Former Super Eagles striker and 2013 AFCON champion Brown Ideye has taken a bold stand against Enyimba’s management, accusing club chairman and Nigerian legend, Nwankwo Kanu, of neglecting player welfare with unpaid wages. Ideye, who recently rejoined Enyimba after years abroad, revealed harsh truths about the financial struggles facing players at one of Nigeria’s most…
Tension erupted during plenary on Wednesday evening as Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele engaged in a shouting confrontation that nearly led to a physical altercation. According to a report, tension erupted during an executive session to deliberate on whether to adjourn the current legislative sitting this week or next week for…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kassim Afegbua, has criticized the unrealistic expectations placed on anti-corruption officials in Nigeria, especially when they are poorly paid, stating that no serious fight against corruption can succeed under such conditions. Speaking passionately, He said the system needs a total overhaul, beginning with transparency and adequate compensation….
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, has suggested that former Kano State Governor and NNPP presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, may soon join the ruling party. The former Humanitarian Affairs minister made the remarks during Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday, Dockaysworld reports. Yilwatda hinted that discussions and…
“As it turned out, unwittingly, we had handed Obasanjo a tool with which he later dealt with us too. After “stooping to conquer” the National Assembly, and surviving the impeachment plot, he later “stooped to conquer” the AD governors and Afenifere. After he survived the impeachment plot, he never showed any sense of remorse. We…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has criticised recent comments made by United Kingdom Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, regarding Nigerian citizenship, describing her remarks as misleading and legally inaccurate.Badenoch, while attempting to contrast British and Nigerian immigration systems, claimed: “It’s virtually impossible, for example, to get Nigerian citizenship. I…
Nigerian street singer Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, has made a declaration following his meeting with President Seyi Tinubu’s son. The controversial singer had met Seyi Tinubu at celebrity designer Seyi Vodi’s 50th birthday party. Taking to his Instagram page to share a video of him meeting with the president’s son, Portable stated that…
Nigeria international forward Victor Osimhen has sealed a deal with Galatasary from Napoli making him the highest earning player ever in the history of Turkish League. The deal will see Galatasary pay Napoli €75m as his transfer fee with a ten percent sell on clause. He agreed a contract till the summer of 2029 and…
Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the emergence of a new political coalition led by major opposition figures lays to rest fears that Nigeria is drifting into a one-party state. Fashola, who spoke on Saturday during an interview on Channels Television, said the adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)…
Aisha Buhari, widow of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has publicly refuted claims that she was no longer married to the late president before his death. This clarification comes days after U.S.-based Nigerian Professor, Farooq Kperogi, alleged that Aisha had dropped the Buhari surname and reverted to her maiden name, Halilu. Reacting to the claim,…
