By Niyi Adeyi – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced postponement of Bank Verification Number (BVN) registration till October 31, 2015. The apex Bank made the announcement Tuesday, the same day it had earlier announced as deadline for the exercise. Bank customers since Monday in various parts of Lagos metropolis besieged their branches […]
By Ignatius Okpara – Policemen attached to the Imo state command have uncovered a baby factory at Mbutu, in Isiala Ngwa South Council Area of Abia State, just as they arrested the proprietor, Chief Emmanuel Eke, and some young pregnant girls. Among the arrested expectant mothers, is a deaf and dumb girl. Briefing newsmen in […]
By Tom Garba,Yola – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s bid to be in control of his Adamawa home State House of Assembly, has failed as his choice, for the position of the Speakership, Hon. Mallam Rufai Umar, representing Gombi, lost to another candidate, Rt. Hon Kabiru Mijinyawa from Yola South Constituency of the North Eastern […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has impounded 50 tankers on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway in a bid to decongest the expressway from wanton traffic gridlock. Apapa is a no-go area as tankers have blocked every nooks and crannies leading to Apapa, with motorists spending hours to get to their destination. On Sunday, […]
The National Secretary of the Labour Party, Barr. Kayode Ajulo, has described President’s directive to states who are owing their workers outstanding salary payments running into months to pay up as a matter of urgency, as “appropriate and commendable”. Ajulo, who is the founder of Egalitarian Mission- an NGO established to champion the cause of […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a motion calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Nigerian Navy and other relevant agencies to provide adequate security along the waterways in the state. This follows the robbery incident that occurred in Ikorodu area of Lagos last week in which a gang of robbers led […]
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), on Monday challenged President Muhmmadu Buhari to constitute his cabinet saying “delay is dangerous.” The association also pleaded with the National Association of Resident Doctors to call of their strike in public interest. The President of MDCAN, Dr Steve Oluwole, at a press briefing in Abuja […]
Reports say a training plane belonging to Bangladesh Air Force Monday, crashed into the sea, leaving its pilot missing in the Bay of Bengal. Wing Commander Noor-e Alam, Manager of Shah Amanat International Airport, said the F-7 trainer crashed soon after it took off from an air-base at Patenga, some 220 kilometres South-East of the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has taken the former All Progressives Congress (APC) Interim National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande to the cleaner over a statement he made to a section of the media on Sunday alleging that oil barons who never liked President Muhammadu Buhari`s anti-corruption stance […]
Ayo Balogun – The Co-Founder of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, Hadiza Bala-Usman, has been appointed the Chief of Staff (COS) to the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-rufai. In a press statement issued Monday by the Governor’s media aide, Samuel Aruwan, El-Rufai has also appointed two other aides, including Bashir Dabo, (Special Assistant on New Media); […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji – Following the death last Friday, of about 11 undergraduates of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, (OOU) Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, some students of the institution Monday morning took to the highway – the Sagamu-Ore Expressway, in protest against the sad development. The students who converged at the Ilishan Remo/Sagamu Junction, which is […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged members of the National Economic Council (NEC) to ensure that the country surmounts enormous challenges facing it, by working to support the incoming economic policies, to grow Nigerian economy and finance her external promises. Mr. President while speaking Monday at the […]
AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal that ambitious Portuguese side, CD Aves has tabled offers for Flying Eagles stars, Akinjide Idowu and Zaharadeen Bello. Defensive midfielder Idowu and central defender Bello featured at the recent FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. A source informed AfricanFootball.com that Bello’s club Dabo Babes of Kano was studying the offer […]
*Backs President Moves To Recover Stolen Funds The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari in his bid to investigate and recover the billions of naira looted by the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. “We received with great joy news of the resolution […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi – As the five-year tenure of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega alongside six other national commissioners, comes to an end, the INEC boss may not be stage a come-back having declared on several occasions that he had no interest in seeking re-appointment. Jega was in 2010 appointed […]
Leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in Bayelsa State have commended the state governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, for regular payment of workers salaries. A statement by the State council chairmen of NLC, Ebipere Ndiomu and his TUC counterpart, Dounana Tari, said that their members were […]
By Niyi Adeyi – No fewer than 23 people have lost their lives, while a total of 1,675 buildings were destroyed in various disasters in the last four months in the South Western Nigeria. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced that a total of 23 people have lost their lives, while 1,675 buildings […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Youths For Change Nigeria, a group of Nigerian youths, has expressed worry over the lingering National Assembly (NASS) crisis involving the APC and some of its members. The group National Leader, Mr. Seun Bobade, in a statement issued it issued Sunday night in Lagos, noted that the party was bigger than […]
Imo people are dying of hunger in the hands of Governor Rochas Okorocha . But like some strange figure from another planet, he seems absolutely unconcerned of the enormity of the problem. Every act of his demonstrates his lack of respect for the people he rule, and his gross underestimation of the level of political […]
*Calls For National Prayers For Buhari *I’m Still Cleaning Jonathan’s Rot -Buhari By Ganiyu Nasirudeen – The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of inaction after a month of assumption to power, therefore, called on Nigerians to join hands in prayers for the present administration to make headway. […]
