Real reason Tacha was disqualified from Big Brother House Sequel to breaking one of the house rules regarding violence on Friday, 27 September, Tacha, a Big Brother Naija housemate, was Friday night, disqualified from the show, while Mercy, a fellow housemate on whom the violence was perpetrated, received a double strike for provocation. During their…
Barrister Bimpe Olatemiju, a constitutional lawyer described the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal between Hon. Albert Akintoye of APC and Hon. Gboluga Ikengboju representing Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency as a charade that can never stand. The Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Akure, Ondo State Capital, has on Wednesday nullified the election of Hon. Ikengboju Gboluga,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally forwarded the list of ministerial nominees to Senate for confirmation. There are 43 nominees by the President. On the list announced by Senate President Ahmed Lawan are former ministers Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu Some of the names on the list include former Benue State governor, George Akume, Buhari…
The Nigerian Medical Association has expressed concern over the deplorable state of health care services in the country. The organisation said that despite their importance in the country, 40 per cent of medical doctors in Nigeria were still jobless. It, therefore, called on the Federal Government to employ capable medical personnel to reduce mortality rate….
The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said true Christians are called to love and pray for their enemies, including insurgents, saying it is the only way to change them. Osinbajo spoke in Lagos on Sunday at the national headquarters of the Foursquare Gospel Church, Nigeria, during the public presentation of a book, ‘Felix Meduoye: the…
The police have arraigned a whistle-blower, George Uboh, for alleged defamation against the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The charge sheet, which an online medium, SaharaReporters, published on its website, was filed at the FCT High Court, Abuja, following a petition against the CBN governor for alleged N232bn fraud. One of…
The Senate has given President Muhammadu Buhari till Friday to submit the list of ministerial nominees for screening, failure of which the red chamber will proceed on its two-month annual recess. In line with its annual calendar, the National Assembly is meant to go on its annual recess on July 26 and resume on September…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure on Friday declared Gbegudu Ololade as the rightful APC candidate for Okitipupa constituency 2 in the Ondo State House of Assembly General Election held in March 2019. Hon. Gbegudu in his speech thanked.his constituents for their patience during the period of court battle. He reassures constituents that despite…
Residents of some communities in the local government area raised the alarm over the arrest of their members by the joint task force of the security agents, including soldiers and policemen from the Inspector-General of Police Special Squad and the state command who were deployed in the forest reserves in the LGA. The residents alleged…
The U.S. on Wednesday accused Russia of denying visas for teachers at a school for diplomats’ children in Moscow, in the latest fray in relations between the countries. “Children should not be used as pawns in diplomatic disputes,” U.S. Ambassador, Jon Huntsman, said in a statement. The Anglo-American School is a combined venture of the…