A total of 65 persons lost their lives and 136 persons injured following the weekend attacks on Dalori village by insurgents. Dalori, which is less than 10km from Maiduguri, came under the attacks on Saturday evening. The NEMA’s Emergency Response Team immediately mobilized for rescue along with others that include Police Anti bomb Squad, NSCDC, […]
Continue ReadingMr Tope Aluko, an embattled secretary of the Ekiti state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, speaking on ‘Politics Today’ a programme on Channels Televison on Sunday, he gave a breakdown of how the 2014 Ekiti governorship election was rigged in favour of the PDP govenorship candidate, now Governor, Ayodele Fayose. How Fayose Got Money […]
Continue ReadingInsight into what the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, allegedly wrote in the torn statement which he made under caution while in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on January 5, has emerged. The statements of the operatives who were said to have witnessed the incident and […]
Continue ReadingThe Chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has urged the United States Congress to pass the ‘Electrify Africa Act’ stating that the passage in to law would make a huge difference in Africa. “When you leave this place call your Representatives and the leadership of the House and ask them […]
Continue ReadingThe Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has applauded the appointment of Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, as a member of the Board of Trustees, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), even as it hailed the choice of Amaechi as the 2015 Igbo Man of the Year […]
Continue ReadingChelsea captain and club legend, John Terry has announced that he will leave the club at the end of the current season. The 35-year-old central defender has spent his entire career at Chelsea and last May won the Premier League title for the fourth time. He joined the club aged 14. Terry was informed prior […]
Continue ReadingWest Ham United have confirmed the signing of Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike on loan from Fenerbahce until the end of the season. The 28-year-old has spent the majority of the current campaign on loan at Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates, scoring seven goals in just 11 appearances for the club. However, the Nigeria international […]
Continue ReadingSenator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central, has promised to foot any foreign medical bill of a three-year-old boy whose two eyes were gouged by yet to be identified persons in Zaria. Mr. Sani stated this during his visit to the boy at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, on Sunday. While sympathizing with the boy […]
Continue ReadingRevenues from cocoa and other prominent farm produce in which Osun has comparative advantage have great capacities to turn around the economy and fortunes of the state if pursued with renewed vigour. The Governor of Osun, Rauf Aregbesola, who stated this assured that his administration will leave no stone unturned to make the state great […]
Continue ReadingThe acting Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Adamawa, Halilu Kangiwa, has said 11 people lost their lives in Friday’s bomb blast in Gombi market. Mr. Kangiwa told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Yola that 77 persons sustained injuries in the incident. He said that out of the injured, 19 […]
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