Ekiti election: Ex-Attorney General slams Fashola
Former Attorney General of Ekiti State, Owoseni Ajayi, has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to come to terms with the result of the Ekiti State governorship election which was won by the...
View ArticleUS economy adds 288,000 jobs in June
The US economy added 288,000 jobs in June, latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have shown. The unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%, its lowest level since September 2008. That figure beat...
View ArticlePhysically challenged want NAFDAC to reduce product certification fee
A non-governmental organisation for physically challenged and vulnerable persons, the Eastern Star Care Foundation, has appealed to the Director General of the National Agency for Foods and Drug...
View ArticleHunger responsible for 40% school dropouts -SAGE
Hunger among school children has been identified as a factor militating against the development of education in Nigeria. A group, Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship, which gave the...
View ArticleBlatter applauds Suarez apology
The Fifa president is glad to see the striker has accepted responsibility for his actions and is looking forward to seeing him back on the field at the end of his suspension Fifa president Sepp Blatter...
View ArticleOSHIOMHOLE’S 2 SENIOR AIDES DEFECT TO PDP
Two senior aides to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, Mr Osama Erediawa and Mr Gaskin Eke, on Thursday announced their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
View ArticleAssembly urges Dangote to pay compensation
Kogi State House of Assembly has called on the management of Dangote Cement company, Obajana to adequately compensate victims of road accidents allegedly caused by its trucks on the highways. In their...
View ArticleIraq Crisis: ISIS takes over Syria’s largest oil field
The jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has allegedly taken over control of Syria’s largest oil field, according to the Associated Press Thursday. The UK-based Syrian Observatory...
View ArticleFG denies presence of GMO foods in Nigeria
Federal government yesterday denied the presence of Genetically Modified Organism, GMO foods in Nigeria, allaying the fears of positive effects of using atomic energy to ensure food security and...
View ArticleJapan, UNIDO boost industrial training in Liberia
Determined to improve industrial training capacity of Liberia and provide marketable skills to vulnerable citizens, Vice President Joseph Boakai has inaugurated the Japan Heavy Equipment Operator...
View ArticleINEC directs redeployed Osun REC to proceed on leave
The removed Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ambassador Rufus Akeju, has been directed to proceed on leave of absence for his own safety and as his contribution to ensuring the credibility...
View ArticleOmoni Oboli’s BME opens Nollywood Week in Paris
Omoni Oboli’s return to Nollywood after a long absence has continued to take her higher. The mother of three, who made her big return few years back with a lead role in blockbuster, Anchor Baby, a role...
View ArticleNFF assures of improved FA Cup
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has assured of a better organised FA Cup this season. The Director of Competition, Mohamamed Sanusi gave the assurance at the opening Federation cup competition at...
View ArticleWorld Cup Break Tourney: Supreme Court storm Ijebu Ode
No fewer than 28 players alongside members of Supreme Court FC technical crew have arrived Ijebu Ode, Ogun State for a one week tournament organised for various clubs in the Nigeria Premier League,...
View ArticleMaigari faces impeachment
Sacked President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Aminu Maigari may be impeachment by the congress if indication from some state FA Chairmen is anything to go by. It would be recalled that...
View ArticleIndustrial court strikes out Sanusi’s case
National Industrial Court, NIC, in Abuja presided over by Justice Babatunde Adejumo, yesterday struck out the suit filed by the Emir of Kano, Mallam Sanusi out Lamido Sanusi’s case in challenging his...
View ArticleJonathan not involved in plot to impeach me – Nyako
Ag CJ sets up 7-man panel Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State yesterday absolved President Goodluck Jonathan of the moves by the State House of Assembly to impeach him saying that the Presidency...
View ArticleTroops arrest 3 suspected female terrorists in Adamawa
Soldiers have arrested three suspected female terrorists, who have been secretly recruiting ladies into the female wing of the terrorists group, Boko Haram, the Defence Headquarters said in a...
View ArticleEHOAN president calls for environmental health practice
State President , Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria, EHOAN, Delta state chapter, Sanitarian Mode Augustine Oritsemeyiwa has listed prevention of environmental hazards, protection of...
View ArticleNCPC boss reaffirms commitment to fight corruption
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC, Mr. John Kennedy Opara, has reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to fight corruption. Opara, who was represented by the Head of...
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