Kogi women on Wednesday joined the fight between Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West and Senator Oluremi Tinubu who represents Lagos Central.
Kogi women under the umbrella of Kogi Women Support Dino, KWSD have demanded that Tinubu apologize to Dino Melaye for calling him a thug and a dog.
This is even as women rights group, Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC, over the weekend asked Melaye to apologise to Tinubu failing...
Wednesday, 20 July 2016

Compete clean and fair at the Olympics, Buhari tells Team Nigeria
Posted on 04:17 by Steve Igbokwe
The Nigerian contingent to the Rio 2016 Olympics has been warned to steer clear of drugs and anything other thing that could tarnish the image of the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari gave during the handing over ceremony of Team Nigeria to the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOCat the Old Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.
“The menace of drug use in sports is threatening the core foundation of sports and has led to embarrassing situations as...

Why Idris, Arase are bickering, by Karl Tsokar
Posted on 01:54 by Steve Igbokwe
The war of attrition between immediate past Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Ehigiator Arase, and his successor, Ibrahim Idris, has roots in a query the former gave to the latter just before he retired.
It also has much bearing on the politics of how Idris emerged as the nation’s number one policeman.
Quite unlike the espirit de corps that attends police matters, Idris went public last Sunday, accusing his predecessor of going away with...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Dangote Foundation donates foodstuff to IDPs, less privileged in Abuja
Posted on 23:49 by Steve Igbokwe
The Dangote Foundation last Thursday donated food items worth several millions of naira to Internally Displaced Persons and other less privileged persons living in Abuja.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello who received the items on behalf of the beneficiaries thanked Dangote for the gesture and promised to ensure that the products reached their intended targets.
The Minister was represented by the Acting Secretary,...

Christian leaders mass in Abuja to ratify election of CAN President
Posted on 16:20 by Steve Igbokwe
400 Christian leaders from all over the country have converged in Abuja to ratify the election of Rev Samson Ayokunle as the 7th President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN.
Those now in Abuja for the event include 50 delegates from each of the five federating blocs of CAN, 37 state chairmen, including the Federal Capital Authority, six zonal leaders and 10 national leaders.
The five blocs that make up CAN include; the Christian Council...

Emir Sanusi steps out in N400k gold spiked fancy shoes
Posted on 15:34 by Steve Igbokwe
Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi II attended an event recently in these fancy gold spiked shoes.
The exotic footwear is said to be worth about $1,400 or well over N400,000.
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Read Zenith Bank's statement denying funding Fayose's election
Posted on 15:05 by Steve Igbokwe
The management of Zenith Bank Plc has issued a statement denying that the bank bankrolled Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose's election.
Read the statement below.
The issue involved in this case has to do with investigation bordering on the account of the Governor of Ekiti State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The bank was never a party to the matter.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) wrote to the bank,...
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