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November, 2018

  • 22 November

    Otedola shocks Farouk with details of $500,000 bribe collection

    Billionaire businessman and Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, Mr. Femi Otedola, told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Lugbe, Abuja, on Wednesday that he did not mount pressure on a former member of the House of Representatives, Mr Farouk Lawan, to remove his company’s name from the list of firms indicted for fuel subsidy fraud ...

  • 21 November

    Offa robbery gang leader, linked to Saraki,dies in custody

    Micheal Adikwu, the prime suspect and gang leader in the Offa bank robbery where at least 32 people were killed on April 5, 2018 is dead. The Offa roberry became controversial after the police accused Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of sponsoring the suspects. The two top Kwara politicians denied the allegations. Mr Saraki, who unlike Governor Ahmed enjoys ...

  • 21 November

    APGA not working for Buhari -Chairman

    The All Progressives Grand Alliance on Wednesday said it was not supporting the 2019 reelection bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Chairman of APGA, Chief  Victory Oye, stated this Oye’s reaction came following the relationship between the state governor, Willie Obiano and Aso Rock, resulting in the governor accompanying Buhari to several trips abroad. Some had insinuated that Obiano’s ...

  • 21 November

    Governorship, State Assembly elections hold March 2, says INEC

    Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the Area Council elections in FCT will hold on March 2, 2019, along with the governorship and state Assembly elections, He also disclosed that the list of candidates for elections will be published in its Federal Capital Territory office and also at the six Area Councils on Wednesday, 21st November, ...

  • 21 November

    Senate summons Amaechi for removing East from rail line plan

    The Senate Wednesday invited the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to appear before its joint committee on Land Transport and Local and Foreign Debts over alleged exclusion of eastern rail lines. Amaechi is summoned to tell the upper chamber why the eastern rail corridor, Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, was allegedly excluded in the scheme of rail expansion and modernization. The ...

  • 21 November

    Sanwo olu re-brands..shaves off moustache

    APC gubernatorial  candidate  in Lagos Babajide  Santo old has revealed to Agenda setters.. Opinion moulders of the country,Men of fourth  estate of the realm.that .governance  should  be two way communication. Inclusivness is a theory behind my govt. he said during a discussion  Wii top editors in the country. Sanwoolu is also repackaging.. Rebranding.. No moustache no beards anymore, No unusual  ...

  • 21 November

    MPC may not raise rates again, meets today & tomorrow

    There are indications that MPC will most likely leave all rates unchanged. While the October inflation report may show an increase in inflation, expected spending has not kicked in yet.The Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will meet for the last time this year on Wednesday and Thursday this week. The meeting earlier scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, 19th & 20th November ...

  • 21 November

    How Tosyn Bucknor’s husband found her Dead in her room at night

    In a very sad turn of events, popular Nigerian OAP Tosyn Bucknor has passed on. Reports say that husband, Aurelien Boyer, found her unresponsive in her room last night when he got back home from work. She was confirmed dead upon arrival at the hospital. The OAP popularly known as ‘Area Mama’ was a vlogger, content creator and a staff of Inspiration FM where ...

  • 21 November

    No rancour between Ambode and myself– Sanwo-Olu

    The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has denied claims that there is rancour between himself and the incumbent governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode. Sanwo-Olu in a series of tweets today denied that there is a rift between himself and Ambode who he hopes to take over office from come May 29th 2019. “On ...

  • 21 November

    Jonathan reveals 8 factors that worked against his re-election in 2015

    Ex President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed 8 factors worked against his re-election in 2015. Jonathan in his new book, ‘My Transition Hour,’ which he publicly presented in Abuja on Tuesday, recalled that “Obviously and with the benefit of hindsight, I have come to be aware of the intrigue that played a significant role in costing my party and me the ...