Popular Nigerian saxophonist, Adeyemi Adeosu, otherwise known as Yemi Sax, is one of the happiest men on earth today and the reason is not far-fetched. The well sought after instrumentalist cum music producer has now joined the league of fathers in the world. His wife, Sola, put to bed on Sunday morning at St Georges…
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NSCDC Provost Dies In Ogun
A senior officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Commandant Adekunle Daud Elesin, has died. Elesin reportedly died on Saturday night in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after a brief illness. Until his death, the 59 years old Elesin was the Provost, NSCDC College of Security Management, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. According…
PDP Crisis: Forget 2015, Beg OBJ–Fani-Kayode Advises GEJ
Former spokesman to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to forget about his speculated 2015 presidential ambition in order to allow peace return to the troubled Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Fani-Kayode also asked Jonathan to listen to his piece of advice, swallow his pride and beg Obasanjo help him solve the…
Winners Or Rascals Chapel? Again, Oyedepo's 'Boys' Beat Journalists, Ogun Officials
Ordinarily, the house of God is supposed to be a place where responsible and gentle people are bred, but alas! the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, owned by Bishop David Oyedepo, is not only gradually painting itself to be a lawless house, but a house of rascals. Barely 48 hours after…
Nigeria One Leg In Brazil 2014, Beats Malawi In Calabar
The Super Eagles of Nigeria is now one leg in the FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil in 2014. The national football team mauled the Flames of Malawi by two goals to nil in Calabar on Saturday evening. Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses shared the two goals by Nigeria against Malawi at the…
Boko Haram Kills Borno Gov's Aide, 8 Others
Some suspected terrorists believed to be Boko Haram members have killed an aide to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State along with eight others. The governor’s aide, identified as Muhammad Sani, was shot dead by the gunmen on Friday at Bulabulin-Ngabura village, which is about 50km from Maiduguri, the state capital. The attackers stormed the…
Police Seals New PDP Abuja Office
Some security operatives, on Saturday afternoon, stormed the secretariat of the Atiku Abubukar led faction of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, formed some days ago. The heavily armed and battle-ready policemen sealed off the office of the faction of the ruling party located at Plot 320, off Onyi River Crescent, in Maitama area of the…
Tambuwal Throws Weight Behind New PDP
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has thrown his full weight behind the new Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, formed by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. This was made known by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon Zakari Mohammed, while addressing some journalists in Abuja. The…
Clark Attacks Anenih Over PDP Crisis
The Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Tony Anenih, has now come under attack for supporting the governors under the new PDP led by Atiku Abubakar. Anenih had stated on Tuesday that some of the grievances of the governors under the new party’s faction against Bamanga Tukur and President Jonathan…
Fani-Kayode Withdraws Indiscreet Comments On Bianca
Controversial former spokesman of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn his ‘indiscreet’ statement on Bianca Ojukwu claiming that he had an intimate relationship with her many years ago. In his write-up titled ‘Neither a Tribalist Nor a Hater,’ published in the Leadership Newspaper of August 16, 2013, to defend himself over his earlier article…