Simona Halep put in one of the performances of her life to defeat seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena William 6-2 6-2 to win her maiden crown at the All England Club. The former world No. 1 hardly put a foot wrong in a 56-minute rout, moving magnificently and executing perfectly fromContinue Reading
All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Ondo state on Saturday lauded the dispute resolution mechanism of its national leadership on the protracted acrimony within loyalists of the party in the state,describing it as laudable. A former lawmaker representing Ianre/Ifedore federal constituency, Bamidele Baderinwa (White) and party stalwart, Bayo Ologbese inContinue Reading
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has warned that the region may go offensive over the killing of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Adams, who is the leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), described Olakunrin’s killing by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State asContinue Reading
Shoppers were said to be screaming and running for their lives after a terrifying incident at the Manchester Arndale shopping centre. Several customers took to Twitter to say that they had been evacuated and that police were swarming on the building. One shopper described “mass panic” as crowds were told to exitContinue Reading
The Police in Rivers have adopted new strategies to end perennial kidnapping along East-West road and Elele-Owerri road in the state. The Rivers end of the East-West road linking the state to other parts of the country had been a hotbed for kidnappers, targeting passengers of commercial transporters. Hundreds ofContinue Reading
Parked in front of Manhattan’s Nigerian consulate, during a blizzard or heat wave, is the intrepid Divine Flavored Food Truck selling home-cooked Nigerian food. Customers line up at the window to order jollof rice with goat, gizzdodo (chicken gizzard with plantain cooked in fresh thyme and curry), or a pureed red beanContinue Reading
A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that Nigeria is a country without consequences, adding that citizens and voters have failed to hold politicians and leaders accountable for their actions and policies. Amaechi said that he knows politicians who have suddenly turned billionaires few months after taking upContinue Reading
Nigerian Court of Appeal in Abuja has rejected a suit challenging President Buhari’s academic qualification to stand for the 2019 presidential election. A three-man panel upheld an earlier judgment by a Federal High Court in Abuja, dismissing the suit on the grounds that it was statute-barred. The Court of AppealContinue Reading
Kaduna state Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has sworn-in 13 new Commissioners to man ministries in his second term. Governor El-Rufai had nominated 14 cabinet members to the State House of Assembly, but nominee for the Ministry of Agriculture was rejected by the assembly over his consistent criticism of the El-Rufai’sContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday nominated the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammed as substantive CJN. The National Judicial Council (NJC) had on Wednesday recommended Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad to Buhari for confirmation as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Tanko’s name was read by senateContinue Reading
