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Dino Melaye declares that he will seek PDP ticket for Kogi's November governorship elections

KOGI State's impending gubernatorial elections taking place on November 16 have taken a fresh dramatic twist after Senator Dino Melaye announced his candidacy yesterday revealing that he will seek the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) governorship ticket.

 

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Anthony Joshua loses his first ever fight as he suffers shock defeat to Mexican upstart Andy Ruiz

NIGERIAN-born world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has suffered the first ever defeat of his boxing career during his US debut when he got beaten my Mexican challenger Andy Ruiz as Madison Square Gardens yesterday.

 

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Security votes should be paid directly to police commissioners

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Over the last few weeks, this matter of Fulanis kidnapping passengers on motorways across Nigeria has assumed alarming proportions. It is no longer just armed robbery but is now becoming something of an industry in which a private army is taking over the country’s expressways

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Housewife claims her husband slept with a mad woman who came to him for deliverance

EKITI housewife Amaka Nwafor has told an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court that her husband was having a sexual relationship with a mad woman who came to him seeking deliverance and special prayers.

 

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Afenifere leader Chief Adebanjo says Nigeria risks disintegrating in 2023 if Igbo president is not elected

YORUBA pan-cultural group Afenifere leader Chief Ayo Adebanjo has warned that Nigeria risks disintegrating in 2023 if the southeast geo-political zone is not allowed to produce the next president.

 

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Police deny any knowledge of Buhari's executive order revoking gun licences nationwide

NIGERIA Police Force (NPF) commanders have revealed that they are not aware of President Muhammadu Buhari issuing an executive order revoking firearm licences nationwide.

 

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Abia police commissioner promises to arrest Nnamdi Kanu whenever he sets foot in the state

ABIA State police commissioner Ene Okon has vowed to arrest the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) whenever he ever returns and hand him over to the courts to face trial for jumping bail and other charges he faces.

 

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Lagos poised to become world's largest city in 2100 with 88m people according to latest survey

LAGOS is on course to become the largest city in the world by the year 2100 according to a recent survey put together by consultancy firm Mercer which projects that its population will balloon to a massive 88m people over the next 81 years.

 

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We need a combination of the Operation Dynamo spirit and that 12 Labours of Hercules dynamism to get out of this rut 

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today is June 1, the start of a new month. As 29 governors take office in Nigeria, can we please use this day as a moment for sober reflection. Rather than keep sending out meaningless Happy New Month messages, can we please make today an occasion when we ponder on the way forward 

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Oldest Nigerian male in the UK Pa Raphael Otuwehinmi passes away at the ripe old age of 99

NIGERIA'S oldest male diasporan in the UK Pa Raphael Otuwehinmi has passed away at the ripe old age of 99 just seven months to his 100th birthday ending a highly fulfilling life that has seen him live in the UK for 61 years.

 

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