Author: Rashaad Harris

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said he will rule Nigeria using the 7 years experience he has gained if elected President. Osinbajo stated this when he visited the Asagba of Asaba, Professor Chike Edozien, at his Palace on Thursday. He said he has sought the face of God on the matter before joining the race. He said, “Nigeria is in need of experienced leadership at this critical time, and having served as Vice President for seven years in governance, I’m in the best position to provide that leadership. “If elected as president, I will apply everything to ensure…

A pregnant woman, Tabitha Azahan has been shot while on her way to Gbajimba, headquarters of Guma local government area of Benue State. The incident happened on Thursday night, April 28th. This was disclosed in a terse statement issued on Friday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Nathaniel Ikyur. In the statement, which Ikyur titled, “FULANI AGAIN’, said the woman was returning back from Daudu to Gbajimba on a motorcycle around 8pm. The body of the statement, which did not particularly mention or say that the attack was carried out by Fulani herdsmen, said…

Turns out that it is not just Music Executive, Soberekon that was nearly robbed by Lagos traffic robbers, Nollywood Actor, Chidi Mokeme also faced a similar ordeal in the hands of the hoodlums. For Mokeme, the incident happened around the Victoria Garden City area of Lagos while he was hurriedly heading to the airport to catch a flight. He uploaded a video on Instagram of him in the red Hummer SUV after the attack and another video of the extent of the damage when he got to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. [wpvideo 4gdpBIdk] “BEWARE! So here I was,…

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of the quartet of Daramola Damilola Ayode, Ilori Olalekan, Taiwo Gafar Olamilekan and Olarewaju Sheriff Adebayo for their involvement in internet fraud, otherwise known as “Yahoo Yahoo.” Ayode, Olalekan and Adebayo were prosecuted before Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court while Taiwo Gafar Olamilekan was docked before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan. The latter was sentenced to six months imprisonment while the three others were sentenced to six months community service each after they pleaded “guilty” to…

Music executive, Soso Soberekon has declared war on traffic robbers after they allegedly attacked him in his Range Rover while in a traffic jam. He called on the Governor of Lagos to arise and attend to the menace. He said: “@jidesanwoolu the traffic robberies in Lagos are getting too much, do something as soon as possible. From Lekki expressway, Freedom way, Ojota, Oshodi nowhere is safe. As for you robbers that tried to rob me, Shey una see say no be everybody way eh easy to rob from?”(sic) [wpvideo PDa6SW6p] In the clip he posted on Instagram, the glass of…

Following their continues fall from glory, exemplified by woes on the pitch and off the pitch which are coming in the form of the likes of highly paid star, Paul Pogba nearing an exit, Matic leaving on a free, interim manager at Manchester United, Ralf Rangnick has likened the aforementioned woes to an open-heart surgery. Rangnick hinted at this after his side lost 4:0 to Liverpool in the Premier League. “You don’t even need glasses to see and analyse where the problems are,” he said. “Now it’s about how do we solve them? It’s not enough to do some minor…

A community in Ogbor-Nguru – Nwankwo in the Aboh Mbaise local government area of Imo State, was on Thursday thrown into confusion when gunmen attacked a bullion van. The incident, it was confirmed happened around the popular General Hospital, Ogbor-Nguru at about 1:30pm. According to a journalist, Kennedy Onwunali who saw the event as it unfolded, said the driver of the van was returning to Owerri from Mbiase when the gunmen attacked. “In a bid to rob the van, the robbers ambushed the driver, such that the vehicle somersaulted and crashed into other parked vehicles. It is a miracle he…

Sokoto State Governor and presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has urged the party to aggregate its acts and move towards coming up with a presidential candidate that Nigerians will buy into and elect during the 2023 election. According to him, he foots the bill of the modest list of what is required to lead the country. Tambuwal made the appeal and submitted his capabilities Wednesday evening when he had an interactive meeting with a Forum of former Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the platform of the PDP at Asokoro, Abuja. “What…

A lady who goes by the name, Obia Ebere has lamented how his boyfriend of 6 years married another woman despite being with him three days before the wedding. Ebere, a nurse, disclosed this on Twitter on Wednesday, narrating how she is downtrodden because of the incident. In a series of tweets, she narrated how her fiance gave her a ring last year, after they had been in a relationship for the best part of 6 years. “I just find (sic) out my fiance of 6yrs got married on the 16th, and I was with him 3day before he got…

Despite the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), President Muhammadu Buhari’s Ministers have continued to cough out hundreds of millions of Naira for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential ticket. So far, the Labour Minister Chris Ngige, Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi and now the Minister of State for Education has picked the form. Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, obtaining the Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to vie for the Presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. APC is selling its presidential forms for N100 million as Switch Nigeria earlier reported, a price which…