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 […]
…Disassociates GMD from trending phoney online transactions …As Hackers break into his personal email Account The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has raised the alarm over what it termed the desperate attempt by some nondescript internet fraudsters to desecrate the character and personae of its Group Managing Director, Engr. Andrew Yakubu. The […]
Kayode Adelowokan The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has described the proposed merger of the three aviation agencies, Nigerian Civil Aviation authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and Nigerian Meteorological agency (NIMET) by the Federal Government as inappropriate, ill-timed and at variance with Nigeria’s obligation as a signatory to Chicago Convention 1944. The […]
As Osun Deputy Governor’s Brother Joins PDP The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that the PDP will not allow the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Ambassador Rufus Akeju, to conduct the August 9 governorship election. Omisore said this in Ile Ife on Wednesday during […]
Oyewale Oyelola The students of four Osun state owned tertiary institutions on Thursday stormed Osogbo to protest against their continue stay at home due to strike action by Academic and Non-Academic staff in their various institutions. The protesting students visited National Television Authority (NTA), Osogbo to hear their grievances. Students Union President, Osun State Polytechnic, […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola says he never promised to and will not give Lagosians low cost houses. He spoke at the 3rd Public Draw of the Lagos Homes Ownership Scheme, HOMS in which 76 new home owners emerged in Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday. He said when he took over as […]
Oyewale Oyelola South Africa President, Jacob Zuma of African National Congress is current leading in Wednesday Presidential election. ANC is leading majority of polling stations as people of South Africa await official result in the fifth presidential election after the end of apartheid rule and first time the free born will be voting- free born […]
The Nigeria Police has announced N50 Million Reward For Anyone Who can give information that will lead to the rescue of the 234 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram. A statement from the Police Command, Abuja and signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Uba said “the Nigeria Police hereby announce a cash reward […]
Villarreal have been fined €12,000 (£9,850) by the Spanish Football Federation after a fan threw a banana at Barcelona defender Dani Alves. The Brazilian, 30, picked up the banana and took a bite as he prepared to take a corner in the La Liga match between the sides last month. “We have accepted the €12,000 […]
The reform process of the Nigeria public service received a boost with the European Union committing 20 million Euros (N4.46 Billion) towards the coordination of the programme reform process, policy development and civil service administration reform in Nigeria The Supervising Minister of National Planning Ambassador Bashir Yuguda made this known, yesterday during the signing ceremony […]
Oyewale Oyelola Kogi state Governor, Captain Idris Wada has sacked the Chairman of the Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Jibrin Usman and members of the board. A Special Adviser to the governor, Mr. Jacob Edi announced the sack in Lokoja on Wednesday and no reason was given for the action. Edi said […]
Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Mr Chris Anyanwu has confirmed the death of a middle aged man (names withheld), during a sex rumpus with a female student of the state owned university. According to the command spokesman, the said man died on Monday in Abakaliki while having marathon sex […]
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has expressed surprise over the recent collapse of the 60 million naira ongoing Centenary Tower being constructed by the state government in Abakaliki, and has ordered a full scale probe into the incident. To this end, the House has directed its Committee on Works to immediately commence investigation into […]
Kayode Adelowokan Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have arrested a trader with 9.375kg of compressed cannabis hidden inside foodstuff. The suspect was apprehended while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airline flight to China where, a country where drug trafficking attracts capital punishment. Chairman/Chief Executive […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Nigerian’s anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on tuesday, at the Enugu High Court, arraigned a business man, one Enekwechi Raymond Onyimba, on a two-count charge bothering on fraud and obtaining property under false pretence. Onyimba, was alleged to have sometime in 2006 in Enugu, fraudulently converted to […]
Oyewale Oyelola Kwara State government on Tuesday flagged off the sale and distribution of Cocoa agro inputs to farmers in the state at subsidized. The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kishira in his address at the occasion said the sale and distribution of Cocoa agro inputs will boost agriculture and stimulate economic growth and […]
Oyewale Oyelola, Lagos The Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) has advised former Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Segun Oni to go to All Progressives Congress with his directionless followers, adding that PDP will not miss him. The Director General of AFCO, Mr. Owoseni Ajayi stated this in a statement made available to Journalists on Tuesday in […]
South Africans will on Wednesday go to the polling station to President that would lead the nation for next five years. Opinion polls in South Africa’s Sunday Times over the last two months have put ANC support at around 65%, only a shade lower than the 65.9% it won in the 2009 election that brought […]
