Over the past few weeks, the abduction of the school girls at Chibok, Borno State has underscored the threat we have been facing as a nation in recent times from the actions of misguided persons masquerading as adherents of Islam. Our hearts are with families who have lost loved ones in this cycle of senseless […]
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri The police in Imo state on Thursday nabbed two students of the Federal University of Technology (FUTO) Owerri, for their alleged involvement in armed robbery and kidnapping. According to the state police command, the suspects, Chijioke Benjamine, (male), resides at God’s Lodge Eziobodo, while Emma Amanze also male, lives at Shalon Lodge […]
The Gambian government on Thursday in Banjul announced the appointment of Mrs Aminta Hydara as its first female governor. She was appointed governor of the West Coast Region by the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. Before her new appointment, Hydara was working at the Kanifing Municipal Council as ward councilor She replaced Alhagie Sanneh who has […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Emirates Group on Thursday announced its 26th consecutive year of profit and company-wide growth, ending the year in a strong position despite competitive pressure and a global economic environment that is only slowly recovering. The financial year ending 31 March 2014 also marked an unprecedented level of investment across the Group, continued […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Associated Airline and its insurers on Thursday commenced the payment of $30,000, the first tranche of claims, to 16 families including crew members that died in its Embraer 120 aircraft crashed seven months ago. The payment of the $30,000 is in compliance with International Civil Aviation Organisations ( ICAO) regulation, which […]
Ilorin perhaps came into existence five to seven hundred years ago. It was a place with hard rocks for repairing or sharpening weapons. It was surrounded by hills and forests inhabited by many wild animals – elephants, lions, snakes and several birds. The original place was not far from one or two fountains which are […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the National Assembly to urgently initiate a probe into how the budgetary allocations to the military have been spent in recent years, with a view to establishing whether or not the military is adequately empowered to effectively tackle the worsening scourge of terrorism in the country. In […]
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has declared his readiness to contest the 2015 governorship election in Lagos, Nigeria. At a breakfast meeting with other members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Ikuforiji said he is ready to vie for the position and succeed Governor Babatunde Fashola next year. The […]
…108,300 in Attendance is the Highest in Show History Houston, Texas, USA (8 May 2014) – Experts from the offshore energy industry around the world came together 5–8 May for the 2014 Offshore Technology Conference at Reliant Park in Houston. Attendance at the annual conference reached a 46-year high of 108,300 the highest in show […]
Islamic militants are scrambling to distance themselves from the recent acts of the African militants Boko Haram, expressing their unease with the news that Boko Haram orchestrated mass kidnappings of schoolgirls to sell into marriage — and according to the New York Times, al Qaeda, which has maintained an “awkward” relationship with the increasinly unstable […]
The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), Prince Buruji Kashamu has disagreed with the United States Judiciary over the April 24, 2014 ruling that was made against his (Kashamu) application by Chicago District Judge Charles Richard Norgle. The applicant whose innocence was proven and affirmed by the Royal Court of Justice in the United […]
…Group Urges FG To Enforce Diplomatic Sanctions Against Neighbouring Countries Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A group under the aegis of Plateau Women Solidarity Movement (PWSM) has called on the Federal Government to enforce diplomatic sanctions on neighbouring countries that sponsor and export mercenaries into the country for terrorists activities. Pastor Esther Ibanga read the Communique signed […]
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said it will take a “miracle” for Manchester City not to win the Premier League and has congratulated the champions-elect. League leaders City are two points clear of second-placed Liverpool with one game remaining. “It would need really a miracle now for them not to win it,” said Wenger. City, […]
Action by the Nigerian government and international partners to go after the group that has held more than 200 girls captive in that country should have come sooner, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday. “I think the government should do all it can to get the girls free,” he […]
A Jordanian television discussion on the crisis on Syria has descended into chaos, with the participants destroying part of the set. Journalists Shaker al-Johari and Mohammad al-Jayousi were debating the conflict on Jordan’s Seven Stars programme on Thursday. Al-Jayousi accused al-Johari of supporting the revolution in Syria, and was in turn accused of backing President […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu A Nigerian film and music dealer, Mr. Agustine Ameachi,on Thursday opened a can of worms as he told a Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu that the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) docked him because he refused to give them N30,000 (thirty thousand naira) bribe. Amaechi, who deals on the items at Okpara […]
Mona Ogbeidi President Goodluck Jonathan says both United Kingdom and China have indicated interests in assisting Nigeria to rescue the abducted Chibok school girls. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati disclosed that President Jonathan during a telephone conversation with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron requested for deployment of […]
Promasidor Nigeria Limited commiserates with the parents and families of the recently abducted school-girls from the Government Secondary School, Chibok describing this act as despicable. The company noted that the carnage experienced from the acts of terrorism presently being experienced in the country was robbing the north of the required human resources needed to propel […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Asaba The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Delta State command on Wednesday disclosed that it has arrested over 4,000 suspected illegal immigrants. NIS was assisted by other security forces, including the police in the mopping up of illegal aliens in the operation which begun last week in Asaba, the state Capital. Delta state public […]
…Local Firms Now Expert in Drilling, Well Testing etc …Says NNPC is Biggest Producer of Gas for Domestic Use The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Engr. Andrew Yakubu has described the participation of Indigenous oil and gas companies at the annual Offshore Technology Conference, OTC, in Houston Texas, USA as […]
