The Nigeria Police has announced N50 Million Reward For Anyone Who can give information that will lead to the rescue of the 234 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram. A statement from the Police Command, Abuja and signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Uba said “the Nigeria Police hereby announce a cash reward […]
Villarreal have been fined €12,000 (£9,850) by the Spanish Football Federation after a fan threw a banana at Barcelona defender Dani Alves. The Brazilian, 30, picked up the banana and took a bite as he prepared to take a corner in the La Liga match between the sides last month. “We have accepted the €12,000 […]
The reform process of the Nigeria public service received a boost with the European Union committing 20 million Euros (N4.46 Billion) towards the coordination of the programme reform process, policy development and civil service administration reform in Nigeria The Supervising Minister of National Planning Ambassador Bashir Yuguda made this known, yesterday during the signing ceremony […]
Oyewale Oyelola Kogi state Governor, Captain Idris Wada has sacked the Chairman of the Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Jibrin Usman and members of the board. A Special Adviser to the governor, Mr. Jacob Edi announced the sack in Lokoja on Wednesday and no reason was given for the action. Edi said […]
Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Mr Chris Anyanwu has confirmed the death of a middle aged man (names withheld), during a sex rumpus with a female student of the state owned university. According to the command spokesman, the said man died on Monday in Abakaliki while having marathon sex […]
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has expressed surprise over the recent collapse of the 60 million naira ongoing Centenary Tower being constructed by the state government in Abakaliki, and has ordered a full scale probe into the incident. To this end, the House has directed its Committee on Works to immediately commence investigation into […]
Kayode Adelowokan Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have arrested a trader with 9.375kg of compressed cannabis hidden inside foodstuff. The suspect was apprehended while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airline flight to China where, a country where drug trafficking attracts capital punishment. Chairman/Chief Executive […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Nigerian’s anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on tuesday, at the Enugu High Court, arraigned a business man, one Enekwechi Raymond Onyimba, on a two-count charge bothering on fraud and obtaining property under false pretence. Onyimba, was alleged to have sometime in 2006 in Enugu, fraudulently converted to […]
Kayode Adelowokan In a bid to further improve the all-round passenger travel experience, Dana Air has launched its mobile and social media sales and distribution solution called “FlyDana Mobile”, which will in areas relating to searching and booking flights as well as checking-in. The FlyDana App is an enhanced and innovative distribution channel that will […]
Oyewale Oyelola Kwara State government on Tuesday flagged off the sale and distribution of Cocoa agro inputs to farmers in the state at subsidized. The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kishira in his address at the occasion said the sale and distribution of Cocoa agro inputs will boost agriculture and stimulate economic growth and […]
Oyewale Oyelola, Lagos The Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) has advised former Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Segun Oni to go to All Progressives Congress with his directionless followers, adding that PDP will not miss him. The Director General of AFCO, Mr. Owoseni Ajayi stated this in a statement made available to Journalists on Tuesday in […]
Mona Ogbeidi Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, on Tuesday performed CPR on a dying woman from a seeming heroin overdose, likely saving the woman’s life. According to reports, Kitzhaber who was being driven, on his way to dinner in downtown Portland on Monday night, spotted someone along the edge of the street who seemed to be […]
South Africans will on Wednesday go to the polling station to President that would lead the nation for next five years. Opinion polls in South Africa’s Sunday Times over the last two months have put ANC support at around 65%, only a shade lower than the 65.9% it won in the 2009 election that brought […]
The United States have called in the help of the FBI to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by terrorist group Boko Haram. It is feared the girls who were taken from a school in the village of Chibok on 14 April have already been sold as brides for as little as £7 ($12), according […]
… As Osaze Makes List, Uche Is Out Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi on Tuesday released a 30 man provisional list for the the World Cup in Brazil. Keshi has included Stoke City striker, Osaze Peter Odemwingie in his provisional list. It would be recalled that the former West Brom forward ignited a long-standing row […]
Mona Ogbeidi The United States intelligence official has resolved to help Nigeria with the search for the 276 schoolgirls abducted last month in Chibok, Borno state, northeast Nigeria. US Secretary of State John Kerry who announced this development on Tuesday while discussing the coordinated approach with President Goodluck Jonathan through a telephone conversation, said that […]
…Felicitates With Gov. Amaechi on Security Award The All Progressives Congress (APC), Rivers State Chapter, has raised the alarm over plans by the Presidency to transfer the State Commissioner of Police, CP Tunde Ogunsakin, just at a time he is beginning to settle down in the State. “We are reliably informed that arrangements have been […]
Ayo Balogun The Committee on Devolution of Power after an extensive debate on Tuesday could not reach an agreement on the twin issues of derivation principle and resource control, at the on-going National Conference in Abuja. The Committee which sat in a closed session for four hours during the morning session resumed deliberations after lunch […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has decried the melodramatic intervention of First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan in the abduction of over 200 school girls as distracting, counter-productive and calibrated to scapegoat others with the sole intention of exculpating her husband rather than finding the girls. ”Make no mistake about it, there is […]
Promises Strict Penalties For Operators Who Fail To Settle Claims Kayode Adelowokan National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has refuted claims by the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) that the regulators had waived the submission of 2013 account for council members in order to be trained on the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) requirement, International […]
