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Perhaps the most outlandish thing I have heard this year, other than the fact that one set of President Buhari's aides told us he was not sick while another set simultaneously asked us to pray for his recovery, is the claim by the All Progressive Congress governor of    Zamfara state that the outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria is as a result of our sins.  His exact words were as follows                                                                                                                                                                       ...

The Secunda District Court in Mpumalanga, South Africa on Wednesday, 5 April 2017, handed hefty sentences to six Nigerian nationals, who were found guilty of manufacturing and dealing in drugs. Chibuzor Paul Ezekware, Samuel Okafor and Goodwin Addo Abunne were each sentenced to 36 years imprisonment. Henry Ulangu Ukaegby and Innocent Akuziele will spend 16 years in jail each, while Junior Okafor was sentenced to 18 months behind bars.                                                                                                                                         Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors' Forum, Mr Ayodele Fayose has lambasted factional chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff for walking out on party leaders on Thursday, during a pre-reconciliation meeting held in Abuja at the instance of the party leaders and elders, saying;                                                                                                                                       Read more » Follow @cool_jist

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says Nigerians have realised that the ruling party, APC, has nothing to offer except the circulation of lies. In a statement released by his media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu, Wike said this at the Rivers state government house, Port Harcourt when he granted audience to the Abuluoma Council of Chiefs Friday. He said:                                                                                                                                                                                     ...