Ethnic War: Ile-Ife clash Court orders remand of monarch, pastor, others in prison

By Mike
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered that suspects arrested in connection with the Ile-Ife clash be remanded in prison pending the commencement of the hearing on June 14.

The trial judge, Justice Kudirat Akano gave the order in her ruling, on Friday.

Sport: Sergio Aguero made most of head-butt to get Fellaini sent off - Jose Mourinho

By Mike

MANCHESTER -- Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has accused Sergio Aguero of embellishment to get Marouane Fellaini sent off during the Manchester derby stalemate.
Fellaini was dismissed in the 84th minute of the 0-0 draw at the Etihad Stadium after appearing to head-butt Aguero.
Mourinho said afterwards he had not seen the incident on replay, but the United boss insisted referee Martin Atkinson would not have issued a red card had the Argentinian striker not fallen to the ground holding his face.

Politics: US talk about Korea draws China silence, dispute from Seoul (Supremacy vs Diplomacy)

By Mike

U.S. assertions about the Koreas drew silence Friday in Beijing, which refused to confirm it was turning up pressure on North Korea, and consternation in Seoul, which dismissed President Donald Trump's claim that he would get South Korea to renegotiate a trade deal and make it pay for a missile defense system.

South Korea contradicted statements Trump made in an interview Thursday with Reuters news agency in which he also said there is "a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea," as the North continues to develop nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.

Entertainment: Veteran Bollywood Actor, Vinod Khanna Dies At 70

By Mike

Veteran Bollywood actor and producer, Vinod Khanna who is popularly known for his romantic roles in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 70.

French Elections: Campaigning candidates consider France's wartime past

By Mike

France Election Update
France's troubled wartime past is taking center stage Friday in the country's highly charged presidential race, as centrist Emmanuel Macron visits a Nazi massacre site and Marine Le Pen's far-right party suffers a new blow over alleged Holocaust denial.

The two candidates facing a May 7 runoff offer starkly different visions of France's future — Macron's embrace of a globalized, diverse nation within an open-bordered Europe contrasts with Le Pen's protectionist, tightly policed France independent of the EU. After courting blue-collar voters earlier this week around the campaign's No. 1 issue — jobs — the candidates are increasingly focusing on their opposing views of French identity.

Politics: I Had No Problem With Amaechi But Patience Did’ – Goodluck Jonathan

Former Rivers State Governor and servinv Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has been alleged to have a problem with Former first lady Patience Dame Jonathan.

Immediate Past President Goodluck Jonathan stated this in a book titled, ‘Against the Run of Play,’ written by the Chairman, Editorial Board of ThisDay, Olusegun Adeniyi.

The Bayelsa politician revealed that Amaechi had a problem with his wife, Patience, which he (Jonathan) tried in vain to resolve.

Celebrity Gossip: I Didn’t Snub Ooni, I Greeted Him The Usual Way Lagos Kings Greet’ – Oba Akiolu

By Mike



OBA of Lagos Rilwan Akiolu yesterday cleared the air on the video in the social media being misconstrued for the monarch’s snubbing the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi at a public function in Lagos.

One of the white cap chiefs, Lateef Aderibigbe Ajose, Opeluwa Onido of Lagos, said the Lagos Monarch did not ignore Ooni of Ife at the public function as being misconceived by people.

The video in which Oba Akiolu allegedly refused to return the greetings of the Ooni at a function went viral on Wednesday, drawing outrage in the social media.

Breaking News: SSS in recruitment scandal

By Mike
Nigeria’s internal secret service, the State Security Service (SSS), is alleged to be involved in a recruitment scandal following the exposure of a shocking lopsidedness in the composition of the new officers recently absorbed into the agency.
The agency commissioned 479 cadet officers after their passing-out parade in Lagos on March 5, at a ceremony attended by the Director-General of the Agency, Lawal Daura, and the Chief of Air Staff, Abubakar Sadique, air marshall.
The parade followed a nine-month training programme under the agency’s Basic Course 29/2016/17, which encompassed academic activities, insurgency/counter insurgency, intelligence operations and gathering, firearms drills and physical training exercises.
But the listing of the newly commissioned cadet officers seen by PREMIUM TIMES reveal wide disparity in the numbers of slots allocated to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, indicating that the federal character principle may have been ignored in the recruitment of the officers.

US military begins installation of missile defenses in South Korea

In a surprise move, the U.S. military overnight transferred key parts of a controversial antimissile defense system into operational position, drawing angry reaction from residents near the site in Seongju, South Korea.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System, or THAAD, was originally scheduled to be installed after South Korea elects a new president May 9, giving the next administration a chance to review the controversial missile defense system.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has 'lost some of his aura' - Niall Quinn

Former Manchester City striker Niall Quinn has told ESPN FC that Pep Guardiola has "lost some of his aura" in his first year in English football and believes he will be under huge pressure to deliver trophy success next season.

After City's hopes of winning silverware in 2017 came to an end with a defeat against Arsenal in last Sunday's FA Cup semifinal, Guardiola's team are left to fight for a top-four finish in the Premier League that will secure entry into next season's Champions League.

Jose Mourinho to review Man United transfers after Zlatan, Rojo injuries

Jose Mourinho has said he has had to rethink Manchester United's summer transfer plans after injuries to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo.
The pair damaged knee ligaments in the 2-1 Europa League win over Anderlecht last week.
Asked at a news conference on Wednesday whether long-term injuries to Ibrahimovic and Rojo had affected his summer business, Mourinho said: "Yes. Yes. Because if I don't have the players for a long period of time."

Rojo could be out until the new year while there are doubts about whether 35-year-old Ibrahimovic will be able to resume his career.

Liverpool missed out on signing Dele Alli because of transfer fee - Ian Ayre

Former Liverpool chief executive officer Ian Ayre says the club did not complete the signing of Dele Alli as a teenager because they felt he was not worth the fee MK Dons were seeking.
Alli grew up as a Liverpool fan and met with then-manager Brendan Rodgers ahead of a potential transfer.
However, Liverpool and MK Dons could not agree a deal and the 18-year-old eventually completed a £5 million transfer to Tottenham Hotspur in February 2015.
"There was interest in the player, but where it got to was that the demands at that time were not fitting to what he had achieved at that point," Ayre said at a lecture in Liverpool on Wednesday.
"We didn't feel the player matched that demand. It's easy to sit and say: 'Look what you could have bought,' but how many players could you apply the reverse of that to? That's the truth."

Police: We recovered ‘stolen’ monies from Goje — not budget documents

The Nigeria police say they only recovered suspected stolen monies and some files from the Abuja residence of Danjuma Goje, a senator from Gombe state.

Last Friday, the police raided the house of Goje, carting away some monies and documents.

Goje, who is the chairman of the senate committee on appropriation, had accused the police of taking away the 2017 budget document after the raid.

He said work on the document might now be delayed.

I never said Buhari to work from home henceforth – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says he “never said that President Muhammadu Buhari is to work from home henceforth.”

In a statement issued, in Abuja, on Wednesday, the minister said the reporting in a section of the media of his post- Federal Executive Council (FEC) briefing that the President is to work from home henceforth is erroneous.

The statement, signed by his Special Adviser, Mr. Segun Adeyemi, the minister said “the President only decided to work from home today, not that he has decided to work from home henceforth”.

Tinubu: Saraki, El-Rufai Ensured Buhari Did Not Pick Me As His Running Mate’

Senate President Bukola Saraki, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai were allegedly worked against the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari picking former Lagos State Governor and a National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as his running mate in the 2015 presidential election.
Tinubu stated that Saraki, El-Rufai and other stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party, who defected to the APC in the build-up to the 2015 elections, instigated Buhari and some APC chieftains not to pick him as the would-be Vice-President.

Babangida reveals how US worked with 12 northern governors to remove Jonathan

More revelations have emerged on the alleged conspiracy of the US in the electoral defeat of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

Jonathan had claimed that former American President Barack Obama, was responsible for his loss.
Jonathan had said, “President Barack Obama and his officials made it very clear to me by their actions that they wanted a change of government in Nigeria and we’re ready to do anything to achieve that purpose. They even brought some naval ships into the Gulf of Guinea in the days preceding the election.”
Meanwhile, the US has since denied the allegation, insisting that Jonathan lost the election because Nigerians wanted him out.

Obasanjo: Jonathan was afraid Buhari would jail or kill him

A former President, Olusegiun Obasanjo has revealed that ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan was afraid that his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari, will send him to jail.

Obasanjo’s claim was contained in a book written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Segun Adeniyi.

See reasons why US-North Korea war imminent?

US warships and submarines are on the move. North Korea has carried out its largest ever live-fire drill. Washington and Pyongyang are trading inflammatory rhetoric on a weekly basis.

With all of this, it's hard to know if war is actually imminent or if these are the growing pains of US President Donald Trump's new administration figuring out how to deal with North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un.

Daily reports of the fragile situation fuel worries that war is imminent. But, has it really reached a point of no return?

France potential president married his high school teacher whom he had vowed to marry since he was 17years old

It's an improbable love story that, in some countries, would violate social norms.

A teenage student falls in love with his high school teacher and vows to marry her. Eventually, he does.

Nnamdi Kanu denies rejecting bail, pledges to meet conditions in 48 hours

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has denied a media report that he rejected the bail granted him on Tuesday by the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court.
Mr. Kanu and three others, David Nwawuisi, Benjamin Madubugwu and Chidiebere Onwudiwe, are facing trial before the court on allegations of treason, among other charges.
Mr. Kanu was granted bail on health grounds with 12 conditions attached to the bail by the presiding judge, Binta Nyako.
Although the request for bail was by all four defendants, only Mr. Kanu’s bail was approved, with the listed conditions.
There have since been media reports that Mr. Kanu rejected the bail because his co-defendants were not allowed bail.

Jonathan: Obama and other western leaders wanted me removed at all cost

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says Barack Obama, former US president, was desperate to have him removed.
Jonathan, who was president from 2010 to 2015, said Obama and his officials made it clear to him that they wanted a change of government in Nigeria.
The former president did not have the warmest of relationships with the Obama administration.
In the heat of the Boko Haram insurgency, the US government placed an arms embargo on Nigeria, though it cited gross abuse of human rights on the part of the Nigerian army as the reason for its decision.

PUNCH reporter: No Man Can Stop Buhari From Ruling for 8 Years

Olalekan Adetayo, state house correspondent of the PUNCH newspaper who was expelled from Aso Villa on Monday, says Bashir Abubakar, the chief security officer (CSO), told him the president could rule Nigeria for eight years.

Abubakar had summoned Adetayo on Monday over two reports – ‘Seat of power’s event centres going into extinction’ and ‘Fresh anxiety in Aso Rock over Buhari’s poor health’ – published by the newspaper.

After questioning him, the CSO directed that his accreditation tag be withdrawn and that he should be escorted out of the villa.

Finally: Lagos set to relocate Computer Village to Katangowa (Abule-Egba)

The Lagos state government has concluded plans to relocate the popular Computer Village from Ikeja, before the end of 2017.

Wasiu Anifowose, the state commissioner for physical planning and urban development, said on Tuesday that the relocation would reduce gridlock.

Police officer dumps her job busting crooks to become a lap dancer - because it pays more

Mum-of-three Hannah Havers, 35, joined the police in 2003 but the long hours and stressful shifts were leaving her exhausted and affecting her marriage

A police officer has left the force after 12 years on the front line for a better paid job - as a LAP DANCER.

Mum-of-three Hannah Havers, 35, joined the police in 2003 but the long hours and stressful shifts were leaving her exhausted and affecting her marriage.

Qatar Airways sees 'manageable' decline in flights to US

The CEO of one of the Middle East's largest carriers said Monday passenger numbers to the United States have dipped slightly over fears by some Muslim passengers that their visas may be rejected upon arrival, but expressed confidence in President Donald Trump as a "very good businessman."

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al-Baker said uncertainty about travel to the United States is "affecting the business, but to a very small extent."

Northern group to Buhari: Leave Jonathan alone… your govt is losing direction

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to leave ex-President Goodluck Jonathan alone and focus on his government which is “losing direction”.

The Arewa Peace Coalition (APC) gave the advice in a statement issued by Abdulkadir Mohammed, the group’s coordinator.

Mohammed also called Buhari’s attention to prevalent national issues, including the president’s “lopsided appointments” and the economic hardship facing the country.

He urged Buhari to discourage the “current negative campaign” against Jonathan and focus on the mandate of fixing Nigeria and improving the quality of lives of the millions of Nigerians.

[PHOTO]: Youth attack Aregbesola’s aide, threaten to bar govt officials from Adeleke’s burial

Some youth in Ede, Osun state, mobbed Idiat Babalola, a senior special adviser to Rauf Aregbesola, governor of Osun state, on Monday.

Babalola had visited the town to attend the burial of Isiaka Adeleke, senator representing Osun west.

It took the intervention of policemen to ferry her out of the residence.

The aggrieved individuals also threatened to prevent state government officials from attending the burial.