Anuoluwa Ogunyinka

President Muhammadu Buhari today returned to the country after about two-month medical vacation in London, United Kingdom. The presidential jet that conveyed Buhari landed at the Air Force Base in Kaduna at 7.40am. Top government officials are already waiting to receive him as he would be conveyed in an helicopter to the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

In contrast to its recently planned trip to South Africa over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, the Senate has announced the cancellation of the trip. Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, who presided at Wednesday’s plenary, revealed this ‎after about 30 minutes closed-door session of the upper chamber. He said that the lawmakers reached

Senator Babajide Omoworare, representing Osun East (APC Ife/Ijesa) Senatorial District, has appealed to indigenes and residents of Ile-Ife to end the ongoing feud in Sabo area of Ile-Ife. This was in a statement signed by Mr. Tunde Dairo, Media Aide to Omoworare, on Thursday. The senator appealed to all frayed nerves in the community to

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Ibadan Chapter has stated that it is awaiting the approval of its national body to embark on a one-week warning strike. The union is readying to embark on an indefinite strike to show its displeasure over illegal pension deductions and anomaly in salary. The Chairman of

Barcelona made Champions League history by becoming the first team to overturn a first-leg 4-0 deficit and knock out Paris St-Germain to reach the quarter-finals for the tenth successive season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the Spanish champions were 5-3 down on aggregate in the 88th minute, but Neymar’s free-kick and penalty followed

THE long hands of the law have caught up with a 200L student of Lead City University, Ibadan, Moshood Owolabi, after he was sentenced to die by hanging for stabbing a colleague. The incident was said to have occurred on January 12, 2014, at Toll Gate area of Ibadan and the injury sustained as a

The Italian government has deported another batch of Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country, just two weeks after it deported 33 Nigerians. It was gathered that the fresh 37 deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA) Lagos, on Tuesday night. The deportees,who are all males, were brought back in a chartered

The Nollywood actor, Peter Edochie, who is known for his peculiar role in several movies turned 70 on Tuesday and his son, Yul celebrated him. Yul posted a picture of his dad on his Instagram page with a caption: “Happy 70th birthday to my father, Chief Pete Edochie. “I thank God for your life and I pray

The Presidency on Tuesday said there was no truth in reports circulating about the new N-Power applications being received on the N-Power portal. This was stated in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande. Akande said, “Nigerians, especially beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries of the N-Power

A Yola High Court on Monday sentenced the immediate-past Governor of Adamawa, Mr James Ngilari, to five years in prison without option of fine, for after being found guilty of corrupt practices. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had charged the former governor, along with two of his former aides, Mr Andrew Welye and