Chairman of House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee and the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Lagos West, Hon Solomon Adeola, has debunked media reports that he’s dead. The APC lawmaker was mistaken for a Labour Party candidate in Ogun State, who died this week. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Media…
Day: February 19, 2015
How Olorogun O’Tega Lost Out As Major Shareholder In Standard Alliance Group
One conglomerate, which name rings a bell as a leading organization in Nigeria, is Standard Alliance Group, SAIG. SAG comprises Standard Alliance Insurance Plc, SAI, Standard Alliance Life Assurance Limited, SA Life, Standard Alliance Capital and Asset Management Limited, Standard Alliance Pension Managers Limited, Standard Alliance Mortgage Limited (Lagoon Savings and Loans Ltd.) and Standard…
Jimi Agbaje’s Surreptitious Affair With Yoruba Actress Uncovered
The popular catch phrase for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) flagbearer in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje is “J.K We Know, J.K We Trust,” but what is confronting most people in Lagos social circle is the gist now enveloping the air on his alleged secret romance with youthful Yoruba actress, Folake Shadare. Source revealed that unknown…
Abba Warns Police Officers Against Proposed Strike Action
The Inspector General of Police, Suleman Abba, has stressed that the Force will not tolerate any act of disloyalty and breach of discipline from its officers. The police chief, in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, disclosed that the Police High Command is committed to paying special attention…
Jonathan Launches 4 War Ships In Lagos, Vows To Collapse Boko Haram
The four newly acquired war ships by the Nigerian government for the Nigerian Navy were inaugurated in Lagos on Thursday, February 19, 2015 by President Goodluck Jonathan. At the ceremony, Jonathan promised to ensure the Islamic sect called Boko Haram is defeated by his government. He assured Nigerians that the new equipment would be used…
Boko Haram Kills 28 Near Sambisa Forest
m No fewer than 28 persons were feared dead on Thursday morning in a village near Sambisa Forest in Adamawa State. The Islamic sect, which is presently suffering heavy casualties from the Nigerian troops, attacked Gaya village in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Over the weekend, the Nigerian military launched an onslaught on…
Jonathan Bribed Pastors With N7b, Not N6b—Northern Cleric
A Borno-based man of God has confirmed an allegation made by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State that President Goodluck Jonathan bribed some pastors in the country to pacify their members to vote for him in the forthcoming presidential election. Some days ago, the governor made the allegation, claiming that about N6 billion exchanged hands…