin, an anti-Negritude yellowing, what I referred to as “the bleaching, chameleon crowd […]
Continue ReadingFormer Minister of Defence (State), Musiliu Obanikoro’s head of security, Lt. commander A. O. Adewale has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) how his principal moved funds to Ekiti State for the June 21, 2014 governorship election. The EFCC is investigating the N1.299billion cash taken to Governor Ayodele Fayose by Obanikoro in chartered […]
Continue ReadingLiverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has thrown light into why he will never be willing to pay £100m to sign a player, insisting he is not perturbed by the spending power of rival clubs.Klopp said there are risks associated with such venture. “If you bring one player in for £100m and he gets injured, then it […]
Continue ReadingRotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, speaking at a meeting on corruption organised by the ministry of justice, the former speaker and governor of Rivers state lamented the “deliberate attempt” to link public office holders to corruption.He denied the allegation of Nyesom Wike, his successor, that he received over N3.1 trillion during his tenure as governor of […]
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