Three unidentified women have been kidnapped in Ekiti State by unknown gunmen, just as another group of gunmen has abducted a lawmaker at the Adamawa State House of Assembly. The women were kidnapped weekend, with their husbands and an unspecified number of children along the Igbole-Igbosin road while travelling in a Toyota Rav 4 SUV […]
A bomb blast which occurred, Saturday, at a busy market near a bus station, in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, has killed at least seven people, a witness at a nearby hospital said. At least 27 people were wounded, many critically, and ambulances continued to bring in the injured. There was no immediate claim of […]
Nigeria Police has dismissed a report credited to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that a restaurant in Anambra state has been shut down for allegedly serving human flesh as meat. The report published, Friday, by eater.com and now trending online said: “According to the BBC, suspicious residents told police of rumours that the restaurant was […]
Following the success of Coke Studio Africa Season 2, The Coca-Cola Company, in partnership with Kenya Airways, is happy to announce the return of its flagship African music show for a third season. The show, which unlike other music programmes that focus on the emergence of a winner, is a non-competitive format which seeks to […]
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and five-time heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield squared off in the ring at a charity fight night event in Salt Lake City. Romney, 68, and Holyfield, 52, sparred, if you could call it that, for just two short rounds Friday before Romney ran away from the boxer and threw […]
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has commended the recent approval given by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the establishment of the Nigeria Maritime University (NMU) to commence academic activities. The university is an initiative of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The institution, which received FEC approval at its […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Niger Governor Babangida Aliyu and his Jigawa counterpart Sule Lamido of getting stuck in the pre-election mode, urging them to wake up to the reality that electioneering campaign is over and it is time for nation building. In a statement issued in Lagos, Saturday, by its National Publicity […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has described the decision of the State House of Assembly to declare the four seats of its members, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a step in the direction. The Governor in a statement issued, Friday, by his Chief […]
Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has defeated the Nigerian Customs Service for the second time to lift the 2015 Ships & Ports Soccer Challenge. ANLCA who had earlier defeated Customs three goals to nothing in the second Group A game of the competition defeated the three times Champion 3-2 on penalty shoot-out after […]
Forum of Finance Commissioners in the country, Friday, criticised state governors who are owing workers’ salaries, saying that no governor has any excuse for owing, even as the three tiers of government shared N388 billion for May expenditure. Chairman of the Forum and Commissioner for Finance in Ebonyi State, Mr. Timothy Odaah, who […]
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, Friday, filed a petition seeking the nullification of the election of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, as the governor-elect. Ikpeazu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate was declared winner of the election. The 411-page petition was filed at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting […]
Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has disclosed that it arrested over 60 suspected vandals for their involvement in alleged vandalising of critical government infrastructure. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Chibuzor Mefor, Friday, in Lagos, said the Commandant, Mr Gabriel Abafi, made the disclosure during the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Mary Ozala along with three others suspects before Justice Kudirat. A. Jose of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a 4-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences, Thursday. Three other suspects, Nwokeke C. Chukwunonso, Shedrach Umeh and Uchenna Okpala are […]
Boko Haram insurgents have retaken Marte town in Borno State, the state deputy governor has said. Marte was liberated in February but Reuters minutes ago quoted deputy governor Zannah Umar Mustapha as saying: “It is sad as we have been made to understand that Marte is today completely fallen under the control of the insurgents, […]
Rivers State Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike’s Transition Committee has flayed the recent moves by the state assembly to probe the administration of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, including the summons to nine commissioners over looting and financial mismanagement reports, as a ‘smokescreen of pretence.’ In a statement made available to Global Patriot Newspapers, and signed by […]
Okechukwu Anarado Since General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was announced the winner of the 28 March Presidential election by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, reactions in forms of comments and courtesy visits to the President-elect have been on the ascent. Indeed the spate of these reactions was pioneered […]
The Manchester City youngster has impressed for the youth teams, and is determined to move up quickly to the senior squad. “Your aim is to play in the first team as soon as possible, is it?” The ‘yes’ came almost before the question had finished. “I can’t wait,” he added. In all that came […]
NEDU MARK, Yenagoa There appears to be tension in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital following the abduction of a Lebanese and his police orderly by suspected armed men dressed in a military uniform and taken to an unknown destination. The man whose identities were given as Tony and his police orderly identified as Corporal Edet […]
An art advocacy and literary group, the ExodusForArt, has congratulated Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on his emergence as the Governor-elect of Kaduna State following his victory at the April 11 governorship election in the state. A statement by the trustees of the non-governmental organization, and signed by the group’s President, Mr. ’Tunji Ajibade, read; ‘we […]
Kia Motors has joined forces with the Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to provide an emergency vaccination program across the Nsanje district of southern Malawi. Kia will support IVI with the necessary funding to provide 110,000 doses of oral cholera vaccine for 50,000 people in the region, which has been hit by devastating floods. The […]
AKHERE Godwin, Benin Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that he would not succumb to blackmail by the state branch of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over their call for financial autonomy for the judiciary, insisting he will not surrender the authority of the state to employees who have chosen to […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has written to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, calling for his intervention to stem the spate of kidnappings that has hit the state in the last few weeks. In the letter dated May 15, 2015 and personally signed by the governor, Fayose said that the IG’s […]
Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed that he was warned when he took the decision to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Yoruba and Hausa politicians in the party would only use and dump him after winning the presidential election. He disclosed this during the official presentation of his […]
It turned out to be a gathering of who-is-who in the Nigerian society as top dignitaries turned up en mass to support the governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, who wedded his Cape Verdean bride, Lara Forte, last Friday, in Auchi, in the state. From the likes of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari; Vice President-elect, Prof. […]
Abia State government has handed back a total of 100 primary schools to their original owners to enhance qualitative education under the first phase of the programme. Of the number, the Catholic Church has 25 schools, Anglican Church 26, Methodist Church 16 and Qua Iboe Church 12 schools. The Seventh Day Adventist Church has 8 […]
