Remember the needy, Amaechi charges Muslim faithful
Rivers state Governor Chibuike Amaechi has called on the Muslim faithful in the state to remember the needy as part of the Islamic teaching, during Eid-El-Kabir celebration, yesterday. Governor Amaechi...
View ArticleFood imports down by $2bn – Jonathan
The Federal Government has said that food imports into the country have been reduced by more than $2 billion by various transformation programmes undertaken carried out in the sector. President...
View ArticleCameroon releases 27 Boko Haram hostages
Cameroon’s president has said that 27 hostages, including 10 Chinese workers, held by suspected Boko Haram militants have been released. Also freed was the wife of Cameroon’s Vice-Prime Minister Amadou...
View ArticleAdamawa verdict: Did Ngilari outsmart everyone?
The political equation in Adamawa state took a fresh twist last Wednesday when a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja sacked the acting Governor, Umar Ahmnadu Fintiri and ordered that the former deputy...
View ArticleBandits abandon N2.1m loot in Delta multiple crash
Police in Delta State at the weekend said their men in Warri killed one armed robber after the car in which some bandits operated crashed in a multiple accident and demobilised the robbers. Delta State...
View ArticleA’Ibom to get 108 projects from EU
Four Local Government Areas drawn from the three senatorial districts of Akwa Ibom State are to benefit from more than 108 projects to be executed by the European Union, EU, Niger Delta Support...
View ArticleHouse of Reps’ aspirant calls for positive change
Ms. Nkiru Daniella Ukpabi, a House of Representatives Aba North/Aba South Federal constituency aspirant, has said called for positive change for the people of Aba federal constituency as she promises...
View ArticleTexas Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for dying Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, has tested positive for the virus after a preliminary test, officials said early Sunday....
View Article4 injured in Abuja crash
Four persons are receiving treatment at the National Hospital, Abuja, after sustaining injuries in an auto accident involving a Peugeot 407 and two painted Abuja taxis. Cpl Atoo Akaana, an...
View ArticleI never declared Suntai missing – Taraba Ag Gov
Taraba Acting Gov. Garba Umar said on Sunday that he never declared ailing Gov. Danbaba Suntai missing. Umar offered the clarification in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kefas Sule,...
View ArticleGov Yero picks nomination form to recontest
Kaduna State Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero yesterday picked the nomination form seeking to recontest the governorship election in 2015 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. The move...
View ArticleWomen tasked on mentoring of younger generation
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has charged women in leadership positions to always mentor the younger ones in the country so as to prepare them for responsible and leadership roles...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius sentencing adjourned until tomorrow
Oscar Pistorius is a “broken man” after killing his girlfriend because he lost the woman he loved as well as his reputation, friends, income and sense of self-worth, a psychologist has told his...
View ArticleUdengs remains IYC President – Spokesman
The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC worldwide, yesterday, said Comrade Udengs Eradiri remains its President. A statement issued to Nigerian Pilot by IYC spokesman, Mr Eric Omare said, “For the benefit of...
View ArticleCustoms generates N249.3bn in third quarter of 2014
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it collected N249.3 billion revenue from duties and levies in the third quarter of 2014. This is contained in the Service’s “Monthly Revenue Report” made...
View ArticleBolivia president wins third term
Left-wing Latin American leaders have congratulated Bolivian President Evo Morales, who has claimed victory and a third term in office after presidential elections held on Sunday. The presidents of...
View ArticleKogi commences monthly environmental sanitation
In his attempt to clean Lokoja, the capital city of its ever increasing filths, the Kogi State Governor, Capt Idris Wada has approved the last Saturday of every month as the State monthly sanitation...
View ArticleMan City line up £35m bid for Ozil
Manchester City are preparing a £35 million bid for Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil and are willing to offload Yaya Toure. More to follow..
View Article‘North Central’ll vote massively for Jonathan’s re-election’
North Central Zonal Coordinator, Jonathan Actualization Movement, JAM, Dr Mike Omotosho, has said that the people of the region have no reason not to vote massively for President Goodluck Jonathan in...
View ArticleMore governors to defect to APC – Kwankwaso
Gov. Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State said on Monday that two governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would soon defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Kwankwaso said this when he paid a...
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