President Buhari has appointed Dr. Thomas M.A. John as Acting Alternate Chairman of the NNPC Governing Board. A statement signed by the Corporation’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, says Dr. John, a former Group Managing Director of the NNPC, was…
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CORRECTED: STILL IN SEARCH OF NIGERIAN WHO ORDERED SOYINKA OUT OF HIS SEAT
Wole Soyinka and the young man in face cap The young Nigerian who ordered Prof. Wole Soyinka out of his seat on a flight has not yet been identified. As it turned out the man who claimed to be the…
Read MorePHOTOS: TB JOSHUA PERFORMS MIRACLES IN NAZARETH, DRAWS HUGE CROWD
TB Joshua commands a woman who could not walk to walk Prophet T.B. Joshua, like a rock star, has drawn a record crowd of evangelical Christians from all over the world to a mass faith-healing in a stadium just outside…
Read MoreNIGERIAN MAFIA HOLDS SWAY IN ITALY
In a country that has fought for decades to weaken its homegrown mafia, a foreign crime group is gathering strength. The group’s members are Nigerian. They hold territory from the north in Turin to the south in Palermo. They smuggle…
Read MorePOLICE RESCUE 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL KIDNAPPED IN RIVERS STATE
Detectives attached to the Rivers State Police Command have rescued an 8-year-old girl who was kidnapped in Port Harcourt. Sofia Ehis was abducted from her parent’s house at Nkpor village Rumuolumeni Port Harcourt, on 11th May, 2019. Meanwhile,…
Read More82-YEAR-OLD MAN COMPENSATED WITH $288,000 AFTER 46 YEARS FOR BEING WRONGFULLY CONVICTED FOR MURDER
82-year-old Vietnamese man Tran Van Them was charged, convicted and sentenced to death in 1973 and 1974. He was only declared innocent in 2017. Them, a resident of Yen Phong District in Bac Ninh Province, one hour northeast of…
Read MoreRAPINOE LEADS U.S. INTO QUARTER-FINALS AFTER CONTROVERSIAL VAR REVIEW
Megan Rapinoe, player of the match scored twice for USA The U.S. needed two Megan Rapinoe penalty kicks, one of them controversially confirmed after a lengthy VAR review, to beat Spain 2-1 on Monday in Reims. With the win, they…
Read MoreNIGERIAN WHO ORDERED SOYINKA OUT OF HIS SEAT BREAKS SILENCE, OPENS UP
Wole Soyinka and the young man in face cap The young Nigerian man who ordered Prof. Wole Soyinka out of his seat on a flight has broken his silence and opened up on why he took the action. The young…
Read MoreSEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED AS ANOTHER BUILDING COLLAPSES IN LAGOS
No fewer that ten people have been reported injured after a one-storey building collapsed in Oshodi area of Lagos State. The building collapsed today June 23, at No 35, Adesanya Street, Mafoluku area of Oshodi. Director-General of the…
Read MorePHOTOS: BLIND LASTMA OFFICER WEDS HEARTTHROB
Olawale and his wife Saturday, June 22 will linger in the memory of a blind LASTMA officer, Yesufa Olawale. That was when he tied the knot with his heartthrob, Adenike. Olawale is known to be a very hardworking officer who…
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