Saturday 1 October 2016

Boxing: Tyson Fury 'tested positive for cocaine and will be stripped of his belts'


he Gypsie King as he is fondly called by fans- Tyson Fury, the reigning WBA, WBO, IBO, Ring magazine, and lineal heavyweight champion has tested positive for cocaine according to reports, weeks after pulling out from his heavyweight title defence with Klitschko citing mental issues.

IG Deploys Helicopter, Hundreds Of Policemen,soldier, Sniffer Dogs In Search Of CBN Gov’s Wife


A combined team of soldiers, air force officers and mobile police said to be over 1,000 have stormed the forest at Benin-Agbor road where Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele was taken to after she was kidnapped yesterday.

Commissioners of Police of Edo state and Delta state were spotted at Ugoneki police station this evening where they are working with others to find the kidnapped woman.

I will keep blaming PDP for Nigeria's woes- President Buhari

President Buhari says he will not stop blaming PDP for the current state of the nation. Speaking at the launch of a pictorial book entitled ‘Buhari a new beginning’ by his personal photographer, Bayo Omoboriowo in the state house Abuja, President Buhari said

Pastor who destroyed shrine in Ogun State denies being stricken, as traditionalists demands N500,000 to appease the gods


A clergyman who was reported to have been paralysed after destroying a shrine in Ketu, Ayetoro area of Ogun State, on Sept. 20th, said traditionalists beat him with charms and other fetish objects but he was not affected spiritually or physically.

Pastor Adewale Fagbire of the Christ Apostolic Church(CAC) said this on Thursday, in Abeokuta during a press conference organised by the Ogun State branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria.

Taribo West Debunks Death Rumours


Former Nigeria defender Taribo West who is now a Pastor now has debunked a rumour which was widely published online on Thursday but started from smithrise.com, saying he had died at 50 at a South African hospital. According to him, he was earlier attacked spiritually and had a feeling another evil thing was going to come up. While speaking in a short interview about the rumour, Taribo said he is alive and fine and the news came to him while he was mediating on a sermon. He also said he received calls from all over the world, stating that he had never received calls that much before in his life.

Budget padding: Dogara sealed off my office so he can destroy incriminating documents - Abdulmumin Jibrin alleges

In a new statement he shared this afternoon, sacked House of Representatives Appropriation committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that his office which was sealed yesterday by some National Assembly officers, was to enable the Speaker Yakubu Dogara, get hold of some implicating documents and then destroy them. Read his new statement below...

Wife of Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, reportedly Kidnapped

Wife of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has been reportedly kidnapped. According to Sahara Reporters, Mrs. Margaret Emefiele was kidnapped along the Benin-Agbor Road yesterday September 29th. The kidnappers have contacted her husband and are demanding a huge ransom.

Anti-IPOB Protesters Take Case To American Embassy (Photos)

Members of Stand Up for Peace Movement have gone on a protest in Abuja on Thursday, in reaction to America’s stand that IPOB is not a t...