Nigeria’s Mega Refinery Seeks Millions of Barrels of US Oil
(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s new Dangote mega refinery near Lagos is seeking to buy millions of barrels of US crude over the next year as it ramps up processing rates, a…
Adolf Hitler’s suicide blonde: As the Fuhrer’s First Lady, Eva Braun lived in lavish splendour, but behind the scenes she was so miserable she TWICE tried to kill herself before the final reckoning in Hitler’s bunker
The savagery of the senior Nazis is infamous. So what possessed any woman to wed such men and bear their children? In this series from James Wyllie's chilling book, we…
Obasanjo, Sanwo-olu, Makinde, Abiodun others storm Osun for Adeleke’s 64th birthday, chieftaincy installation
From Lateef Dada , Osogbo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun and Seyi Makinde of Oyo states, yesterday, stormed Ede, Osun State, for…
Chieftaincy title: Why Adeleke was chosen as Asiwaju of Ede – Planning committee chairman
Ede, Osun State, is currently hosting a star-studded event on Monday as Governor Ademola Adeleke is set to be installed as the Asiwaju of Ede Land. According to the Chairman of the Central Planning Committee, Senator…
Obasanjo challenges Adeleke to dance in Osogbo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, challenged Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, to dance at the Government House in Osogbo, the state capital. Speaking… Speaking during the commissioning of…
Prince Harry Was Reportedly “In Tears” When He Learned That King Charles Gave Prince William a Role That, Had Harry Remained a Working Member of the Royal Family, Would Have Likely Been Given to Him
Asreported yesterday, on the same day thatarrived in the U.K. earlier this week, his father,, made Harry’s brother,, the leader of the regiment that Harry once served in—and new information…
New Exchange Rate As Naira Bounces Back, Rises by Over N46 Against US Dollar
The Naira has started the new week strong in the official market also known as the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). FMDQ securities reports that Nigerian currency closed against…
Lagos monarch, others for arraignment over alleged N29m fraud
The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, fixed June 26, 2024, for the arraignment of a Lagos monarch, Monsuru Abimbola Oladega, and six others over alleged N29.3m fraud. Other…
Price Of Cooking Gas Crashes From ₦1,300 To N900 Per Kilo (See New Price)
According to a market survey carried out by Legit, dealers have crashed the product’s price to ₦900 per kilogramme from the ₦1,300 it sold weeks ago. LPG dealers have reported…
Police In Lagos Searches For ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ Kingpin
By Ebinum Samuel The Police Special Squad that have in the past 4 months helped the Lagos state police commissioner, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, to check crime and criminality has began…
‘She’s pure evil’: Nurse gets life in prison after admitting she intentionally gave patients excess insulin, prosecutors say
CNN — A former nurse who killed at least three patients and tried to kill more than a dozen more at nursing facilities across Pennsylvania has been sentenced to life…
MAERSK, NGELALE AND NEEDLESS DIATRIBES
BY BOLAJI AFOLABI For democracy to thrive, it is imperative that various elements including opposition political parties, civil societies, faith and community-based organisations, the media, and citizens play their respective…
WANTED: A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON COST OF GOVERNANCE
By Tunde Olusunle The lobbies and lounges of the *Nicon Hilton Hotel* (now *Transcorp Hilton)* and *Sheraton Hotels and Towers,* (now *Abuja Continental Hotel)* were very boisterous in the early…
I am the first Christian, Islam Gov. in Osun —Adeleke
The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday disclosed that he is the first executive Governor of Osun State to practice both Islam and Christianity. Adeleke made this known…
Muhammad Ali’s Knockout Former Los Angeles Mansion Is Going to Auction
Muhammad Ali’s former Italian Renaissance manor in Los Angeles is headed to auction, and bidding will open on Friday. The more than 100-year-old abode, in the city’s Hancock Park, was…
Fleeing Kogi Ex-Gov in a Web of Allegations … Fingered for Fraud, Bribery, Human Rights Abuse
By Yinka Adaranijo Penultimate weekend, an Abuja-based nongovernmental organisation, Centre for Tansparancy, Accountability, Fairness and Responsiblity in Governance (CTAFRG), had drawn attention to the wanton wastage of state funds to…
Man with Britain’s largest pen!s reveals why he won’t get size reduction surgery
A man who has ‘Britain’s largest penis’ has revealed why he won’t get size reduction surgery despite all the downsides. Matt Barr, 40, a Cambridge University graduate, realised he had…
BREAKING: IGP Egbetokun Declares Nigeria Not Ripe For State Police
Newstower Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Police Force has opposed the establishment of state police, saying the country was not ripe for such. Speaking at a one-day dialogue on state…
Lagos Police PRO uncovers the faces of 4 suspects who robbed a woman of N1.4M
The Police in Lagos State have reported the arrest of four individuals suspected of involvement in a robbery incident targeting a woman inside a vehicle in Ilasan, Lagos.According to a…
ATIKU’S LEADERSHIP IN PDP’s SEASON OF ANOMIE
By Tunde Olusunle Sceptical reporters had indeed cast the headlines of the stories they were going to file, ahead of the 98th National Executive Committee, (NEC) meeting of the Peoples'…
‘Yahoo’ Guy Splashes N1.8 billion On 3 Cars
By Ebinum Samuel A rave of the moment youth in highly sought-after area of Victoria Island, Lagos is alleged to Cruise around his environment with 3 state-of-the-art cars valued at…
The World’s Top 10 Richest Country Music Singers
Country music has long been a cherished genre, with its storytelling and heartfelt melodies resonating deeply with listeners around the world. Alongside their musical talent, many country singers have also…
NDLEA Nets 3 Wanted Kingpins In 51.90kg Heroin, Intercepts Oman-Bound Drug Consignment.. Recovers 25,202kg cannabis in Ondo, Bayelsa; 1,250,000 pills of opioids in Adamawa
By Ebinum Samuel Over two months after they were declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which…
Police invite Edo Labour Party, guber candidate, Akpata over attack at UNIBEN
The candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the forthcoming September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata has been invited by the State Police Command over alleged…
Oyo State Govt Demolishes Yoruba Nation Building After Attack
The Oyo State government has demolished the building where the Yoruba Nation agitators are operating from in Ibadan, the state capital. The building, located on Toye Oyesola Street in the…
“No More N12k/Per Bag:” Survey Shows Dangote, BUA, Others Crash Cement Prices to New Low
A market survey conducted by Legit.ng shows cement prices have dropped from the high of N15,000 it sold in January 2024. Retailers of the product said the drop is due…
N15tr Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway absolute necessity, says Ashimolowo
The Senior Pastor of Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) London Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo has backed the N15tr 700 -kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project of the Federal Government, describing it as a “necessity.”…
50,901 drug offenders arrested, 9,034 convicted in three years — NDLEA
The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested a total of 5,0901 drug offenders, including the apprehension of 46 drug barons in the last three years.The Chairman of…
Testimony backlash: Dunamis apologises as Abuja testifier meets Enenche, wife
The woman who was accused of lying while giving testimony at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, Vera Anyim, has said she bears no grudge against the church. This followed…
How Atiku Prevented Tinubu From Scamming FG – El-Rufai
An Encounter with Enron One of my memorable early experiences in BPE was a political baptism of fire – an encounter that opportunity to cash in on that misfortune. They…
Pregnant Woman, Widow Arrested Over N3.2m Counterfeit Cash, Lethal illicit Substance…As NDLEA recovers 900,000 opioid pills, 1,347.4kg cannabis in Kano, Kogi, Imo, Edo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti raids
By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2million counterfeit cash owned by three suspects: eight-month pregnant Favour Peter, 24;…
Recruitment of Police Constables: Zone 5 Announces Date For Practical Tests, Medical Screening For Qualified Candidates.. AIG assures of transparency, warns scammers
By Ebinum Samuel The Zone 5 Police Headquarters in Benin City, Edo State has informed indigenes of Delta and Edo States who applied for the ongoing recruitment of Police Constables…
I collected $3m cash for Emefiele – Dispatch rider tells court
A dispatch rider, Monday Osazuwa, dazzled the Special Offences Court in Lagos with revelation on Friday when he narrated how the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele,…
US ex-Ambassador bags 15 years jail term for spying on American govt
Former United States, US, Ambassador to Bolivia, Victor Manuel Rocha, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for spying on the American government for over a decade.Rocha spied on…
Woman sentenced to life imprisonment for burning her boyfriend to death in his car
A South African woman, Nonjabulo Nokukhanya Nkosiwho, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her boyfriend, Dumisani Qwabe, 47, a ward councilor candidate. Nkosiwho, 37, had planned…
Kokumo Assumes Command Of National Arms Centre
Newly-appointed director general of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) Deputy Inspector-General of Police Johnson Babatunde Kokumo (rtd) has pledged to mop up…
PSC Moves To Reform Disciplinary Procedures And Processes In The Police Force, Inaugurates Inter-Agency Committee On Disciplinary Matters …Arase says lack of discipline breeds corruption, human rights abuse and lack of accountability
By Ebinum Samuel The Police Service Commission has moved to sanitize/reform the disciplinary procedures and processes in the Nigeria Police Force to streamline and eliminate arbitrariness in the handling of…
Residents of Lekki Worried By Activities of ‘Yahoo’ Kingpin
By Ebinum Samuel The activities of a 28-years old scammer in Lekki area of Lagos state, is not only giving the residents sleepness nights, but has made the landlords there…
AS MUSLIMS CELEBRATE THE END OF RAMADAN FAST, ARASE PRAYS FOR ALLAH’S GUIDANCE AND BLESSINGS
By Ebinum Samuel As the Muslim faithful conclude the Ramadan fast with celebrations across the globe, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase CFR, retired Inspector General…
Remains of Otunba Abimbola Davis For Internment On Thursday
The remains of Otunba Abimbola Mosobalaje Davis, who passed-on at 66 years, on Friday, last week, will be interned this Thursday. According to the burial arrangements released by the family,…
DICKSON TARKIGHIR AT 55: A STUDY IN DOGGEDNESS
By Tunde Olusunle Many of his kinsmen and friends had a good laugh the day he was inaugurated into the eighth assembly of the House of Representatives, June 2015. Most…
El-Rufai prepares to fight Tinubu dirty in two courts
The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai is preparing to fight President Bola Tinubu in at least two courts, Saturday Vanguard can report.The prospects of the battle…
NYESOM WIKE AS CROSS-BORDER DISTRACTION
By Tunde Olusunle Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), is an extremely lucky man. The fact that he has remained a permanent fixture at various levels…
Dangote Refinery Female Worker Shot By Company’s Private Security Becomes Amputee, Laments Abandonment By Employer
Afemale staff of the Dangote Refinery, Ibeju Lekki in Lagos State, Rashidat Ahmed, whose right hand was amputated after a security official of the company shot her, has lamented that…
Constable Recruitment:Board Confirms 20 Centres For Medical Screening As Arase Prays For Successful Exercise
By Ebinum Samuel The Police Recruitment Board set up by the Police Service Commission to midwife the ongoing recruitment of Nigerians into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force…
Ace comedian Alibaba, wife, 55 welcome Triplets
Topnotch comedian, Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, popularly known as Alibaba has announced the birth of a set of triplets by his 55-year old wife. “Mary and I are happy and overjoyed…
Trainee Army officer at Sandhurst military academy, 24, raped a female colleague who was so drunk ‘she could not walk’, court told
A trainee British Army officer at Sandhurst military academy raped a female colleague who was so drunk 'she could not walk', a court martial has heard.Officer Cadet Harry Waters, 24,…
Easter Celebration : FCT Police Deploys 2, 000 Operatives…CP warns criminal elements
By Ebinum Samuel The FCT Police Command in anticipation of Easter celebration, has proactively deployed human and material resources at the Command's disposal across the nooks and crannies of the…
Festive Season : LASTMA Assures Motorists of Adequate Traffic Management And Control Across Lagos
By Ebinum Samuel Following the regular upbeat in social activities during festive season with corresponding increased in vehicular traffic and in addition to the on-going construction works at various parts…
Easter Celebration: Arase Calls For National Rebirth, Says Christians Should Be Prepared To Sacrifice For A New Nigeria
By Ebinum Samuel As Christians all over the world observe and celebrate the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, Dr. Solomon Arase CFR, retired Inspector General of Police…
Lagos Based Lawyer Petitions COAS Over Misconduct, Illegal Duty by Soldiers In Lagos
A Legal practitioner based in Lagos state, Chief A.G Giwa-Amu has written a petition to the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja as a matter of great urgency, call…
Lagos Police Boss Reels Out Achievements, Apprehends 2,329 Suspects In 100 Days, Recovers 20 Firearms
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police CP Adegoke Fayoade, on Wednesday, reeled out his achievements since assumption of office, disclosing that a total number of 2,329 suspected criminals were arrested…
I could not sleep for 16 days over students’ abduction – Governor opens up
I could not sleep for 16 days over students’ abduction – Governor opens up The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, on Monday said he could not sleep for 16…
Two medical Doctors arraigned for alleged involuntary manslaughter
Two medical Doctors arraigned for alleged involuntary manslaughter The Lagos State Government on Monday arraigned two medical doctors, Michael Atiba and Michael Ugbeye, before an Ikeja High Court, over alleged…
POLICE RECRUITMENT: APPLICANTS FOR MEDICAL SCREENING
By Ebinum Samuel Due to the ongoing Muslim Ramadan fast and the Christian lenten period, the date for the medical screening/examination for candidates for Police recruitment into the Constable cadre…
AS ATIKU FILLS IN FOR A MALFUNCTIONAL OPPOSITION
By Tunde Olusunle Doubts aside, the Peoples' Democratic Party, (PDP), is yet to recover from its loss to the All Progressives Congress, (APC), at the 2015 polls. The PDP lost…
Abby and Brittany: Conjoined Twins Who Paid Separate Fees Earn One Salary After Becoming Teachers
Conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel, both 32 years old, have been breaking barriers as elementary school teachersThe pair, who graduated from university a decade ago, have overcome the challenges…
Bobrisky describes transition into a woman as ‘smooth’
Posting a picture via his Instagram page, Bobrisky expressed happiness with the transition, saying that he had no health issues during the surgery procedure. In the Instagram photo, Bobrisky said…
Double Blessings for Emeka Ike as He Celebrates Birthday and Welcomes a Baby Girl
Double Blessings for Emeka Ike as He Celebrates Birthday and Welcomes a Baby GirlAvatar photoPublished 19 hours ago on March 21, 2024By BellaNaija.comIt’s a double celebration for Nollywood actor, Emeka…
Security operatives rescue 20 kidnapped victims in Edo
Security operatives have rescued 20 kidnapped victims in Edo forest and go after 21 others still in captivity.The victims were among 41 passengers of four Toyota Hiace buses abducted by…
Police invite Olu of Warri for attempted murder
The Olu of Warri Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Ogiame Atuwatse III, CFR, has responded to police invitation in a murder case, reported at the Warri Area Command in Delta…
Aliko Dangote Gives Out One Million Bags Of Rice Worth More Than N13b To People In Nigeria
Africa’s wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, has started giving out one million bags of rice worth more than N13 billion to people in need all over Nigeria through his Humanitarian Foundation.…
Ex-General Who Refunded Loot After EFCC Arrest to Chair Major Nigerian Commission
The newly appointed Chairman of the National Commission on Almajiri and Out-of-School Children, Major General Lawal Jafar Isa (rtd) was one of the beneficiaries of controversial billions of Naira illegally…
General Overseer, Pastor Shot Dead As Gunmen Storm Church In Akwa Ibom
The founder of the Mount of Solution Redeemed Church (MSRC), Apostle Elisha Asuquo and the pastor in charge of the church, Aniekan Ibanga, have been shot dead by gunmen, in…
Army Denies Reprisal Attack On Okuoma Community As Indigenes Say They Are ‘Helpless’
Men in army uniform ransacked and burned homes in Nigeria’s oil-producing Delta state days after youths killed 16 soldiers sent there to resolve a land dispute, residents said, but the…
Defence Headquarter Releases Names, Photos Of Soldiers Killed In Delta Attack
The identities of the Nigerian Army commander, three officers, and 12 soldiers who were killed by attackers in Delta community have been revealed. The Defence Headquarters shared their photos and…
Lagos orders traders, beggars to vacate Agege rail tracks
The Lagos State Government and the Agege Local Government have ordered traders and beggars on rail tracks along the Agege corridor to vacate before strict enforcement and demolition. At a…
Residents excited as Sanwo-Olu’s ‘Ounje Eko’ kicks off
Lagos residents have lauded the ‘Ounje Eko’ initiative introduced by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration as part of efforts to cushion the economic hardship. The governor, on February 22, announced some interventions…
ATIKU, NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY OWES YOU ONE
By Tunde Olusunle I've paid quite some attention in recent years to espousing the person, ideals and vision of Atiku Abubakar. A colourful and outspoken politician and statesman, he was…
Hair Stylist, Dispatch Rider Arrested For Selling Drug-Laced Chin-Chin To Students, Parties
By Ebinum Samuel A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for…
ADIEU MAMA CHRISTIANAH IBIRONKE OSHUNTOLA, CLASSIC “IYANIWURA”
By Tunde Olusunle Except you have the luxury of a precursor from your family, or you previously cultivated concrete amities, residential accommodation for a new employee deployed to work in…
FELA, “BASKETMOUTH” AND GODSWILL AKPABIO
By Tunde Olusunle Fela Anikulapo-Kuti the innovative Afrobeat musician, irrepressible composer, untiring activist, consummate artist, multi-instrumentalist and public intellectual it was who popularised the expression "basket mouth." His career as…
Househelp Stabs Boss To Death In Lagos 7 days After Resuming Work
A woman was stabbed to death by her house help in her apartment on 29, Kiniun-ifa street Sawmill, in the Gbagada area of Lagos. No one could tell when exactly…
12 terrorists killed in Sambisa, Zamfara, Katsina as Troops destroy IPOB arms factory in Abia
The Nigerian Army said on Monday that its troops fighting against insecurity on Sunday successfully raided and destroyed IPOB/ESN fighters’ arms production factory located between Ekoli Edda and Amagwu Ohafia…
Police Service Commission Chairman, Arase Decorates Aide, Calls For Prayers As Christians & Muslims Fast
By Ebinum Samuel The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase CFR, retired Inspector General of Police, has extolled the uncommon qualities and commitment of his personal Assistant,…
How My Phone’s Most Annoying Feature Saved My Life
Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on…
Bad Credit Shouldn’t Affect Health Insurance, Experts Say
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies
Apple Watch Series 9 Reportedly Has Flat Sides and Bigger Screens
Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on…