Month: March 2015

Jonathan Names Obanikoro As Foreign Minister

President Goodluck Jonathan has given portfolio to Senator Musiliu Obanikoro. The former federal lawmaker was screened last week alongside seven others by the Senate for their appointments as Ministers under Jonathan’s administration. Obanikoro, whose approval by the Senate was kicked against by some Nigerians, including the three senators from his state, Lagos, was announced by…

Ibinabo Goes To Appeal Court Over Judgment

inabo President of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima, has ordered her lawyers to file an appeal against the judgment of Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Lagos, which nullified her November 2012 election. The lower court had ruled in favour of St Maradona Mikevine, who challenged the first female president of…

UNILAG Shooting Leaves 1 Dead

A male student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, was shot dead on Tuesday night at the Amphitheatre of the school by some suspected cultists. It was gathered by our correspondent that the deceased was among students holding a Christian meeting (fellowship) when some gunmen stormed the hall and shot the young man dead, injuring…

Where Went That spark?

There is no burn as pleasant as from the fire of love. Think back to the first few weeks of meeting your spouse. Do you remember that giddy feeling, the butterflies at just the thought of him? Waking up with a smile and not even wanting to go to bed in the first place? Those…

Interim Government Option and the N200 Billion Offer: What Tinubu Never Told Nigerians?

By Obinna Akukwe Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the Nigeria’s leading opposition party APC had revealed that Jonathan offered him a Vice Presidency slot under an Interim Government arrangement, an offer he claimed to have rejected. Femi-Fani Kayode, the Head of PDP Campaign Organization had refuted the story, saying that it is illusionary imaginations…