Akwa Ibom: Residents shun Gov’s call for fasting, prayers
Most residents of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, did not comply with the directive by Governor Udom Emmanuel to observe a three-day dry fasting for the success of the new administration and prosperity...
View ArticleWe don’t have IDPs’ camp in Abuja – NEMA
Contrary to media reports, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, yesterday debunked speculations that it has a camp in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja for Internally Displaced...
View ArticleBribery Scandal: Sepp Blatter resigns as FIFA President
FIFA President, Sepp Blatter has resigned amid the bribery scandal rocking the federation. In an astonishing announcement at FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Blatter revealed that he is walking away after...
View ArticleMultinational Corporations deprive Africa of $11bn yearly in taxes – Oxfam
Oxfam International said on Tuesday in Washington that multinational companies deprive African governments of 11 billion dollars in taxes each year. It, therefore, challenged G7 leaders to urgently set...
View ArticleTaraba Gov swears in SSG, appoints media chiefs
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku has sworn in new Secretary to State Government, SSG, Mr. Anthony Jellason. Performing the ceremony in Government House yesterday, the state Governor who urged the...
View ArticleImpeachment moves against Fayose, anti rule of law – PDP
National Working Committee, NWC of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has denied begging the 19 All Progressives Congress, APC lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly to rescind their decision to...
View ArticlePDP extracts non-defection commitment from lawmakers, others
In a bid to build a strong opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has extracted a commitment from its lawmakers-elect into the eighth National Assembly that they would not defect to...
View ArticleWike orders Perm Secs to produce accounts for 18 months
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has directed permanent secretaries in the state to produce account details of their ministries’ expenditure within the last 18 months. Addressing them at the...
View ArticleGov Al-Makura backs Lawan for Senate Presidency
Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura has pledged his total support for the aspiration of Senator Ahmed Lawan representing Yobe Central as the Senate President in the 8th National Assembly. He said,...
View Article‘MTN staff volunteerism geared towards digital education’
In its efforts at giving back to the society, Nigeria’s Telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria has started its annual staff volunteerism initiative named 21 Days of Y’ello Care 2015. The programme which...
View ArticleEx-FIFA VP Mong-joon declares candidacy for FIFA president
Former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon said Wednesday he is considering running for the world’s top football job, hours after the embattled Sepp Blatter announced his resignation as head of the...
View ArticleSultan pledges support for Gov Tambuwal
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday assured Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, of his fatherly advice at all time. The royal father said this when he received the new...
View ArticlePolice restate onslaught on criminals in FCT
Federal Capital Territory, FCT, police command has vowed to sustain its onslaught on criminals operating within and around the nation’s capital. The command also commended members of the public who...
View ArticleBachama Club assists Adamawa IDPs
Assorted relief materials were donated by concerned citizens under the aegis of Bachama Unity Club, Kaduna branch to the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, at Malkohi camp in Yola. Items donated...
View ArticleAbia launches education-for-employment programme
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has said plans were underway to launch an Education for Employment, E4E programme. Ikpeazu, who disclosed this while dissolving the state executive council left...
View ArticleRegent, 3 others abducted in Ondo
Princess Oluwatoyin Omosowon, the Regent of Akungba-Akoko community in Akoko South West local government area of Ondo State, and three of her aides were kidnapped in Owo-Oba Akoko expressway on Tuesday...
View ArticleOpara expresses confidence in new Hajj Commission boss
Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, Mr. John Kennedy Opara has said the new Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar is capable of...
View ArticlePetrol station inferno kills 90 in Ghana
More than 90 people have died in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital, Accra, the fire service says. The fire started as people in the city are trying to cope with two days of heavy rain,...
View ArticleFlying Eagles thrash North Korea 4-0
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Thursday in New Plymouth got their FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign in New Zealand back on a good footing with a 4-0 defeat of North Korea. It however took a spirited second-half...
View ArticleIGP decorates Ojukwu as CP, 13 others
Eleven months after his appointment as acting Commissioner of Police, Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu was yesterday decorated as Commissioner of Police, CP, by Inspector General of...
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