Mario Balotelli has arrived at Liverpool’s Melwood training base after the Reds agreed a fee with AC Milan for the striker and is now set to put the finishing touches to his return to the Premier League. Liverpool officials agreed terms on Balotelli’s contract with his agent Mino Raiola Friday morning to give the green […]
By Ayo Balogun The Federal Government has confirmed the country’s first two cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in secondary contacts of the index case – the Liberian-American, Late Patrick Sawyer. Minster of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu made the confirmation Friday in Abuja at a press briefing. Professor Chukwu explained that the two patients were […]
Ignatius Okpara, Asaba Residents of Oko-Amakom community in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State, on Thursday staged a protest over alleged neglect and non-payment of compensation to them by the federal government on the 2nd Niger-bridge. The protestants, made up of mainly indigenes of Anambra and Delta States, had also kicked against what […]
A multi-million-pound emergency funding package for research that could help to contain the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and future outbreaks of infectious disease was announced on August 20, 2014, by the Wellcome Trust. Wellcome Trust also announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with the Dangote Foundation, an African-based international philanthropic organisation, to support […]
Moves to secure a second term ticket for Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara have received a boost as the people of the north senatorial district have endorsed him for re-election in the 2015 polls. At town hall meetings convened by political office holders from the Kwara North comprising Moro, Edu, Pategi, Kaiama, and Baruten Local […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos Mass failure in some periodic and public examinations is not totally strange. Still, what may be peculiar to each of the poor performance on records are the factors, respective solutions and most importantly, the alarming rate of the disastrous showing in recent times. In the late 80s – during […]
…as victim pleads with the rest of the world to pray for West Africa Two American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus while working in West Africa have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital after medical officials determined they had recovered and were not contagious. Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, was released from Emory University […]
Oyewale Oyelola The exit of former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and defunct Action Congress on Nigeria, Presidential Candidate during 2011 Presidential election, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu from All Progressives Congress (APC) has altered the political calculation in Adamawa State. Ribadu dumped APC to PDP to pursue his governorship ambition after Independent National Electoral […]
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly attacked a Police Training Academy (Liman Kara Police College), near the crisis – prone Gwoza community, Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria. According to an eyewitness account to BBC, there were sporadic shots while the state Police Spokesperson confirmed the shots and attack. Police source however said Thursday that it […]
FIFA will move ahead with holding the Club World Cup competition in Morocco despite the Ebola outbreak currently plaguing parts of the continent. The world soccer governing body said on Thursday that there is no reason to relocate the Club World Cup from Morocco as it has not been hit by the Ebola outbreak currently […]
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja early Friday on a private visit to Germany. A statement from his media aide, Rueben Abati says “the President will be accompanied on the trip by some of his principal aides. He is expected back in Abuja early next week.”
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Four persons were on Thursday feared dead and scores seriously injured as Commanders of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) staged early morning coup to overthrow the embattled group’s leader Chief Ralph Uwazuruike. The aggrieved members of the militia body at the violent exchanges took over […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has formally received the 10,000 pages, with 600 resolutions of the just concluded National conference 2014 report with promise to implement to the letter its recommendations. The presentation took place Thursday at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) during the formal closing of the conference which started over four months ago. Jonathan who […]
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba, has appointed DCP Emmanuel Ojukwu as the new Force Public Relations Officer. Mba who occupied the position from February 2012 to August, 2014, has however been redeployed to Lagos State, as an Area Commander. In a statement by outgoing Mba, DCP Ojukwu, until his new appointment, was […]
There was anxiety this morning in Nyanya, Abuja suburb when residents observed a stationery vehicle on the road. Worried by the development, the residents quickly alerted the military closed to the area, who subsequently arrived and searched the car, generally believed to be loaded with explosive items. Nyanya has witnessed Bomb blasts twice this year, […]
The suburban St. Louis Police authority on Wednesday suspended an officer who threatened to kill journalists and assaulted crowd, during Tuesday night protest in Ferguson, Missouri. The suspension coincided with the United States (US) Attorney General, Eric Holder’s visit to the restive Ferguson province for full and independent investigations on the killing of unarmed black […]
…Says Organisers Lack Credibility The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will not be part of a proposed rally planned for Ibadan, Oyo State, as it organisers lack the mandate to do so. The Ekiti PDP, in a statement by the State Publicity Secretary, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, in Ado-Ekiti […]
The parley between the Senate President, David Mark and leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to end the over one month Doctors’ nationwide strike continued on Wednesday. Yesterday’s meeting was continuation of Tuesday’s, which ended later, at Mark’s Abuja residence. Hopefully, the meetings which indications from both sides confirm were positive and seriously addressing […]
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Presidency may be planning a shocker for the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadau. Ribadu has defected from his party, the All Progressives Congress to the ruling party with the aim of contesting the governorship election in Adamawa State on […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja The controversial Acting President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Mike Umeh has lamented Wednesday’s fire incident that gutted the Nigeria football headquarters in Abuja describing it as “nothing but act of sabotage.” Speaking to Journalists after inspecting the incident, Umeh who is currently having a power tussle with the returnee president […]
