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 […]
Governor Theodore Ahamefula Orji of Abia state has emerged chairman of South east governor,s forum. Orji took over from outgoing Governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi who chaired the forum for over five years. Governor Obi disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday shortly at the end of south east Governor’s forum/ stake holders meeting […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested three men alleged to have raped a young woman and plugged one of her eyes. It would be recalled that the unknown men were alleged to have raped one Zainab Mohammed at Lukshi village in Dass Local Government Area of the State, at about 23.30 […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Ahead of Monday’s groundbreaking for the Second Niger Bridge, the south east chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday blasted president Goodluck Jonathan, for the non inclusion of the project in the 2014 Nigeria budget. The party regretted that such magnitude of project was not captured in the nation’s national budget, […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo This article is not meant to hold brief or a rejoinder for Prof Wole Soyinka – I am most confident he, and others, can do this for himself more effectively than me; rather it is to seek to protect Nigerians from the insult and onslaught of the spectre of brazen and barefaced […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu About fifty unknown young men armed with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons on Saturday attack the Enugu government. The hoodlums stormed the Government House early this morning at about 4:30 am. However, vigilant security operatives attached to the Enugu seat of power foiled the attack. Though our correspondent gathered that some of […]
(Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing over the South China Sea on Saturday, presumed crashed, as ships and planes from countries closest to its flight path scoured a large search area for any wreckage. Vietnamese state media, quoting a senior naval official, had reported that the Boeing […]
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 […]
Ignatius Okpara in Aba The Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church, Nigeria has showered encomium on Abia state Governor, Theodore Ahamefula Orji, for granting a waiver on the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for the proposed Clifford University Aba owned by the church. Addressing newsmen in Aba Friday on activities heralding the centenary celebration of […]
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that he and his cabinet will take a pay cut to help bring down the government’s wage bill. President Kenyatta said that he and his deputy William Ruto would take a 20% cut while other ministers would have their pay reduced by 10%. Foreign trips, he said, would be […]
(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 […]
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Lagos Our Nigerian way of life is the way of plenty of rituals of religion and very little of deeds to match our religious professions. It is public conduct and confessions that are divorced from personal responsibility and rather attached to “faith”. It does not matter what the outcome of our […]
…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 […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The pan Igbo- socio cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has demanded the payment of N2.4 trillion as reparation and restitution from the federal government over what it called “the killings, violations, atrocities and injustices against them in Nigeria since 1966.” Briefing newsmen on Thursday in Enugu, on behalf of Ohaneze, Minister of Aviation […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has warned motorists and drivers against patronizing touts in order to obtain fake drivers’ licenses, number plates as it will start arresting those without new number plates from July 1. The Corps Secretary, Commander Kayode Fanola, disclosed this while addressing Journalists in Abuja on the need to […]
A joint team of officers from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and Civil Defence Corps on Thursday raided the hideout of notorious criminals in Sabon Tasha and Kawo areas of Kaduna state capital. The operation which lasted hours, led to the arrest of 50 suspected drug barons and […]
All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured Nigerians that it will do everything possible to protect and preserve human life and dignity in a nation bound by the principle of freedom, justice, peace, unity and the rule of law. The party disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday while presenting its Code of Ethics to the public. […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos …School, Shopping Mall Shut Pandemonium struck on Thursday afternoon at the Ogba Junior Grammar School, Lagos, Nigeria as 13 students collapsed after inhaling toxic gaseous substance released into the school’s premises. It has not been unraveled how the dangerous chemical substance found its way into the school premises housing students less than […]
