Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc, Pharmacist Emmanuel Ekunno, has said that hypertension is assuming an epidemic status in the country and must be combated by all so as to significantly reduce the sudden deaths, strokes, kidney damage and other health challenges that result from it. Pharmacist Ekunno said this during the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wednesday, May 20, arraigned one Chidi Alozie before Justice U.N Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on a 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence. The accused was alleged to have collected the sum of N132, 000 from one Joseph Nicodemus Etete […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold a two-day retreat for all its Senators-elect in Abuja on May 22-23, 2015. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the retreat will be held at the Ibeto Hotel in Apo area of the city. It […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended the BGL Asset Management Ltd, BGL Capital Ltd and BGL Securities Ltd from all capital market activities. In a statement in Lagos, Wednesday, the Commission directed that Mr Albert Okumagba, Group Managing Director, BGL Group, should cease to be a registered sponsored individual with the commission, […]
Out-of-favour Tottenham Hotspur striker and Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor has revealed in his latest criticism of his family that he has, at times, considered suicide. The Togolese striker has previously accused his brothers of stealing from him as he recounts tales of his troubled early life on social media and has now explained how deep […]
Veteran actor, Femi Robinson, who pioneered the village headmaster role in the defunct Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) series Village Headmaster, has passed away at age 75. News of the passing on of the actor was announced Wednesday by his two sons, Seun and Wole Robinson, via the actor’s Facebook page. “This is to notify you […]
Former Super Eagles Coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, Wednesday, expressed sympathy for Stephen Keshi, the Head Coach of the Super Eagles over the selection of players for the team. Onigbinde who said in Abuja that his pity for Keshi was necessitated by the low standard of the country’s leagues, noted that the Nigeria Premier League, the Nigeria […]
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has charged the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to publish details of the federal allocations released to all the federating units since June 2014. The association noted that it was imperative that details of these humongous allocations made to states […]
Chad’s parliament, Wednesday voted to stay engaged in a regional offensive that it joined earlier this year against Boko Haram Islamists. The parliament had in January authorised its government to send troops into neighbouring Nigeria and Cameroon, part of an offensive aimed at expelling the rebel group from north-eastern Nigeria. “The National Assembly authorises the […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has hailed the resignation of chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Adamu Mu’azu and Chief Tony Anenih, commending both men for putting the interest of the party and that of the nation above their personal interests and aspirations. While wishing Muazu quick recovery, Governor Dickson said […]
Akwa Ibom Government has inaugurated some life-touching projects worth billions of naira in commemoration of 2015 Democracy Day and send-forth ceremony of Governor Godswill Akpabio. The projects inaugurated by Governor Akpabio are Drainage Line/outfall stretching from Akwa Ibom International Stadium to Mbikpong Ikot Edim in Ibesikpo Asutan, Aka-Etinan Road, Phase I of Uyo-Ikot Ekpene […]
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited (ABUCCI), Wednesday, in Abuja inaugurated a 10-man committee to resolve disputes among its members amicably. The President of the Chamber, Mr Tony Ejinkonye who inaugurated the committee, listed Mr Emeka Obegolu as the Chairman, including Mr Agada Elachi and Mr Ezenwa Anumnu as members. Others are Prof. […]
No fewer than 15,595 people resident in Lekki Local Council Development Area of Lagos and its environs have benefited from free health consultation, screening and treatment for various ailments and diseases including hypertension, diabetes, eye and dental diseases from the just concluded free medical expedition held in the area between Wednesday 13 and Sunday […]
Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Muhammad Sani-Sidi, has stated that a joint coordination of humanitarian groups working at all levels will strengthen humanitarian activities in Nigeria. Sani-Sidi who made this known during a NEMA/UN working group meeting in Abuja, Wednesday, spoke in readiness towards the commencement of a joint humanitarian assessment in the […]
Outgoing and incoming state governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have resolved to replicate positive governance strategies in all APC-controlled states. This is contained in a communiqué released shortly after a one-day retreat attended by the APC governors in Abuja, Wednesday. According to the communiqué, the governors agreed to embark on […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Jonathan, Wednesday, approved the conversion of four federal colleges of education to universities. The council also approved the establishment of the Federal University of Health Sciences in Otukpo, Benue State. This was disclosed by Minister of Information, Akwashiki and Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, to State […]
Governor Bala James Nggilari, of Adamawa State has denied reports that he diverted the sum of N700million out of the N2 billion the state received from the Central Bank of Nigeria as Agricultural development loan. Nggilari who spoke through his Director of Public Affairs, Mr. P. P. Elisha, said that after a meeting […]
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Lateef Raji Except, perhaps, the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, no other Nigerian politician has been cruelly maligned as the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Since his emergence as a major pillar of progressive politics, Tinubu has had to live with many callously cooked-up stories that are clearly meant to […]
One of the longest-serving members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one-time Works minister, Chief Tony Anenih, has resigned from his position as the chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party. According to Anenih, in his resignation letter sent to President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, the decision is informed by the need […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to nullify the Certificate of Return issued to Christian Abah for the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives at the forthcoming 8th National Assembly. Justice Adeniyi Ademola, delivering judgment in the suit, challenging Abah’s eligibility to stand for […]
AKHERE Godwin, Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has taken steps to boost the Internally Generated Revenue of the state by inaugurating the Edo State Internal Revenue Service Board. Speaking while inaugurating the Board in his office, Wednesday, the Governor said there was the need to build strong institutions rather than strong individuals […]
While the classic Mercedes-Benz CLS- whose design concept has generated more than its fair share of imitators since its debut in 2003 is still enthralling the world, further design development has given birth to the unmistakable looking Mercedes-Benz CLA. The powerfully dynamic design and interplay between concave and convex surfaces give the CLA its […]
General Manager, AUN Hotel, Conference Center & Spa, Yola, Adamawa State, Mr. Amine Saad, has been listed in the prestigious Nigerian Top Executives in the Tourism & Environment Industry 2015. This comes with the “Award of Excellence 2015”. In a May 11 letter to the hotelier, Mr. Elvis Krivokuca, the Editor-in-Chief of the publication, […]
