Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the country’s armed forces for their gallantry and success in securing the country. In an address on the occasion of the 2016 launching of the Armed Forces Remembrance and Emblem Appeal Week in Enugu, Governor Ugwuanyi assured them …
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Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang crowned African Footballer of the Year; see full list of other winners
Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has won Africa’s top football honour, beating four-time winner Ivorian Yaya Toure and Ghana’s Andre Ayew to the 2015 Caf African Footballer of the Year award at a ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday. The 26-year-old polled 143 points, seven more than Toure whilst Ayew finished a …
Read More »Release or charge our son to court – Metuh family
The family of Chief Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded his immediate release from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, detention or his arraignment, insisting that the PDP spokesman is innocent of the allegations being made against him. A statement by Chief …
Read More »At meeting with IMF MD: Senate urges CBN to relax forex policy
The Nigerian Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, to relax its strict Foreign Exchange policy as it is doing more harm to the economy than good. Senate President Bukola Saraki during a meeting with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Christine Lagarde said small businesses …
Read More »Communal crises: Ahmed counsels Share and Tsaragi elders on peace
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called on elders of Tsaragi in Edu Local Government and Share in Ifelodun local government area of the state, engaged in communal clash recently, to be advocates of peace rather than war. Governor Ahmed made the call in separate interactions with the elders …
Read More »Report on non-indigenous teachers’ sack mischievous
The Benue State government has stoutly denied reports that it disobeyed a court order concerning non-indigenous teachers, stressing that the report was “untenable, uncharitable and mischievous.” A statement signed by Tahav Agerzua, Special Adviser, Media and ICT, insisted that the Gov. Samuel Ortom government “has neither retrenched any teacher nor …
Read More »Solid minerals: US, Nigerian geological survey agencies to collaborate
Pursuant to the Federal Government’s plan to develop the solid minerals sector, the United States Geological Survey and its Nigerian counterpart, would next week commence strategic engagements aimed at working out suitable technical partnership between the two countries. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Enstwistle, disclosed details of …
Read More »Osinbajo, Belgore to grace premiere of Airtel Touching Lives Season 2
The wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice S.M.A. Belgore, GCON, among other high profile invitees, have confirmed they would attend the premiere of Airtel Touching Lives Season Two billed to hold next Thursday, 14th January, 2016, at the Congress …
Read More »Demolition: Oshodi traders were adequately notified – Lagos government …Says new ultra-modern market given for N5, 000 monthly …Denies destroying any goods … Criminals harbored in the market loop – Commissioner
The Lagos State Government on Thursday defended the relocation of traders plying their trade in Owonifari Market within the notorious loop of Oshodi to the newly built ultra-modern Isopakodowo Market in Bolade-Oshodi, saying the action was taken in the overall interest of public good, safety and security. Speaking during a …
Read More »Abia State condemns harassment of supporters
The Abia State government has condemned in strong terms the increasing harassment and intimidation of supporters of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu by security agencies. It said that last Tuesday’s invasion of the Aba residence of the Commissioner for Works, Hon Eziuche Ubani was the height of the regime of intimation launched …
Read More »Arms deal: Ex PDP chair, son get N300m bail
Justice A. R Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, January 7, 2016 granted bail to a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,and ex-minister of defence, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed and his son, Bello Abba Mohammed who are being prosecuted by the Economic and …
Read More »NYSC to prosecute prospective members, institutions for sharp practices
The National Youth Service Corps has vowed to prosecute any Corps Producing Institution or prospective Corps member that engages in sharp practices in the Scheme’s mobilization process. Director-General of the Scheme Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi gave the warning at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Batch ‘A’ Pre-Mobilization Workshop in …
Read More »Gov. Ortom charges Benue people to be compassionate
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Thursday charged well to do individuals and organizations in the state to show compassion on the less privileged in the society. He gave the charge when he visited the Centre for Parental Care of the Old and Vulnerable, CEPACOV, in Makurdi. Governor Ortom stated that …
Read More »Soyinka responds to Rivers govt’s call for his probe over “N82 million dinner”
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has responded to claims by the Rivers State government that its former governor, Rotimi Amaechi, spent N82 million to organize a dinner in his honour. In a statement, Wednesday, Prof. Soyinka said the “unprecedented call” for his probe was a form of corruption fighting back. “This …
Read More »Buhari for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University mega convocation; 7,688 graduate; 34 obtain first class
From: RUTH DAVID, Bauchi Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has graduated 7,688 students with 34 students obtaining first class. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim, revealed this at the pre-convocation press briefing in Bauchi, saying that all arrangements have been concluded by the management of …
Read More »Nigerian Guild of Editors did not collect N50m cash from Dasuki – NGE President
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, has denied that it received N50 million cash from the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki as suggested by Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, publisher of THISDAY newspapers and President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, in a letter he sent to …
Read More »Bayelsa re-run polls: IGP re-assures on security and police preparedness · Restricts movements in affected LGAs
As the rerun gubernatorial elections in parts of Bayelsa State on Saturday January 9, 2016, draws closer, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has reassured that adequate security logistics and manpower have been strategically deployed to achieve a most conducive electioneering atmosphere. A statement by ACP Olabisi Kolawole, …
Read More »Salary arrears: Kwara LGs opt for staff, overheads audit
Local Government Councils in Kwara State are to carry out personnel and overheads audit as part of strategies to check the delay in the payment of workers’ salaries. This is part of the communiqué issued after the meeting attended by the state governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, local government chairmen and …
Read More »Bayelsa governorship poll: INEC official denies accusing Gov. Dickson of bribing REC
The Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO) of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Bayelsa State, Ted Francis, on Wednesday denied accusing the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Baritor Kpagir, of collecting N200 million from Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, to compromise the governorship election in the South-South state. Following the cancellation of …
Read More »Bayelsa guber poll: PDP procured cancellation of Southern Ijaw election, Sylva alleges
NEDU MARK YENAGOA Ahead of the January 9, 2016 supplementary governorship election in Southern Ijaw, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, has described Governor Henry Seriake Dickson as the author of political violence in the state. Chief Sylva, who addressed a world press conference in Yenagoa, the …
Read More »Go to court and stop your silly distractions, Amaechi warns Wike over Prof. Soyinka N82m allegation
Former Rivers State Governor and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has debunked the allegation by the Nyesom Wike led government of Rivers State that Amaechi as governor misappropriated N82 million in hosting Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. In a statement by the Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi Media Office, …
Read More »ATBU revamps moribund investment Company; establishes 3 Star Hotel, Micro Finance Bank.
From Ruth David Bauchi The Vice Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Professor Abdulrahman Ibrahim, has revealed that the University has resuscitated the dying ATBU Trust Investment Limited (ATIL) through establishment of a Community Micro-Finance Bank, 3 star Hotel, bottled water factory and a printing press to generate …
Read More »$2.1bn arms purchase scandal: It is a hoax aimed at decimating PDP — Dokpesi speaks out
Embattled chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and founder of the DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said that there is nothing incriminating about the much-hyped disbursement of the $2.1 billion arms purchase fund for which he was arrested and charged before the court. Dokpesi, who spoke …
Read More »Ambode appoints ex-FIRS boss, Omoigui-Okauru, others for N25bn ETF Board
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday appointed a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru to head the Board of Trustees for the N25billion State Employment Trust Fund (ETF). The Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, …
Read More »Buhari swears-in Oyo-Ita as Head of Service
President Muhammadu Buhari has administered the oath of office on the new Head of Service (HoS) of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita. She was inaugurated before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by the President, Wednesday. The inauguration has made her the substantive Head of …
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