Author: Kelvin Funkeye

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has filed submissions in the land’s highest court opposing a court challenge to his victory by main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday. The first election since Robert Mugabe was forced to resign after a coup in November had been expected to end Zimbabwe’s pariah status and launch an economic recovery but post-election unrest has brought back uncomfortable reminders of its violent past. Mnangagwa has urged…

Former governor of Lagos state and National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has called on former president Olusegun Obasanjo to face his “chicken and egg business”. According to Punch, Tinubu made this known at the Lagos APC secretariat in Ogba on Tuesday during the party’s stakeholders’ meeting. Tinubu was reacting to Obasanjo’s recent criticism of the President Muhammadu Buhari-administration. The former senator said that of Obasanjo had laid a strong foundation…

A Nigerian man, identified as Olayinka Olaniyi, has been been pronounced guilty of defrauding universities in the United States, and is due to be sentenced to jail. The 34-year-old was living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the time he committed the fraud, alongside his partner-in-crime, 29-year-old Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye. Both of them were extradited to the US to face the charges. Olaniyi and Ibiwoye were convicted of sending scam emails targeted at college and university employees, after…

The Presidency has debunked the rumoured extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 10-day vacation in London. On Tuesday night, stories emerged on social media that Buhari was planning to stay beyond his scheduled time. But in reaction, the presidency via its verified Twitter handle, @NGRPresident, noted that a story published by Tribune Online, on February 5, 2017 “is currently being mischievously circulated on social media platforms, to create the impression that it’s related to the President’s…

Nigerian music mogul, DBanj, has been spotted for the first time on camera weeks after losing his first son, Daniel the III. The singer shared a photo of himself on his Instagram page looking casual as he coordinated pink in the outfit he donned. The singer lost his one year old son in June and had sent out an appreciation message to people who stood by him during the trying time. Weeks after his son’s death,…

The United States Embassy has suspended consular services and appointments in Abuja till further notice. It explained that appointments for visa and for American citizen services have also been put on hold temporarily.   Consular operations in Lagos were, however, not affected, the mission said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. No reason was given for the decision.   The message read, “until further notice, all consular appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja have…

1. Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Tuesday, directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to, with immediate effect, overhaul the management and activities of SARS. He said that any Unit that will emerge from the process, must be intelligence-driven and restricted to the prevention and detection of armed robbery and kidnapping, and apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and nothing more. 2. Consequently, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has commenced the…

Cynthia Nwadiora popularly known as Cee-C has uploaded some fresh professional photos she recently took with her thousands of fans going gaga. One thing you can’t take away from Cee-C is the quality of her looks. The 25-year old lawyer who hails from the South-eastern part of Nigeria has an angelic look, infectious smile and massive hips. Writing on instagram, the one time drama queen wrote: Everything is going to be so good soon. Believe…