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Politicians and VIPs resort to using Kaduna-Abuja railway service to escape highway robbers

NIGERIAN politicians and dignitaries have stepped up their use of the Abuja-Kaduna Railway Express over recent weeks as it has proven to be the safest way of travel due to increased banditry and armed robbery along motorways.

 

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Ali Ndume rebuffs Tinubu's attempt to get him to drop his senate president ambition

ATTEMPTS by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to get Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South Senatorial District to ditch his plans to become senate president have failed after he rebuffed overtures from Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

 

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Abia State chapter of APC wants Buhari to drop Enelamah because he is a technocrat and not a party man

MEMBERS of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  in Abia State have asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to re-appoint their representative on the federal cabinet trade an investment minister Dr Okechukwu Enelamah because he is interested in helping the party.

 

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Torino look to sign Super Eagles fullback Ola Aina permanently from Chelsea for £9m

ITALIAN Serie A side Torino looks set to trigger Chelsea fullback Ola Aina's £9m release clause in the summer in a bid to sign him permanently after being impressed with his performance this season while on loan.

 

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How did we revert from Awolowo’s futurism to today’s immediacy

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Ladies and gentlemen, this is a picture of Cocoa House, Africa’s first ever skyscraper, built by a man who simply stands head and shoulders above any leader we have ever known in Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo. Despite his flaws, the more I read about Awolowo, the more I just marvel at his unique ability to envisage the future

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Walter Onnoghen clarifies that he retired and did not resign from office after EFCC indictment

EMBATTLED chief judge of Nigeria Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen has declared that he retired from service and did not resign from his position as had been previously reported by those aware of the development.

 

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Rochas dragged to court by UPP who are seeking to get him arrested for election malpractices

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha has been dragged to court by the United Progressives Party (UPP) who are trying to get him arrested and prosecuted for electoral malpractices in relation to his role in the recent polls in the state.

 

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's hopes of becoming World Bank president end as David Malpass gets appointed

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's hope of becoming the World Bank president have once again been dashed after American David Malpass was named as the new head of the institution.

 

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Ogun State APC chapter warns Amosun that he may be probed for reckless last minute spending

GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosun has been warned by the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it will probe all the last minute transactions he is entering into after May 29 when Dapo Abiodun takes over from him.

 

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Man brutally stabs girlfriend to death for insulting him about having a small penis

AUSTRIAN police have arrested an Iraqi man identified as Daban K sand charged him to court for murder after he killed his girlfriend because she repeatedly mocked him for having a small penis.

 

In a gruesome murder case, Mr Daban was said to have killed his Austrian girlfriend despite the fact that she had sheltered him from the Austrian authorities for several years. She apparently hid Mr Daban in her flat when he ignored a deportation order to be sent back to Iraq from Austria.

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