Man jailed 14 years in Lagos for defiling neigbour’s daughter

This sexual molestation of young children is becoming too much. Parents please be more vigilant. An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court today sentenced a 25 year old unemployed man named Ogboru Godspower, to 14 years in jail for defiling a 13-year-old daughter of his neighbour in Ikorodu. 

Atiku reacts to the bomb blast incident at an IDP camp in Adamawa today

Suspected Boko Haram men attacked the Malkohi IDP Camp in Yola, Adamawa State this morning..

DSS Screens Buhari’s Ministerial Nominees

 
                        DG of SSS, Musa Daura

 The Department of State Services has commenced the screening of ministerial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, The PUNCH has learnt on Wednesday.

It was gathered that no fewer than 20 nominees had been vetted by the DSS operatives since the exercise started.
The President was said to have sent to the agency a total of 36 names of would be ministers for security checks.

Photos from the Northern Governors Forums meeting

Governors from Northern states are currently holding a meeting in Borno state, chaired by Borno state governor. See more photos after the cut...

Woman jumps from moving car, causes crash

A San Bernardino woman slammed on her brakes and then stepped out of her car while it was still moving in a bizarre crash caught on a dashboard camera in Rowland Heights, California earlier this month. The crash occurred on Harbor Boulevard near Vantage Point at about 3:45 p.m. on Sept. 1

I didn’t collapse –el-Rufai

                       Governor Nasir el-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that he is hale and hearty, describing his purported collapse and near-death rumour as the handiwork of mischievous elements.

El-Rufai said his rumoured collapse was a mere hoax designed by mischief makers for purposes best known to them.

3 Ex-Governors Under EFCC Radar

                             

                               Former Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state

 The Economic and Financial crimes commission (EFCC) looks set to dock more ex-governors who have questionable records in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s quest to recover the country’s stolen monies.
This follows rigorous grilling already dished out to ex-governors like Martin Elechi, former governor of Ebonyi state and Sullivan Chime, former governor of Enugu state.

Tinubu Is Greater Than Obasanjo - Basorun

     

The first Secretary to the Alhaji Lateef Jakande-led 

 Lagos State Government,

Chief Olorunfunmi Basorun

 

 The first secretary to the Alhaji Lateef Jakande-led Lagos state government, Chief Olorunfunmi Basorun, has said the former Lagos governor Asiwaju Tinubu is far greater than former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

 In an interview with The Punch, Basorun talked about a series of topics ranging from Tinubu’s supremacy in Yoruba land,  Yoruba leadership and other political issues. Read excerpts below: