Saturday, 14 January 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode and wife Precious pay courtesy visit to Ooni of Ife (photos)

This morning Femi Fani-Kayode and his wife Precious paid a courtesy call on Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II,  the 51st Ooni of Ife. See another photo after the cut...

'Go and do your worst. Am I the person that closed your school?' - Oyo State Governor, Ajimobi taunts protesting LAUTECH students


Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), located in Oyo state, have been protesting the closure of their institution in the last eight months. A video has emerged showing Governor Abiola Ajimobi rudely addressing the student protesters, because they were reluctant to listen to any further excuse. Watch after the cut...

Ibori fled Nigeria because the cabal in Jonathan’s administration wanted him dead - By Tony Eluemunor

Tony Eluemunor is Ibori's media assistant. Read his article below...
In this final article in my series of replies to Simon Kolawole’s “The Welcome Party” (Thisday newspaper of Sunday December 25, 2016), where he condemned the massive celebration Chief James OnanefeIbori’s release from UK jail elicited in Nigeria, I will face the sixth untruth in his single article.

He wrote: “Season Three, I call it ‘The Journey’, started in 2010 when the government of President Goodluck Jonathan re-opened the case and Ibori, in an attempt to escape another trial, ran to Dubai”.

Tupac's ticket stub to Mike Tyson's fight in 1996 auctions for $25k

Tupac Shakur's ticket stub to the Mike Tyson fight he attended the night he was murdered is going up for sale for $25k.

The rapper was at the Tyson-Bruce Seldon bout which held at the MGM Grand in Vegas on Sept. 7, 1996, and after a first round Knock out by Mike Tyson, 2pac reportedly handed his ticket stub to a man and said: 'Here you go boy, enjoy this.'

Shortly after the fight, Tupac and Suge Knight clashed with rivals in a lobby before he was killed.

'I stand by my word' Sowore threatened my life & demanded N100m bribe from me' Lekan Fatodu claims

This is a statement from UK-based journalist, Lekan Fatodu, who recently filed a petition to the police against Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore. Read below...
I'm dropping this quick note because Sowore violated the idea of reconciliation suggested to the Police by his team of lawyers and supporters led by the elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Abayomi on Thursday. Sowore was at the Panti Police station with about 15 lawyers . I didn't go with any because I didn't need to. I know my case against him is incontrovertible!

Omoyele Sowore is not under investigation for criminal defamation & blackmail, his lawyer writes

Read the statement from his lawyers below...
Our attention has been drawn to various reports in the print, online and social media suggesting that Mr. Omoyele Sowore, a Nigerian citizen and the Founder and Publisher of the popular and globally celebrated online news media SaharaReporters domiciled in New York City, United States of America (USA) was arrested and is being investigated by the Nigeria Police Force on allegations bothering on ‘’criminal defamation’’ and ‘’blackmail’’.

Adorable photo of Emir of Kano and his grandson

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...