Two officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) have been killed by unknown gunmen in Koton Karfe community in Kogi. Sector Commander of the FRSC in Kogi, Godwin Omiko confirmed the killing on Wednesday in a chat with newsmen in Lokoja, Kogi State capital. Omiko identified the officers as Olaoluwa Adebayo and Adesina Iyanda, who were both shot by the same armed bandits, who on November 2, attacked Koton Karfe Prison and set 144 inmates. The officers, according to him, were among six officers on night duty at the FRSC office on the day of the attack. As the…
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A 46-year-old Nigerian who works as a security guard in works as a security officer at Pendennis Dockyard in Falmouth, United Kingdom received the shock of his life after returning to work from a three-week holiday in Nigeria. Sam Ayodele Ogunnoiki had been in the country to visit his mother, but he returned to the UK to find a letter from his boss waiting to inform him he had been banned from work for fears he had Ebola. The World Health Organisation had on October 20 declared Nigeria Ebola free after 42 days passed and no new cases were detected…
I guess this officially puts an end to all the rumors that the fast rising Nollywood actor — O.C Ukeje, was dating petite singer, Chidinma. O.C Ukeje is now off the market as he the charming and handsome celebrity will be getting hitched this Saturday November 8, 2014. The Gidi Up actor got engaged to his sweetheart , Ibukun Togonu earlier this year and the pair will make it official on Saturday at at a private wedding to be held at Youth church hall, Hoares Mem. Methodist Cathedral, 321 Herbert Macaulay st, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos,while the reception will follow atThe…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has lamented that prominent indigenes of the state deserted it during times of insurgency. The governor particularly lamented that the fleeing politicians are only now returning because 2015 election is around the corner. “As far as I am concerned, what these Abuja politicians are trying to do is the height of injustice on our people”, he said. He described their action as “unpatriotic and selfish”. Gov. Shettima stated these while addressing “Civilian members of JTF”, who paid him a solidarity visit at the Government House. Shettima, who just returned to Maiduguri after collecting his…
PHOTO CREDIT: REUBEN ABATI Twitter PAGE The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, YOWICAN, has urged the federal government to declare a State of Emergency on security in Nigeria. Speaking with journalists in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital yesterday, chairman, North-Central zone of YOWICAN, Daniel Kazai, said the declaration will help put an end to the incessant killing of innocent Nigerians. Mr. Kazai also lampooned President Goodluck Jonathan for abandoning his constitutional responsibility to concentrate on electioneering campaigns while Boko Haram unleash terror on hapless Nigerians. The YOWICAN chairman said that the Federal Government is not doing enough…
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to unveil the specially designed commemorative N100 banknote by the Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday (today). The CBN disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. The apex bank said the commemorative note was part of its contribution to the centenary celebration and was in tune with its mandate of issuing legal tender currencies for the country. The statement read in part, “The choice of the N100 denomination is to mark the centenary celebration of Nigeria and is consistent with best global practices for central banks around the world during the celebration of…
The Ekiti State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has faulted the reduction of the state ministries from 24 to 14 by the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration of Governor Ayodele Fayose, saying the move will result in job cuts and dampening of morale among the rank and file of the state work force. This was contained in a statement issued by the state Public Relations Officer of APC, Taiwo Olatubosun on Tuesday. According to the State party, the policy is a “systematic disengagement, dislocation and dismantling of the civil service from a functional civil service to a task force civil service”.…
Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Mulikat Akande-Adeola, said on Tuesday that it had now dawned on her that the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, his Deputy, Emeka Ihedioha, and Deputy House Leader, Leo Ogor, played a fast one on her over Tambuwal’s defection. Tambuwal had jolted his colleagues last Tuesday by announcing his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress and immediately adjourned the House to December 3. The motion for adjournment was already moved by Mrs. Akande-Adeola. The majority leader and indeed members of the PDP, who are in the majority in…
A former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, said all the presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are far better than President Goodluck Jonathan. “Any of the APC aspirants is better than Jonathan; whoever wins the party primary is better than President Jonathan”, Atiku said in Minna, Niger State at the public declaration of Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah for the presidency. Describing the LEADERSHIP group founder as a “personal friend”, the former vice president, who is also seeking the presidential ticket of the APC, disclosed that he and the other four aspirants had agreed to back whoever emerges as the flag…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his erstwhile deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, demonstrated Tuesday that all was well between them when they met at Minna International Airport, Niger State, and hugged each other. The ex-president was in Minna to visit former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, who just returned from a two-month long medical vacation in Germany, while Atiku was in the town to witness the public declaration ceremony of a fellow All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah. Obasanjo, who arrived in an aircraft with registration number G DOUR alongside Senator Andy Uba, Chief Ayo Fasawe, and an unidentified…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has zoned the governorship position in the state to the Rivers East Senatorial District. The State Chairman of the APC, Dr. Davies Ikanya, who disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said the Rivers South East Senatorial District comprised riverine and upland communities. Ikanya noted that the next governor of the state could emerge from the upland or the riverine area of the senatorial district. “The Ogonis are from the upland while the Kalabaris, the Opobos, the Igbani’s from Bonny and the Andonis are from the riverine area in the South East…
Kwara GOVERNOR, ABDULFATAH AHMED COLLECTS PERMANENT VOTERS CARD Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State is set to declare his intention for re-election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) today. Ahmed, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2011, defected to APC in October last year alongside his political benefactor and predecessor, Senator Bukola Saraki. His declaration is coming on the heels of his endorsement for a second term by Senator Saraki and the APC stakeholders. The governor, it was learnt, would formally declare at the state Metropolitan Square with APC governors…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, on Tuesday said Nigeria was not helpless despite the escalating level of threat posed by the activities of the Boko Haram sect. He made this known in a brief chat with State House correspondents when he led service chiefs to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The correspondents had asked the CDS to react to the loss of his hometown in Adamawa State to the insurgents and the reported burning of his house. Badeh, who had earlier declined comment, however, changed his mind when he was asked if the nation was helpless…
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged motorists across the state not to cooperate with officials of the federal task force, who have been deployed in major roads in the state. There have been concerns over the sudden taking over of Lagos roads by officials of the task force as the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, had been the agency in charge of traffic in the state. Fashola said the task force officials, who are part of the Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, of the Presidency, had no right to control traffic on Lagos roads. He, therefore,…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday visited Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida who just returned from a Germany where he went for medical treatment, after being away for two months. Obasanjo made the surprise visit to his former political foe and Former Military President Babangida, who is now recuperating from a reported surgical procedure. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was also in Minna, Niger State, after he had remained in town to attend the Presidential declaration of Sam Nda-Isaiah of All Progressives Congress (APC), following his visit to Babangida. Ibarahim Badamosi Babangida In what sends a good signal to younger politicians and speaks…
Critics of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration need to be examined by Psychiatrists, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the President, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said on Tuesday. The presidential aide was reacting to a statement credited to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, in which he raised the alarm over the activities of the members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in the North-East. Atiku had blamed the worsening insecurity problem on leadership deficit in the country. But Okupe, in a strong rebuttal, said such statements were not expected from a person of Atiku’s standing especially as he had…
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed readiness to appear within ‘24 hours of notice’ before a probe panel to defend the actions and policies of his administration in the last four years. Fayemi was reacting to a threat by his successor, Governor Ayodele Fayose, to probe his administration over some financial dealings that appeared to be allegedly fraudulent. The ex-governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Olayinka Oyebode, encouraged Fayose to “institute a probe of government transactions between October 2010 and October 2014 and stop its cheap blackmail and comical acts”. In…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declined an oral application by an applicant, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje, seeking to stop further sittings of the Coroner’s court, until it hears the case on its merit. “Although, the applicant wants an order of interim injunction restraining T.B Joshua from appearing before the coroner, I must say that he is not a party to the suit, neither is he held in detention,” said Trial Judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, in his ruling. A Coroner’s Court had been set up by the Lagos State government on September 26 to unravel the circumstances leading to…
Boko Haram has renamed Mubi, Adamawa State, the town which it took over about a week ago. The commercial town is now being referred to as ‘Madinatul Islam’ by the terrorists. Madinatul Islam means the city of Islam. The insurgents are now in full control of four local governments in Adamawa, including Michika, Madagali, Mubi North and Mubi South. While severa residents have fled the occupied territories, those who remained have informed sources that the terrorists were firmly in control and had set up check-points across the four local governments to ensure status quo is maintained. The terrorist were also…
It’s been making headlines as Dangote Cement has just announced a slash in its cement price, from a whooping N1700 per bag to N1000 per bag. Popular Tv Presenter, Sola Salako has this to say about the new price slash. “I hear Dangote just singlehandedly, crashed the price of cement to N1,000 from N1,700! Obviously, this is another move in the attempt to stifle competition coming on the heels of getting SON to re-grade cement classification in its favour via political patronage. While this seems like a benefit for consumers in the short term, I fear it is very inimical…