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Oby Ezekwesili, a former minister of education, says members of the eighth assembly have done nothing for Nigerians except pay themselves “fat allowances and engage in scandals”. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Ezekwesili urged Nigerians to fight for their future. She said she was for the young people because they could not see […]

A fake Florida doctor was sentenced to 10 years in prison for injecting a woman with a formula of cement, mineral oil, bathroom caulking and Fix-a-Flat tire sealant. The woman later died and Oneal Ron Morris was charged with manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license. Oneal Ron Morris, 36, who is transgender, was sentenced […]

Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday filed a suit at an Ikeja high court, seeking to stop the wedding of her son, Olujonwo, scheduled for May 11. Ex-President Obasanjo and the father of the bride, Kessington Adebutu, promoter of premier lotto known as ‘Baba Ijebu’ are respondents to the suit. The […]

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, 74, to reveal the condition of his health after spending nearly two months in Britain on medical leave. Soyinka, who spoke in an interview with AFP at Paris Book Fair weekend, also said indigenous people had a right to assert themselves as a […]

Via: Premium Times The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has furnished President Muhammadu Buhari with details of how the President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, and his aides allegedly laundered up to N3.5 billion from the Paris Club loan refund, PREMIUM TIMES can report. The report, compiled by detectives in the anti-graft agency, followed […]

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, which left four people dead and 29 injured in London. According to Amaq News Agency, ISIS official press service, the attacker was a “soldier of the caliphate”. “The perpetrator of the attacks yesterday in front of the British parliament in London is an Islamic State soldier […]

The FBI has revealed they once wiretapped Tower Trump to uncover an illegal gambling ring. In 2011 the FBI obtained a warrant to bug President Trump’s HQ to monitor a Russian crime organisation located just three floors below the hotel tycoon’s penthouse. The two-year operation resulted in more than 30 people being charged with money laundering in […]

The US and UK are banning laptops from cabin baggage on flights from certain countries in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Turkey. The US ban on electronic devices larger than a smartphone is being imposed as an anti-terrorist precaution. It covers inbound flights on nine airlines operating out of 10 airports. […]

Due to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s contributions to the successful celebration of Festac 77 in 1977, the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation has concluded plans to crown him the Ruby King of Festac in May in Abuja. Dr Anikwe said the former president would be crowned the Ruby King of Festac and […]

Pope Francis asked, on Monday, for forgiveness for the “sins and failings of the Church and its members” during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, saying the violence had “disfigured the face” of the Roman Catholic Church. In a meeting with Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, the Pontiff said he hoped his apology would help promote peace in the […]

A 39-year-old petty trader, Yemisi Akinwunmi, on Friday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to end her loveless marriage to free her from pangs of daily corporal punishment meted to her by her husband. “My husband constantly beats me and whenever he wants to do so, he tells me to kneel down and […]