Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has called for the abolishment of use of siren for all public officers, including the president and governors. The governor spoke while flagging off a three-day meeting of the National Council on Transport in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday lamented the nuisance the use of siren posed to […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Leaders of thought, in the south- east geo political zone of Nigeria, Thursday in Enugu inaugurated committees to harmonize the position of Igbos ahead of the proposed national conference. The meeting was attended by religious, traditional, and political leaders from various states of the region. It however, resolved that the Igbo race […]
By Ruth Bamidele, Lagos One Dr. Olufemi Oladipo Folorunsho who was accused of forging documents of a company belonging to a former Lagos Branch Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowhsip of Nigeria, Bishop Joseph Olanrewaju Obembe has denied all the allegations. This was contained in his testimony before Justice Lateefat Okunnu of a Lagos High Court […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Lagos State Government has asked an Ikeja High Court for more time to settle out of court over the ban on wearing of Hijab by female Muslim students in the state’s primary and secondary schools. The Muslim Student Association of Nigeria (MSSN) had dragged the state government to court over the ban […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos A Lagos Magistrate Court, sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday remanded 41 year old, Emeka Uchenna, at Kirikiri prison until his bail conditions are met, over allegedly swindling his victims to the tune of N1.3 million. It was gathered that the suspect was a tenant in the said apartment when the former landlord of the […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Three persons have been arrested by police operatives in Enugu in connection with a mysterious fire that gutted the Examinations Coordination Office of the Institute of Management and Technology (I.M.T), Enugu Tuesday night. Our correspondent gathered that the inferno, which began at about 8.30 pm, destroyed student’s examinations scripts that were written in the […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos There was pandemonium on Tuesday night at the popular Katako Market in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State due to outbreak of fire that destroyed properties worth millions of naira. The popular Katako market located at Laranto is known for the sales of fairly used clothes, building materials and grains. Bala an eye […]
Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja The Nigerian government has flagged off solar powered project tagged “Operation Light-Up Nigeria”, in Durumi, a community in the nation’s capital Abuja. The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo, said that Operation Light Up Rural communities in Nigeria, is an initiative of President Goodluck Jonathan, to make sure every rural communities are electrified. […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos A leading infrastructure and technology company, General Electric Africa has been honored at the United Nations 2013 Global Leadership Awards Dinner in New York, USA. The award is in recognition of GE’s commitment to the “Every Women Every Child” (EWEC) initiative championed by the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, as well […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confiscated two boxes of fake Dano Tetanus vaccine drugs valued at 3 million naira. The fake vaccine was smuggled into the country by an Ethiopian airline that landed at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The agency’s Head at the Airport, Mr […]
The African Examiner The award winning Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji, has added to his many laurels by winning this year’s Businessday Good Governance Awards in Healthcare Development and Security. Abia State Deputy Governor, Sir Emeka Ananaba, who led other top government officials to the awards ceremony which took place at the Federal […]
From Reuters The United States formally designated the Nigerian Islamist militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as foreign terrorist organizations on Wednesday, making it a crime to provide them with material support. The White House directed U.S. agencies to block financial transactions with the two groups, which it blamed for thousands of deaths in northeast […]
… As IGP Warns Anambra Politicians Against Misconduct Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Professor Attahiru Jega, National Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Wednesday in Awka hinted that all sensitive materials to be used for conduct of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra state have been modified with security features. The INEC boss, explained that the […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Three suspects has been remanded to Kirikiri Prison custody pending the legal advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, by an Ikeja Magistrate Court, over alleged armed robbery. The suspects, whose names are Joshua Muha 20, Tope Oladunjoye 23 and Emanuel Egbelo 19, residents of 42, Agoro street, Ajangbadi; 24, Agoro […]
…As ASUU Chased Away Gov. Wada from Hospital Ayo Balogun, Lagos Human rights activist, Bamidele Aturu has lamented the death of Comrade Festus Iyayi, saying his murderers in the Kogi State Government House must be prosecuted and that the matter must not be swept under the carpet Aturu, in a statement said lamented that Iyayi […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its 22-hour no-movement order for Saturday’s Anambra State governorship poll, wondering why such an extended curfew should be imposed because of an isolated election. INEC had said that from 12 midnight on Friday to 10 pm on Saturday, […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has deplored the disruption of the much-publicised colloquium organised by the Executive Secretary, Anti-Corruption Network, Otunba Dino Melaye by some men of the Nigeria Police in Abuja on Tuesday. The heavily-armed policemen, allegedly acting on the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, stormed Nicon […]
The House of Representatives on mandated its Committees on Privatization and Commercialization, Public procurement, Commerce, Marine Transport and customs to commence investigation into activities of concessionaires at Nigerian ports. This resolution emanated from a motion moved by Rep. Jerry Alagbaoso (PDP-Imo) which was adopted without debate. The concessioning of Nigerian seaports through the Bureau of […]
As a way of bringing the teeming percentage of the unbanked population on board the banking train, Skye Bank Plc has intensified efforts to provide financial services to this class of people through a range of product offerings. The Executive Director in charge of South South Business Development/Retail Banking, Skye Bank Plc, Mrs Ibiye Ekong, […]
Seplat Petroleum Development Co., a Nigerian oil company that bought assets in the Niger River Delta from Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), is considering listing shares on two stock exchanges, according to Managing Director Augustine Avuru. “A dual listing remains an option for Seplat for equity-raising,” he said in a telephone interview on Nov. 8, […]
