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“President Jonathan is like Jesus Christ” – Doyin Okupe

  Senior Special Assistant to President Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has stated that the Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan was similar to Jesus Christ. According to Okupe, the president bears the burden of the nation like Jesus Christ shouldered the burden of Christians. Okupe made the comments while speaking on the state of the nation on Channels […]

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Alleged Purchase Of War Boats: I’m Being Blackmailed – Tompolo

  Former leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND) High Chief Government Ekpemupolo has raised the alarm that politicians are out to tarnish his image as the 2015 election approaches even though he is not a politician. The former Niger Delta militant, otherwise known as Tompolo was reacting to media […]

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Norway sells warships, combat boats to ex-militant leader, Tompolo

In a shocking move, the Norwegian government has sold a fleet of its decommissioned, but still sophisticated, battleships and combat boats to a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, who for years led a devastating insurgency against the Nigerian government in the oil-rich region, a Norwegian newspaper reported Saturday. As a leader of the […]

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I’m not Obasanjo’s concubine – Ezekwesili

  A former Vice-President of the World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, on Wednesday denied having any amorous relationship with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ezekwesili’s denial followed the widespread circulation of a photograph showing her in a very warm embrace with Obasanjo. In the trending photo, the former President is seen holding Ezekwesili from behind and […]

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Matrimonial Crisis: Ex-Gov Nwobodo Disowns Children

The lingering matrimonial crisis that engulfed the family of the former Governor of old Anambra state, Senator Jim Nwobodo, culminating in the disappearance of the remains of his deceased eldest son, Ifeanyi, on the day he was to be buried assumed a new dimension Tuesday as the elder statesman disowned his children behind the dastardly […]

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Russia disowns Chad-bound arms-laden plane arrested in Nigeria + inside Photos

The Russian government has denied that the aircraft, filled with military hardware, arrested in Nigeria Saturday has any link with Russia. The Eastern European country said through its embassy in Nigeria that the plane wasn’t Russian and had no link with Russia. “According to the information of the Embassy, the detained in Kano plane, allegedly […]

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Mario Balotelli charged over Instagram post

Mario Balotelli’s knack of attracting the wrong type of headlines shows no sign of abating after the enigmatic forward was charged by the English Football Association with racially stereotyping Jewish and black people in a social media post. The FA is looking into Balotelli’s reposting of a Nintendo character Super Mario image that underneath had […]

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How Nigeria, South Africa moved to swap Synagogue collapse victims’ bodies for arms

While Nigerians wait for closure on the $15 million arms money seized by South African prosecutors, authorities in the two countries appear to have agreed on an unholy barter to exchange bodies of South Africans who died in the Synagogue Church collapse in Nigeria, for South African-made arms needed by Nigeria to fight Boko Haram, […]

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Big Brother Africa Elikem confirms split with Pokello over his affair with Married Woman (Photos)

It all started when Pokello posted a number of a married woman Gloria Lamptey (former wife of Ghanaian football legend,Nii Odartey Lamptey ) who had been calling and harassing her over her fiancee Elikem. Odartey Lamptey & Gloria Elikem tried to get her to take down the post on instagram but she refused, so he was forced […]

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Court backs bid to commit Inspector General of Police to prison

A F e d e r a l High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday gave legal backings to moves by the Speaker of the House of Repre­sentatives, Aminu Tambuwal to send the Inspector Gen­eral of Police, Sulei­man Abba to prison for disobeying court order. Justice Ahmed Mo­hammed specifically directed the Speaker to put the IGP […]

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Recent DNA result reveals two of Femi Kuti’s five children are not his…

Femi Kuti  has revealed that he is not the father of two of his five children. In an interview with Encomium mag, he revealed that,out of his alleged five children: Made, Afolabi, Dupe, Tosin and Ayomide, two of them, Dupe and Tosin (a boy and a girl) have been discovered not to be his biological […]

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Obasanjo rubbishes National Assembly, says it’s an assembly of thieves, looters

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday lampooned the National Assembly, saying it is largely an assemblage of looters and thieves. Mr. Obasanjo, who was speaking at the public presentation of the autobiography of Justice Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja, regretted that every aspect of Nigeria’s national life is riddled with corruption. He accused the President […]

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Meet 10 Nigerian Private Jet Owners Set To Pay Over N100M Tax Per Year

In the light of the recent imposition of luxury tax of $4,000 on each private jet departure, some wealthy Nigerians are set to cough out some serious cash in form of tax… As expected Bishop Oyedepo, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr. Mike Adenuga are among the 10 Nigerians who will shell out hundreds of millions […]

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Singer D’banj Dragged To Court Over Alleged Bad Debts, Dud Cheque 

A Technology company, MindHub Technologies is claiming D’banj is owing them the sum of  $240,000,000 and another  N15,000,000, which the artiste has not denied but issued them post-dated cheques which were bounced back. MindHub Technologies who now speaks with D’banj through their lawyers after all efforts made by them for him to pay proved abortive […]

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Emmanuel Adebayor claims his mum is using witchcraft to ruin his career (Photo)

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor has fallen out with his mother, because he claims she is using witchcraft to ruin his career… Adebayor’s mum was said to be forced out of the family home, with his sister telling a radio station in Accra this week that Adebayor kicked her out. But the former Arsenal front man claims […]

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Senate President David Mark Slapped Yesterday During The National Assembly turmoil?

Some people are claiming they witnessed when the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark was ‘slapped’ yesterday  during the National Assembly chaos… Read below:

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Fashola’s aide, APC gov aspirant arraigned for murder

The atmosphere of the Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court was tense on Tuesday when a former Commissioner for Rural Development and a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Tola Kasali, 62, was arraigned for murder. Arraigned with him were the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Politics and Legislative Matters, Musiliu Folami, […]

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Police arrest another Lagos DPO for rape

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Oladipo Afolayan, for allegedly raping a woman in his office. The development comes a few months after another Lagos DPO, Mr. Adekunle Awe, was arrested for allegedly raping a woman, Idowu Akinwunmi, in his office at the Onikan Police Division. Punch learnt that Afolayan, […]

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