Hundreds of rioting Muslims set a Shariah court ablaze, Friday in Kano city, protesting its decision to free a cleric accused of insulting the prophet Mohammed. Protesters threw blazing, fuel-filled tires into the building then start marching through streets to demand punishment for a Muslim cleric Malam Abdul Nyass. Police monitored the crowd, which […]
With the successful hosting of the 2nd NIPR Lagos Stakeholders’ Conference, the Nigerian Institute Public Relations Lagos Chapter, has commended the participation and support of key regulators and corporate organisions in the conference. The event which was held in collaboration with the Mass Communication Department, University of Lagos, was organized by Addefort Limited. Speaking […]
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Friday, was spotted boarding the same British Airways flight to London, with the incoming President Muhammadu Buhari. While Allison-Madueke’s trip mission was not officially disclosed, the incoming number one citizen was said to be travelling for weekend. He is expected back to Nigeria, next week Tuesday. It was […]
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Ahead of the 2016 Governorship election in Bayelsa State, Governor Seriake Dickson has said that he is battle ready to fight his political detractors from the state. Dickson also said that he remains a People’s Democratic Party Governor, noting that there is no political threats in PDP in Bayelsa state ahead the […]
Le Meridien Ibom Hotel & Resort in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has announced that it has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. Now in its fifth year, the award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve great traveller reviews on TripAdvisor. The Certificate of Excellence winners include accommodations, […]
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has urged the Igbo to industrialise their home place by repatriating some of their wealth back home. Speaking at a book presentation and inaugural conference of Ala Igbo Development Foundation (ADF) in Enugu on Thursday, Achebe said more than 70 per cent of the investments of the […]
National Examination Council (NECO), Thursday, said it would do everything possible to tackle examination malpractices across the country. Prof. Monday Joshua, Registrar of NECO who made this promise during a courtesy visit to Government House, Minna, Niger State, said the council had cautioned its members of staff against examination malpractices. “We are committed to controlling […]
United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, Thursday, called on the international community to support Nigeria’s Safe Schools Initiative. Brown told UN correspondents in New York that Nigeria was facing a moment of truth, when Boko Haram is trying to engineer a civil war and seeking to prevent girls from ever going […]
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Thursday, inaugurated a multi-billion naira governor’s office for his successor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at Government House, Enugu. Commissioning the edifice, Chime stated that it was constructed to ease the work and operations of the incoming administration, just as he said the building would also create conducive environment for workers […]
NZE NWABUEZE AKABOGU (JP) The recent Parliamentary election in the United Kingdom of Great Britain had produced rather a dramatic victory for the ruling conservative party led by the Prime Minister, David Cameron. After about five weeks of intense campaigns by all the political parties, opinion polls and book makers were unanimous that the election […]
Some Lagos residents on Thursday urged the State Governor-elect, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, to complete the Ayobo/Ipaja Road project in Alimosho very early in his tenure. The residents and some motorists in the area who spoke in separate interviews in Lagos, said the stoppage of work on the project and some of its bad portions had […]
Tayo Ogunbiyi “You see, this job is a tough job. When I took this job, at the age of 44, I was counting the number of white hairs on my head. Today, at 52, I am counting the number of black hairs on my head”- Fashola In a few days’ time, the impressive tenure of […]
We work diligently to keep our complexions youthful—we spend a fortune on anti-wrinkle creams, slather on SPF every day, and wear hats to shield our faces from the sun. But it’s easy to forget about those other body parts that are just as quick to show signs of aging: our hands. Brown spots, discoloration, and […]
Adeze Cheryl Ibezim and her aunt Maureen recently graduated from the Kean University, Union Campus, New Jersey, United States. While Adeze Cheryl Ibezim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, her aunt Maureen graduated with a Masters in Public Administration.
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, May 21st received the President of Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou who paid him a solidarity and congratulatory visit. In a statement by Mallam Garba Shehu, Director of Media and Publicity of the Media Team of the President-elect, the Niger leader said he brought the felicitations and good wishes of the […]
Indications are that the people of Kaduna State are in support of the series of steps taken by the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the attempt made by the outgoing PDP-led administration in the state to expend about 2.7 billion naira SURE-P fund barely few days to the May 29 hand-over date. Days […]
Police in Edo State have confirmed that 41 suspected cultists, including 30 Auchi Polytechnic students, have been arrested for alleged killing destroying property in the wake of the cult clashes and other crimes that swept through the state recently. According to Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, eleven of the suspects are […]
Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bala has proposed to spend N3.1 billion on construction of another banquet hall within the Presidential Villa, Rehabilitation of ECOWAS parliament building and Rehabilitation of United Nations building. This was contained in the FCT budget proposal which scaled through second reading in Senate totalling the sum of N174, […]
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Bayelsa State Police Command, Thursday, said it has repositioned to tackle the high incidence of crime and other crime-related challenges and also respond effectively to the task of making the state crime-free. Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa state, Mr. Paul Okafor stated this in Yenagoa during a keynote speech at a one-day workshop […]
Susan Olije Very soon, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), will pass out a crop of new corps members. The big question, however, is: What lies ahead for them in terms of employment? The unemployment situation in the country is becoming quite alarming. Apart from the dwindling oil revenue, other critical sectors of the economy […]
Ahead of the May 29 Presidential Inauguration, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has ordered Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Command Commissioners of Police to beef up security around key points and public infrastructures in the country. The police chief also directed that critical infrastructures like mega filling stations, major hotels, National/State […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has raised alarm over suspected plans by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), to use the membership register of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to conduct the Local Government Council election this Saturday, May 23. Berating the RSIEC for compromising its responsibility, the State PDP Chairman, […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that some predictions, especially in some international media organizations suggesting that the outcome of the recently concluded 2015 general elections may lead to the end of the country, have proven to be false due to the generally free, fair, credible and […]
The case involving former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before Justice A. Y Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja , has been adjourned till May 27, 2015. Sylva along with Francis Okokwo, Gbenga Balogun, and Samuel Ogbuku, allegedly used three companies, namely; […]
