Taofik Bankole

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“NNN is dead on arrival” – Nigerians wary of another ponzi scheme

Nigerians are aware that, like MMM, NNN is another ponzi scheme that is sure to crash.

It’s time for Africa: Announcing the fifth edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference

Has the time come for Africa to provide entertainment for the huge chunk of the world’s 7 billion people?

Gambia Impasse: Yahya Jammeh to join runaway African leaders, will leave Banjul today

Jammeh has finally accepted to leave Banjul.

Protests mar Donald Trump’s first hours as President, demonstrators set limousine on fire

Demonstrators stormed the streets of Washington, smashing windows and glasses belonging to shops and buildings.

Breaking: Yahya Jammeh agrees to leave The Gambia

Embattled “former” President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh has reportedly agreed to vacate his seat of power and leave the country.

Port Harcourt: Biafra agitators march in support of Donald Trump, rally turns violent

At least one person has been feared dead in the violent clash.

Lagos: US-bound pregnant woman killed in car crash, husband survives

The woman, identified as Mrs Helen Akhimien, was said to be making preparations to travel to see her children in the United States on the day of the incident.

Watch: Donald Trump’s inauguration as 45th President of the United States

Donald Trump is set to be sworn-in as 45th President of America.

Taofik Bankole: About time bus conductors stopped “hanging” by the door

Please stop before someone else dies.

Lagos: Banker, 35, docked for allegedly raping girlfriend’s housemaid

The housemaid said that the banker, Adedoyin Odukoya removed her towel, dragged her to the sitting room and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her.

Kogi: Man allegedly buries charms in burial ground to ward off ghosts in his dreams

Isah reportedly told his captors he was not at the cemetery to exhume dead bodies, but to bury some items given to him by a native doctor, because he was seeing ghosts.

Gambia Impasse: Yahya Jammeh disappears, has till noon to leave Banjul

Defiant “former” Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh has been given a lifeline till Friday noon to leave Banjul.

Film on kidnapped Chibok girls premieres at prestigious festival in U.S

The shirt film, titled “Waiting for Hassana”, will be the first Nigerian production ever selected to debut at the prestigious Sundance International Film Festival.

Borno: Councillor, others arrested for allegedly stealing bags of rice belonging to IDPs

EFCC said some of the suspects had confessed that the rice was sold to two traders in the area at the rate of N8,500 per bag.

Lagos: Woman killed in ghastly crash on way to America

The alleged reckless driver of the black Camry car survived the crash, but the United States-bound woman was not as lucky.

President Buhari to go on 10-day vacation, Osinbajo Acting President

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will, from Monday January 23 to Monday February 6, 2017, take over the role of Acting President of the Federal Republic.

“It’s a lie, NAF dropped bombs on us thrice” – Victim of Nigerian Air Force’s “accidental” bombing

Victims of the “accidental” bomb blast that rocked IDP camp in Rann, Borno State have rubbished the Nigerian Air Force’s claim that the bombing was a mistake as untrue.

India: 15 children die as school bus collides with truck

No fewer than 15 children were reportedly killed when a school bus collided with a truck in northern India on Thursday.