…Apologizes To World Pension Summit Delegates President Goodluck Jonathan has directed both Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Bala Mohammed and the Coordinating Minster of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to meet and resolve how the construction of second runway for the country capital’s airport takes off next year. The President made the […]
Former Soviet Minister and Georgian President, Eduard Shevardnadze, is dead. The former leader who was credited for dousing the cold war in the country died Monday after a long illness at the age of 86. Shevardnadze was the face of Soviet foreign policy during the era of former President Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempt to liberalize the Communist. […]
It seems there is no end to the Edo State House of Assembly power tussle among the gladiators as the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers Monday entered the Anthony Enahoro Assembly Complex and held a separate plenary session. The legislators, which included the impeached (last week) Deputy Speaker, Festus Ebea, presided the parallel session – […]
By Femi Ayelabowo When the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, took on a generation of Yoruba Obas, and called them – of all things – worthless, he must have thought little of the consequences of his statement. Tinubu’s statement at the 80th birthday of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, was […]
Regardless of the Consultants opting out of nationwide strike by Doctors in the public hospitals, delegates under the umbrella body – Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), are currently meeting for an Emergency Delegates Meeting in Abuja, to review their demands and negotiations with the Federal Government. According to a delegate, the meeting was called to appraise […]
The Israeli-Palestinian mayhem rages as nine Palestinians have been murdered in an Israeli air raids on Gaza following rocket attacks on Israel. Hamas confirmed that six members of its military wing died in a strike near Rafah, in the south, adding that three others died in separate air strikes in response to rocket and mortar […]
Barely a week to the hosting of regional summit of the health experts and other stakeholders, Ghana is currently treating a suspected case of the deadly Ebola virus, the Ghanaian health Ministry has indicated. The world’s deadliest virus outbreak which to date has no vaccine or cure, has so far killed over 460 people in […]
Over 60 women and girls have been reportedly escaped from the clutches of the dreaded Boko Haram, security sources have indicated. The escapees included the 68 abducted last month near Damboa in north-eastern Borno state. Reports indicated that the women escaped when the militants went to attack a military base near Damboa Friday. The Nigerian […]
The embattled Adamawa State Governor, Alhaji Murtala Nyako, has declared Monday and Tuesday as work-free days in the state. The latest move by the Governor is speculated to be a frantic move to avert his impeachment and Deputy, James Ngilari. by the state House of Assembly. A statement issued on Sunday by his Chief of […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Against the backdrop of current alarming insecurity challenges facing Nigeria, states in south- east zone of the country have agreed to jointly purchase security equipments for the area. The states are Imo, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Abia. To this end, the zone said it has received quotation from a vendor of international […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has decried the delay in distributing the permanent voters cards to registered voters in the state ahead of the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun State, Nigeria, warning that it might be a ploy to disenfranchise voters. “INEC has been painfully slow in processing the permanent voters cards, and […]
More than 50 000 persons, including women, children and the aged, have been displaced from their homes in various parts – Bali, Wukari and Ibi of Taraba state due to the recent communal clashes. The Operations Officer in the Gombe Office of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Hajiya Zainab Umar, made this revelation on Sunday […]
At least 29 people have been killed by gunmen during raids on two different areas on the Kenyan coast, the country’s Interior Ministry revealed Sunday. The Somali militant group al-Shabaab, which attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last September, said it had staged an attack on Saturday evening in the coastal area. The Ministry’s […]
Israeli Police have arrested six Jewish suspects over the murder last week of a Palestinian teenager, Mohammad Abu Khdair, whose death resulted to days of violent protests. Police source indicated the victim was murdered “because of his nationality”. Khdair was first abducted in East Jerusalem, while his body was found last Wednesday. The first autopsy […]
The osun State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has described as baseless and unfounded allegations by the state All Progressive Congress that the governorship candidate of the party is moving around with masked security men during his campaign. In a statement issued by Bola Ajao the state publicity secretary of the party,the PDP described […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Nigerian Copyrights Commission (NCC), has confiscated broadcast equipment estimated at N26.3 million illegally used to transmit illegal digital signals in Enugu. NCC South East Zonal Manager Mrs Ngozi Okeke, who disclosed this to newsmen Friday in Enugu, shortly after officials of the Federal government agency raided various parts of the state […]
Chinese online stores are couching on Uruguay striker Luis Suarez’s notorious bite of an opponent at the ongoing World Cup by selling bottle openers with his image. Liverpool forward Suarez has been slammed a four month ban from football for biting Italy defender, Giorgio Chiellini during their final group match in Brazil last month. He […]
Ignatius Okpara, Onitsha Angered by the refusal of some residents and organizations in the state to pay their property rates, the Anambra State Government on Friday sealed-up nine buildings in the commercial city of Onitsha, owing to accumulated bills which has been estimated at over N1 million. The exercise which was supervised by the Anambra […]
The trial and conviction of the arrested and detained suspects of July 2013 Egyptian protest and massacre continues as a criminal court in the country this morning, sentenced strong Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammed Badie, and 36 other members to life in prison. Death sentences were also slammed on 10 others, including an underage defendant who […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Irrespective of the mounted political tension in the state, a youth group under the aegis of Political Mobilization Awareness Committee (PMAC), in Nasarawa has endorsed re-election of the incumbent Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, in the 2015 state’s gubernatorial poll. The group in a press statement signed by its leader, Yusuf Abari and […]
