From Collins Amadi – The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has declared it would not enforce deadline, with respect to ban on the use of the old number plate. FRSC Corps Marshall, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, made the declaration Wednesday while addressing journalists, during a courtesy visit to Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, in Umuahia, the State capital. […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to four UN Special Rapporteurs and the Special Envoy on Global Education over the imposition of compulsory insurance scheme for students of the Federal Government Colleges. The organization is asking them to use their good offices and positions to urgently request the Nigerian […]
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned in the strongest terms President Goodluck Jonathan’s open display of brazen impunity and financial recklessness during his five days visit to Lagos last week. In a release signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, the Party says what happened in Lagos […]
At last, Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, has lost in his bid to be engaged the Chief Coach of the Burkina Faso National team. The 2013 AFCON winner, Wednesday lost to another top contender, a 61 years old German, Genort Rohr, who now replaces the former handler, Paul Put. The controversial Keshi, was generally speculated […]
Luis Suarez marked his first return to England since a £75m summer move to Barcelona with two goals that leave Manchester City on the brink of a Champions League exit. The former Liverpool striker demonstrated the quality the Premier League has been missing – and which defenders have been spared – with two strikes in […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has awarded the sum of 500, 000 against the Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA) over human Rights abuse of a female Enugu resident. The presiding judge, Justice D.V. Agishi, had in her verdict on Tuesday, found ESWAMA liable of torture, humiliation, dehumanization and […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Lagos – Around late last year (2014), various security operatives including men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Naval officers were deployed on strategic locations on Ikorodu axis, Lagos, South Western Nigeria, to check the activities of petroleum pipeline vandals and bunkers, whose the corridor has become haven […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Yenagoa – The leadership feud currently rocking the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has worsened, following the suspension of the state Chairman of the party, Sam Inokoba by the State Working Committee SWC. Our Correspondent gathered that different factions are beginning to emerge in the state PDP While […]
The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has renewed its call for a thorough probe of the Ekiti rigging tape which was recently released by an army captain, saying it is wrong for anyone to consider it fake without a forensic investigation. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement issued in […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, has urged Ndigbo to boycott the forthcoming general polls scheduled for March 28 and April 11, 2015, following the continued detention of its leader, Barrister Benjamin Onwuka, and some other of their members by the federal government. According to the organisation, its call became necessary […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – As Commercial sex business continues to boom in Enugu, the coal city, following increasing number of hotels and eatery joints in the area, some students of various tertiary institutions in the state have joined the unholy trade, as they now littered their sexy pictures in most of the hotels. Such […]
Some inmates of the Calabar Prison, the Cross River State capital, South Southern Nigeria, Friday forcefully gained entrance into the Prison’s armory, in a bid to regain their freedom after a gun battle between them and armed security guards. The gun exchanges occasioned commotion in areas such as Afokang, Iman and Jebbs on Calabar South […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has described his positive performance in office as self evident across the various sectors of the Nigerian society,declaring that “Nigerians have refused to accept lies and falsehood been peddled by detractors” Speaking at the commissioning of the Olorunsogo Phase II Power Station in Ogun state on Friday ,the President said the completion […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has condemned a plan by the Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), through some government controlled security agencies, to shift the paradigm of public perception of corruption on them to the camp of the opposition (APC), by witch-hunting some Northern Muslim clerics and District […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki – The deadly Cholera disease that has been ravaging parts of Nigeria, has hit Ebonyi state, killing six persons, while eight others have been hospitalised. African Examiner reports that the epidemic hit three communities in the State. The state Director of Public Health and Disease Control, Dr. Christian Achi, who confirmed […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Asaba – Delta state police Command, says it has apprehended four persons for allegedly making away with 6,000 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and voter registers at INEC office in Oghara, Ethiope West local government area of the state. The state Police public Relations officer, PPRO Mrs. Celestina Kalu, who made this known […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Asaba – The Delta state chapter of the ruling peoples Democratic party PDP, has announced the expulsion of the former speaker of the State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, and ex-Secretary to State Government SSG, Obarisi Omo-Agege, from the party. According to the party, the action was taken against the two former […]
The family of late Executive Editor of Frontiers Newspaper Online, Mr. Daniel Ovwigho Idonor has announced the burial of their father, husband, son and benefactor who passed on to the great beyond on Monday February 2, 2015. A Christian Wake and Service of Songs would be held at his residence 16 Pibe Street, Mpape, Abuja, […]
The Lagos All Progressive Congress (APC) has warned once again that unless Nigeria is a banana republic, there is no reason why Senator Musiliu Obanikoro’s name will be considered again for a ministerial position given his deep involvement in Ekitigate election scandal. In a release issued in Lagos by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) says it has evidence that a top management staff of the Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA) is behind the dirty campaigns of hate against the presidential candidate of APC, General Muhammadu Buhari and his family aired in the recent documentary by AIT and […]
