Aregbesola admits increasing airport contract by N7bn

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said he deserves commendation for building the Moshood Abiola International Airport at Ido-Osun, Osun State, for N11.5bn.

Reno Omokri present his book to GEJ

President Goodluck Jonathan and his former New Media SA, Reno Omokri, recently reunited at an event where Reno Omokri handed copies of his books to the former President. Reno Omokri, an ordained pastor, is the founder of the Mind of Christ Christian Center in California and author of Shunpiking: No Shortcuts to God and Why Jesus Wept and the host of Transformation with Reno Omokri. Another pic below,

Glo-CAF Awards: Ayew, Toure, Aubameyang listed

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Abuja on Monday announced the names of three top nominees for the 2015 African Footballer of the Year Award.

The names were announced at a joint press briefing by the CAF, organisers of the most prestigious annual African footballer of the year award and its exclusive sponsor, Globacom, the Next Generation Network at a joint press conference held at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja on Monday.

Dokpesi remanded in Kuje Prison

Chairman and Owner of AIT and DAAR Communication Plc Chief Raymond Dokpesi yesterday arrived in Kuje Prison ahead of the perfection of his bail terms.

He was shielded from anxious inmates at the facility by warders.

According to a source, Dokpesi was brought to the prison at about 4.55pm and immediately taken to the Prison Chief’s office.

Immigration job scam: Court remands Moro, ex-director in prison

A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded a former Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, ‎and a deputy director in the ministry, F. O Alayebam‎i, in prison pending the hearing of their bail applications scheduled for Wednesday.

Justice Anwuli Chikere on Monday ordered their remand  in prison shortly after they were arraigned on 11 counts of N 675m fraud bordering on the botched March 15, 2014 National Immigration Services recruitment exercise.

PDP Berates Aregbesola Over N50m For Fireworks, Christmas Decor

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in Osun state yesterday described the state government approval to allegedly spend N50 million on fireworks and Christmas decorations in some major towns of the state as “wasteful spending and mis placement of priority”.

Victorious Under - 23 team gets $500,000 from NFF

The Nigerian Football Federation has paid $500,000 to the victorious Nigeria under 23 players that won the last African u-23 championship in Senegal. On Saturday, Nigeria defeated Algeria 2-1 to become the winners of the second edition of the U23 AFCON. Each player earned $12,000 while Head Coach Samson Siasia took about $24,000.

We killed seven Zaria Shiites to save Buratai – Army

The Nigerian Army has said its men shot dead about seven members of the Shiite sect in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Saturday while 10 other members of the group were wounded in the bid of the soldiers to ward off an alleged attack by the sect’s members on the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai.

Genevieve shares a photo with her Dad

The screen goddess shared the picture of herself and her father as he clocked 80 with the caption '' Daddy is 80 today. God's greatest gift to me this year''