Monday 12 June 2017

June 12: Opadokun Knows Abiola’s Killers – Al-Mustapha





Major Hamza Al- Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, has revealed that some Yoruba leaders knew those that killed the presumed winner of

NWC clears Aregbesola’s aide for Osun West Senatorial primary





The Commissioner for Cabinet Matters in Osun State, Senator Midashiru Hussain, has said he has been cleared by the  National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress to contest the

Why we stormed The SUN newspaper- EFCC





The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it stormed the head office of The SUN newspaper as part of routine efforts to ascertain the state of the assets of the publishing company

Folorunso Alakija’s son stages lavish £5million wedding





The wedding between Folarin, the son Nigeria’s richest woman, Folorunso Alakija, and Iranian beauty, Nazanin Jafarian Ghaissarifa, is reported to have cost £5 million.


Man murdered over false accusation on Facebook

killer launched a frenzied drug-fuelled attack on a 23-year-old man after luring him to his home because of unfounded rumours on Facebook.


Prophet Joshua Iginla marks birthday, dashes out cars, N12mil in South Africa (Photos)


It was tears and shout of joy as popular Nigerian Prophet, Joshua Iginla, the General Overseer of Champions Royal Assembly celebrated his birthday in South Africa by giving 34 widows 10,000 rands each. He also gave 78-Year-old woman and five other widows cars each and 10 orphans 100,000 rands and a brand new Red V polo car.

Group demands reinstatement of sacked whistle blowers

A nongovernmental organisation, Africa Centre for Media and Information Literacy, has expressed concern over recent news of the sack of another whistle blower by yet another agency of the federal government, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN.

“The sack of Murtala Ibrahim, an auditor in the bank, for blowing the whistle and refusing to cover up a contract scam and manufactured financial report of the bank, is yet another slap on the government’s whistle blower policy,” AFRICMIL said in a statement.

Buhari asks Osinbajo to sign Nigeria’s 2017 budget — Presidency

The Presidency said Monday President Muhammadu Buhari had indicated to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to proceed to assent to the nation’s 2017 budget.

“Following the receipt of a full brief on the 2017 Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly, and to buttress the unity at the highest level of government, President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated that it is in the interest of the nation’s economy for the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to sign the Appropriation Bill into law,” Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, said in a statement emailed to PREMIUM TIMES.

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