Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Guaranty Trust Bank plc has announced the district finals draw of the prestigious GTBank- Lagos State Principals Cup competition that will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2014. According to a statement from the Bank, the sponsored tournament is geared towards the development of grassroots football, the discovery of young football talents […]
The Presidency has blasted the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi advising him to respond to charges of frauds against him. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) Dr. Reuben Abati, the Presidency insisted that Sanusi was suspended over allegation of frauds and […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu For his total loyalty and support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration since inception, there are indications that the outgoing governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, may likely be appointed as minister of Aviation. In a similar vein, African Examiner gathered that former governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Thirteen people have drowned and five others rescued as a passenger boat capsized at FESTAC area of Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday night. The tragedy occurred at about 10.00pm as the boat conveying about 18 passengers from 6th Avenue to 4th Avenue capsized with 13 people drowned. Spokesman, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Fire has razed 17 shops at the Iponri Shopping Complex on Tuesday as properties valued at millions of naira were destroyed. The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe said the fire broke out at about 11.18 pm as 17 shops were razed, saying that things could have gotten […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, has enjoined state governments in Nigeria, especially those of south east extraction to always make adequate budgetary provision for disaster handling in their annual budget proposal. According to the Agency, strengthening and proper funding of State Emergency Management Agencies, (SEMAs) would go a long way in […]
Traffic gridlock is imminent on Lagos-Abeokuta Road, Dopemu and Iyana-Ipaja areas of Lagos, Nigeria as the Lagos State Government has announced the closure of the Dopemu and Iyana-Ipaja bridges for repair. The two bridges are critical to traffic situation in the area and when shut, there will be total paralysis in Egbeda, Dopemu, Agege, Iyana-Ipaja […]
Ignatius Okppara, Enugu Delta state Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has called on the Federal Government to rename the second Niger bridge Asaba/Onitsha Bridge. The Governor, who made the call in Onitsha Monday during the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the second bridge across the river Niger, said that the second bridge was significant and […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again called on President Goodluck Jonathan to take time off his premature electioneering campaign to visit Yobe State to commiserate with the bereaved families of the innocent school children who were brutally murdered by terrorists last month. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its Interim National […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan on Monday unveiled the 2nd Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State whose construction is to gulp N117 billion. Speaking at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the project, Jonathan said the Federal Government is executing the project under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement for a concession period of […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Enugu state police command on Monday hinted that the hoodlums that attacked the Enugu Government House in the early hours of Saturday are members of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign state of Biafra MASSOB. Abubakar Adamu Mohammed, the state commissioner of police (CP) who disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu, […]
Ignatius Okapara, Enugu There are strong indications that senator Andy Uba, representing Anambra south senatorial district of Anambra state in the National Assembly NASS, may likely dump the ruling peoples Democratic party PDP for opposition crisis ridden All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA. Our correspondent gathered exclusively that the lawmaker began the secret move with the […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos As the proposed national conference draws near, a coalition of Civil Societies Organizations has described the conference as “a jamboree of fraudulent and selfish government agents.” even as it disowned the list of civil societies delegates representing the Northeastern region of the country. Alhaji Baba Shehu, who is the Secretary of the […]
Muric Press Release: Reports from the three states under emergency rule as a result of Boko Haram onslaughts indicate that the morale of soldiers in the areas is very low courtesy of poor welfare package and lack of motivation. This logically explains the recent allegation that soldiers flee on sighting Boko Haram fighters who are […]
The National President of Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria ( IPMAN) ,Alhaji Abdul kadir Aminu has assured Nigerians that fuel scarcity will end this week as his members are now loading products at terminals in Lagos. Speaking on the fuel supply situation in the country, Aminu also informed Nigerians that he has convened an emergency […]
As part of the continuing enquiry into the torture of Ejigbo Market women, the Nigeria Police Force has obtained the pictures and descriptions of the three suspects declared wanted during the last press update. The three suspects are: Ranti Lukeman Akande, Akeem Shitu and Tiri. Ranti Lukeman Akande a.k.a Otempa uses the appellations: Comrade or […]
(Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact with air traffic controllers early on Saturday, the airline said in a statement, the plane likely missing in Vietnamese airspace. Flight MH370, operating a Boeing B777-200 aircraft left Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 a.m. (11.21 a.m. ET […]
…Threaten Total Mass Protest Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following the relocation of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) Academy from Jos to Enugu, some Plateau youths have staged a peaceful demonstration, threatening a total mass protest in the entire middle belt zone if the decision is not reversed. The Youths who were in their hundreds on […]
…Says Govt Delivers Prado Jeep, Pickup Truck To Her Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government has branded former Deputy Governor of the State, Mrs. Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele a liar for saying that all entitlements due to her were still being withheld by the government. The government said the allegations leveled against the government by the […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos In its efforts to transform the tourism sector and reduce youth restiveness, the Plateau State Government has earmarked the sum of N13, 863, 614, 800 billion for Sports and Tourism sectors in its 2014 budget. The State’s Commissioner of Finance, Davou Mang, disclosed this figure in Jos on Friday while giving the […]
