The naira plunged by 31 per cent to 288.85 against the United States dollar on Monday at the close of trading at the newly established interbank market. The local currency also depreciated at the parallel market where it closed at 346 to the greenback, down from around 330 and 335 on Friday. The Central Bank […]
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Fayose bombs Buhari, relives President wife’s alleged role in Jefferson bribery scandal
June 21, 2016 
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday relived a controversy surrounding the role played by Aisha, President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, in the messy bribery scandal involving U.S. Congressman, Williams Jefferson. Mr. Fayose distributed a link to the U.S. Department of Justice Web site holding court documents where Mrs. Buhari was alleged to have transferred suspicious […]
Continue reading My hands are clean, says Ekweremadu, Buhari wants to silence us… – Senate
June 20, 2016 0 Comments
Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, has exonerated himself from the alleged forgery of the senate standing order 2011, saying he has no business with the production of the document. There have been media reports that Ekweremadu and Senate President Bukola Saraki would be arraigned before a federal high court in Abuja, over criminal conspiracy and […]
Continue reading Lagos Police Commissioner flares up when asked to address police extortion (Video)
June 19, 2016 0 Comments
During a recent interview, Lagos state Police Commissioner was asked to address the Nigerian police extortion habit and way forward… Watch him flare up and tell his interviewer to stop exaggerating issues. That after all, no Nigerian policeman has been arrested by EFCC for fraud. Press play to watch video. -Lailasblog
Continue reading Sex Scandal: Speaker Dogara challenges America to prove allegation against Nigerian lawmakers
June 19, 2016 0 Comments
As the allegation of sexual misconduct against three Nigerian lawmakers by the United States Government continues to draw public fury, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has asked America to provide fool-proof evidence that the lawmakers indeed committed the crimes. A lawmaker, Mohammed Gololo (APC-Bauchi State) was accused of grabbing a hotel […]
Continue reading Nigeria lawmakers propose immunity from prosecution for Saraki, others
June 19, 2016 0 Comments
Senators and speakers of some state Houses of Assembly on Saturday proposed immunity for presiding officers of the legislature. The decision was taken at a two-day retreat on constitution review, organised by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution Review, with the theme, “Towards Ensuring Governance Accountability in Nigerian federalism.’’ If the proposal succeeds and […]
Continue reading PDP asks APC to apologies to Jonathan, Nigerians for lies & propaganda
June 18, 2016 1 Comment
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on it twitter handle (@PdpNigeria) has said that the All Progressive Congress (APC) must apologies to former President Goodluck Jonathan for the lies they told against him. The PDP on Saturday in a series of tweets @PdpNigeria also demanded that APC should apologies to Nigerians for lies and propaganda they […]
Continue reading Forex crisis: Nigerian students abroad apply to home universities
June 18, 2016 0 Comments
Many Nigerian students studying abroad have been seeking transfer to Nigerian universities to complete their education at home because of the scarcity of foreign exchange. Saturday Punch gathered that the students were forced to take the decision following the huge exchange rate which many parents could no longer afford. Some of the students told Saturday Punch that […]
Continue reading Buhari’s administration lacks vision, “Buhari is Nigeria problem, not its solution” – US ex-lawmaker
June 18, 2016 0 Comments
A former Chairman of the United States House Intelligence Committee, Pete Hoekstra, has flayed President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for the way Nigeria is being run. In an opinion article he wrote on Thursday in the US-based Wall Street Journal, titled, “Buhari is Nigeria problem, not its solution,” Hoekstra accused Buhari-led Federal Government of lacking vision […]
Continue reading Sex Scandal: U.S accuses Nigerian lawmakers of attempted rape, soliciting prostitutes
June 17, 2016 0 Comments
The United States government has raised serious allegations of sexual misconduct and attempted rape against Nigerian lawmakers. The U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, made the allegation in a letter sent to the Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on June 9. The accused members are Samuel Ikon (PDP, Akwa Ibom), Mohammed Gololo (APC, […]
Continue reading With Your Own Eyes, Assess Your President’s Health, Photos Taken Yesterday in London
June 17, 2016 3 Comments
President Buhari with Bola Tinubu and the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona Ogbagba II, in London Yesterday…is he looking healthy?
Continue reading By fire, by force; Senate passes bill compelling govt to patronise made-in-Nigeria goods
June 16, 2016 0 Comments
The senate has passed into law the Public Procurement Act 2007 (amendment) bill 2016, which seeks to promote local content. The bill makes it mandatory for government agencies to patronise made-in-Nigeria goods. It is one of the priority bills of the eighth senate. Speaking after the consideration of a report on the bill, Senate President […]
Continue reading Court adjourns case on Buhari’s certificate indefinitely
June 16, 2016 0 Comments
Adeniyi Ademola, justice of the federal high court in Abuja, has adjourned a suit challenging the veracity of the academic credentials of President Muhammadu Buhari indefinitely. In his ruling on Thursday, Adeniyi said that the case was being adjourned indefinitely, following a notice of appeal filed by the president. On Wednesday, Buhari had appealed against […]
Continue reading Nobody has spoken to me about my father’s funeral, says Keshi’s son
June 16, 2016 0 Comments
The first son of late Nigeria captain and coach Stephen Keshi has expressed bewilderment that certain persons have been putting a date forward for his father’s burial rites without the consent of his children. Stephen Keshi Jnr (pictured, middle) arrived at the NFF Secretariat on Wednesday morning and met with Mohammed Sanusi, NFF secretary general. […]
Continue reading Ex-Minister, Obanikoro, spits fire; dares Nigerian govt to extradite him from U.S.
June 15, 2016 0 Comments
A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday lashed out at the Nigerrian government, a day after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission raided his home and a property belonging to his son, Jide, in Lagos. Mr. Obanikoro, who left for the United States shortly after the 2015 elections and […]
Continue reading Redeemed Church’s security guard docked for allegedly impersonating Pastor Adeboye
June 14, 2016 1 Comment
A security man with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Awobola Babatunde, who allegedly opened a bank account in the name of the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, was arraigned in Lagos on Monday. The accused, 32, whose address is unknown, is facing a four-count charge of stealing, impersonation, conspiracy and opening an account in […]
Continue reading I leave to God, those maligning me while I’m battling cancer – Diezani Madueke
June 14, 2016 3 Comments
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, is unhappy with the recent reports of allegations of corruption against her in the media. Reacting to a documentary by Al Jazeera, in which it was alleged that her piece of property in Abuja worth $18m and her jewelry worth $2m — being proceeds of alleged corruption — were […]
Continue reading Teen Horror Blogger Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison For killing Her Parents
June 12, 2016 0 Comments
A teenage horror blogger who went by the nickname ‘Vampchick’ online was sentenced to 23 years in prison plus 17 years on extended supervision for the murder of her mom and stepfather Friday. Ashlee A. Martinson, 18, committed the murders in March 2015 before locking her sisters in a room with food and juice and […]
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