The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Peter Carter Leslie, Tuesday, slumped and died from a possible heart attack on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, reports have said. Leslie had arrived Lagos on United Airlines Flight UA143 at 3.50 pm local time, but slumped in the avio-bridge while he was alighting from the aircraft. Officials from British High Commission and the Port Health Services were said to have tried to resuscitate him with oxygen but the effort failed. “We have an incident here. The UK Deputy High Commissioner who just arrived this afternoon on a United…
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UK Minister for Africa, overseas territories and Carribean, James Duddridge was in Abuja today to discuss regional coordination in the fight against terrorist group Boko Haram at a Ministerial meeting on security in Nigeria. Speaking this morning before the meeting, Duddridge said: “I welcome the Government of Nigeria’s decision to host this important meeting on security in Nigeria. It is vital we continue the momentum generated at the 12 June Ministerial meeting in London. “I look forward to speaking to regional and international partners on the progress made in implementing the decisions we made in London, including on regional intelligence…
The federal government has declared the residency training programme unsatisfactory, saying indiscipline and other problems in the health sector are traceable to the programme. Recall that the federal government had about a fortnight ago suspended the residency training programme in all federal hospitals pending ongoing appraisal of the challenges in the health sector. However, it reintroduced the programme last week. Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu declared this in Abuja yesterday at a one-day intensive appraisal of the residency training programme in federal government-owned hospitals. According to the minister, the programme had failed to meet its target of being the…
The NEA took place on 31 August 2014, at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Scroll down for more photos The snger styled by her friend Remi Fagbohun wore a white lovely Laquan Smith Nova dress and a pair of Sophia Webster shoes and topped it off with a neutral face and black lipstick. Her hair was styled by Chyna Bee and makeup by Lola Okanlanwon. What do you think about her look? See more photos of Tiwa Savage at NEA 2014 below:
Youth unemployment in the country is as a result of policy summersaults, the Presidency said yesterday. This was stated by the Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation, Mrs Josephine A. Washima, when she visited the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. She, however, noted that President Goodluck Jonathan’s insistence on the completion of projects in the transportation, power, agricultural and textile sectors had created jobs for Nigerians. “This government inherited most of the challenges of this country, and you don’t expect these challenges to disappear in less than three years, even in seven years.…
I have gotten word a very reliable source that talented screen diva Funke Akindele is willing to give marriage another chance Funke Akindele who recently celebrated her birthday, is now engaged to wed and has concluded plans to have a secret introduction ceremony with her UK-based bobo next month, although she is keeping the details under wraps. Sources say that Funke who has been in a blossoming romantic affair with her new heartthrob for quite some time now, has finally accepted his proposal to take the union to the next level. She decided to keep it a top secret considering her first…
Wow, na wa oh…..no time to waste for the light ski n pastor as it is back to business as usual. It’s been barely 3 days since Believers Loverworld, famously know as Christ Embassy expunged the profile of Anita Oyakhilome, the soon-to-be ex-wife of its founder, Pastor Chris Oyakilome from its website; but I’ve noticed that the pastor has also removed every information about his aggrieved wife from his personal website. A quick check on the website (http://www.pastorchrisonline.org/), on Tuesday, shows that the profile of Anita who had already filed for divorce in a London court, on the grounds of ‘adultery’ and ‘unreasonable…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Ningi local government area of Bauchi State, Alhaji Audu Abubakar, has finally led thousands of his supporters to dump the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abubakar and his supporters were received by the state chairman of the APC, Alhaji Uba Ahmed Nana at the Ningi mini stadium. Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Abubakar, popularly known as A.T, said the decision to dump the ruling party followed the failure of the party to consolidate on the gains of democracy in line with their campaign promises. He said “We regret staying in…
Nasarawa State House OF Assembly Members IN SESSION The Nasarawa State House of Assembly yesterday reacted to speculations that it was planning to serve Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura a fresh impeachment notice, saying it will not be stampeded into such a move. There were reports in a section of the media that the assembly was compiling additional allegations on a fresh notice of impeachment against the governor after a panel recently found him not guilty of a 16-count charge of gross misconduct leveled by the PDP-dominated House in a bid to impeach Al-Makura. Denying the report, the House Committee Chairman…
The Ogun State Police Command has debunked rumours making the rounds that some members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect were arrested at the Akute area of the state. The police spokesman in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Tuesday, said the report of such an arrest, was untrue. He said, “The Command wishes to debunk the rumour and set the records straight that those seen and challenged by members of the public at Akute area were actually students of Franciscal Friars of the Emaculate Seminary School Sagamu Ogun State who came on a visit to a friend…
The Borno State Government has denied reports that Bama, the second biggest town in the state after Maiduguri, the state capital, has been fully taken over by Boko Haram insurgents. The insurgents were said to have launched a full scale attack on the town Tuesday, after a daring attempt to overrun Bama the previous day was rebuffed by gallant troops. The military, in response to the take-over, are said to have launched massive airstrikes on the insurgents, the bombardment, which is said to have continued late into Tuesday. Dispelling media reports on the fight between Nigerian troops and the insurgents,…
The Ekiti State Government has advised the Peoples Democratic Party in the state to focus on ways of ensuring a smooth transition on October 16 and stop churning out fabricated lies to unsuspecting members of the public. The statement came on the heels of series of allegations against the outgoing administration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi by the PDP. The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr. Tayo Ekundayo, who gave the advice in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, noted that the allegations were part of a sinister plot to cause public disaffection against Fayemi. He cited the lies…
Bauchi State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, has dismissed speculations that he was planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress. The governor accused his political detractors of spreading falsehood in a desperate attempt to cast him in a bad light. Yuguda, who spoke yesterday from Abuja, the nation’s capital, maintained that he had no plan of leaving the ruling Peoples Democratic Party for the opposition, APC. He explained that he was focused on providing leadership for the people of Bauchi State as well as continue to mobilize support for President Goodluck Jonathan. The Bauchi governor noted that his unalloyed support…
A recent report by News Corp Australia Network has given insight into what could happen if Boko Haram wins the war it had declared on Nigeria’s north. The Islamist sect had announced the takeover of some towns in the region and had declared an Islamic caliphate, in the same manner as the Islamic State’s declaration of a caliphate. It is however unclear if Boko Hararam had pledged allegiance to Islamic State’s caliphate. The situation in the areas now ruled by the Islamic State mirrors what awaits Nigeria if the war against Boko Haram is not won. According to the report,…
He’s is obviously one of the sexiest Black American men in Hollywood currently and from his looks, you don’t have to ask why. The hunky and charming Idris Elba – who has an 11-year old daughter named Isan, with ex-wife Dormowa Sherman, and another four-month-old son, Winston with girlfriend, Naiyana Garth, has insisted he has no plans to move to the US from the UK because he doesn’t want his children growing up in the limelight. In a chat with the Daily Mirror newspaper, he said: ‘I won’t be moving out here [to LA]. I don’t want to get into all of that. I don’t want…
Jumia Nigeria’s Largest Online retailer and most celebrated Online brand in Nigeria hits 1 Million Facebook fans as the brand grows bigger & gains more acceptance on Social media. It is no surprise that Facebook still remains the largest social network even in Nigeria and Jumia has used this platform to expand rapidly, grow its customer base and improve its service quality. Leveraging on social networks & online channels, Jumia introduced the novel idea of shopping online which was quickly and widely accepted by Nigerians, leading to them reaching the 500,000 fans landmark in less than a year. Now 2…
It seems like this week is confession week as a lot of celebrities have come forward to admit thing nobody really knew about them. The talented twins made up of Peter and Paul — P-Square , have made a confession on the kind of life they lived before now. The pop duo were guests on the ‘Midday show’ with Toolz on Beat Fm 99.9 today and went on to reveal how rough they also had it before they became super stars. In their unique rag to riches story, they talked about times back in Jos, Peter used to be an apprentice who…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday blamed lack of visionary leadership for Nigeria’s underdevelopment. Quoting reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other world health bodies, the former vice president described the health sector as far below standard. Atiku, who stated this while delivering his speech as the chairman of the 3rd Progressives Governance Lecture Series of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in Owerri, the Imo State capital, with the theme “Dealing with the challenge of building a physically healthy nation through preventive, protective and innovative Medicare”, noted that it was made worse by the federal government. “Our…
The doctor and the pharmacist, who were taken to the Ebola Virus Disease quarantine centre at Oduoha in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, have been discharged after testing negative to the virus. The duo and a woman, according to the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, had come in contact with the late Dr. Iyke Enemuo, who died of the disease on August 22, 2014 after he secretly treated a Nigerian diplomat, who was infected with the virus disease. The commissioner, who spoke with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday, also disclosed that Chinyere, the sister to…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that Nigeria’s health sector seems to be at a standstill as the three major health-related Millennium Development Goals have not been met. Okorocha spoke on Monday at the third Progressive Governance Lecture series with the theme; ‘Dealing with the challenge of Building a Physically Healthy Nation through Preventive, Protective and Innovative Medicare’, in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Okorocha, who is the chairman, Progressives Governors’ Forum, identified the health-related MDGs as reduction in infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate and the occurrence of HIV, malaria and tuberculosis. He explained that the challenge…