The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Thursday delivered medical consumables worth millions of naira to victims of Abuja bomb blast at Asokoro, Nyanya, and National hospitals in Abuja. A Monday morning explosion at a motor park in Nyanya, Abuja, led to death of scores of people and injuries to many more. The donation include anaesthetic equipment, BP monitor, glucometer, medical thermometer, proctoscopes, medical weighing scales, pulse oximeters, clutches, gloves, surgical hooks, bandages, cleaning supplies and syringes. The NNPC Group Executive Director (Corporate Services), Dan Efebo, who led NNPC delegates to the hospitals, called on Nigerians to join hands to…
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A religious organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has accused security agencies in the country of being biased in the campaign against terrorism. In a statement signed by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, MURIC recalled that at a press briefing earlier in the week, the spokesperson of the Department of State Security Services (SSS) “allegedly called on churches around the country to be alert and security conscious”. The group said the call exposes the prejudice in Nigeria’s security circles against Muslim faithfuls, adding that it is unprofessional and highly unethical for a security outfit of the status of Nigeria’s SSS to…
A member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and proprietor of Rogenny Tourist Village Oba in Anambra State, Chief Rommy Onwuka has said that the Abuja bomb blast on Monday, was an indication that Boko Haram insurgents could strike anywhere. Chief Onwuka said in Nnewi, that the incident had gone a long way to show that every Nigerian should be security conscious. He said that it was a warning that members of the Islamist sect must have infiltrated the six geo-political zones. “It is a wake-up call to all security agencies. Nigeria is a country where many people are…
DR. SAM AMADI The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the Electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) to with immediate effect, end the regime of reckless billing of consumers across the country. The directive was handed down yesterday at the April CEOs meeting in Abuja by the Chairman of NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi. Speaking with journalists at the end of the monthly meeting with generation, distribution and transmission companies, Amadi noted that the DisCos were still engaging in arbitrary billing to which they must put an end. According to Amadi, it is the responsibility of DisCos to provide customers with pre-paid…
Senate President, David Mark; his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu; and the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Senator Bukola Saraki have advocated team work to tackle the problem of insecurity in order to achieve peace and love in the country. They made this known in their separate Easter messages on Saturday. The senate president in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Paul Mumeh, specifically cautioned against politicising the current insecurity in the northeastern part of Nigeria. Speaking in the same vein, Ekweremadu, whose statement was signed by his Special Adviser on media, and Publicity, Mr. Uche Anichukwu, enjoined Nigerians…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday promised that despite the “evil machinations” of terrorists, criminals and their collaborators, his administration will remain focused on successfully implementing the transformation agenda. This is even as he said he would continue to count on the support and prayers of Nigerians in his government’s bid to achieve peace, harmony, progress and prosperity in the country. This was contained in the president’s Easter message to Nigerians made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati. President Jonathan said although his administration had already attained notable progress in achieving sustained development,…
The Osun State chapter of All Progressives Congress has rejected the war intention of the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, who declared in Abuja Wednesday, that the June 21 and August 9 governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun respectively will be “a war” that the Peoples Democratic Party will “fight” to regain the two states at all cost. According to the opposition party, this is a sadistic declaration of war by a government, on its own people and also clear evidence that the ruling PDP is behind the security challenges confronting Nigeria, including the Boko Haram insurgency. In a statement released…
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Monday’s cowardly attack on a motor park in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, which left over 71 persons dead and over a hundred others injured in the nation’s capital. Curiously, the Islamist group, in a 28-minute video obtained by AFP on Saturday, was silent on the abduction of scores of girls from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State. “We are the ones that carried out the attack in Abuja”, the sect’s spiritual leader, Imam Abubakar Shekau said in the video message. “We are in your city but you don’t know where we…
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said he will start teaching at the state-owned university in October this year . Fayemi made this promise in an interview with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. According to him, his decision to return to class job was borne out of his interest in mentoring the younger ones as well as provide the right type of leadership. He said his action would also put a stop to those saying he had plans to destroy the university through increased school fees. The current N50,000 fee payable per student, according to him would be reduced to…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has called on the people not to see the June 21 governorship election in the state as a “do-or-die” affair. In his Easter message, the governor instead urged them to pray for peace and avoid any act capable of breaching the peace. Mr. Fayemi, who is also the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, stressed the need for prayers for peace to reign in the state and the country at large. In separate Easter messages, a former governor of the state and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship flag bearer in the elections, Ayo Fayose, as…
The Borno State Government has announced that fourteen more students of the state-owned Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, are presently are out harm’s way following their escape from Boko Haram’s camp. The girls had been held captive since Monday along with about 86 others with fears over their safety. The state Commissioner for Education, Mr. Musa Inuwa Kubo, who gave an update on the abduction, said 11 of the girls escaped to a town on the Damboa/Biu Road, while the remaining three found their way to the school. The commissioner, who has temporarily relocated his office to the school to…
Detectives in the Ondo state Police Command for have arrested a man who called himself an actor, Onyeke Michael, over an attempt to kidnap two children of the same parents in Ore area of the state. Michael was paraded alongside 12 other armed robbery suspects said to be tormenting the people of the state in recent times. The state Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke said the middle age actor attempted to kidnap one Yusuf Eniola, aged three years and Aisat Eniola, aged two on the 13th of this month. According to him, Eke pointed out that the accused was found with…
Popular hollywood actor, Idris Elba, has announced the arrival of his baby boy, who was born yesterday. The proud actor who couldn’t contain his excitement took to twitter to post a cute picture that shows the tender hands of his son, Winston, clinging to his matured finger, with the caption: ‘My son Winston Elba was born yesterday. Truly amazing :)’ Winston is the second child of the 41-year-old actor, and has big sister named ‘Isan’, whom Idris had with his ex-wife Dormowa Sherman. Baby Winston who is named after Idris’ late father who died last September from lung cancer, is…
Popular and controversial Nollywood actress, Shan George, is a common name and face in the Nigerian movie industry. The pretty light skinned actress is known for her great skills in bringing bad girl roles to life in several movies she has featured in. Shan George is always known to be one actress with a lot of controversies trailing her life, going from getting involved with younger guys to her recent foray into music. This time around though, the Diva doesn’t want to make headlines with a relationship or music album. Shan George has taken her feeling online to express concerns…
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on Nigerians, irrespective of religious affiliations to use the occasions of Good Friday and Easter celebrations to pray for the nation. This is contained in a statement signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh in Abuja on Friday. He also urged Nigerians to re-dedicate themselves to the values that unite and bind all citizens as one people under one God. The PDP spokesperson noted that the country was blessed with human and natural resources that could be harnessed for the good of all, if the citizens learnt to live together in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of politicizing the nation’s security by engaging in outright deception to exclude governors of the party from Thursday’s national security meeting the Presidency had summoned. In a statement issued by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos yesterday, APC said that after deliberately excluding the governors from the meeting, the presidency and the PDP then engaged in outright disinformation and distortion of facts to make it look as if the APC governors deliberately shunned the meeting, apparently in an effort to…
Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday maintained that they were duly informed that Thursday’s expanded meeting of the National Security Council, which was scheduled to hold at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, had been called off. The governors, under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum, were reacting to insinuations that they boycotted the meeting. The Forum’s Chairman and Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, made this known in a rejoinder entitled: “It is Dangerous to Politicize National Security Matters”. He said that contrary to statements from other quarters, the APC governors were informed on Tuesday night by the…
Chaplain of the Aso Villa chapel, Ven. Obioma Onwuzurumba, on Friday, said despite the prevailing situation in the country, nobody can take President Goodluck Jonathan’s life until he completes his mission on earth. He added that no human being had the powers to ascertain the number of years a fellow human being would live on the surface of the earth. Onwuzurumba spoke in a short exhortation he delivered during a special Good Friday service held at the chapel. The clergyman, who read from Luke 23:46, said the president remained unstoppable to men. “Nobody can take the President’s life until he…
Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has described as unjustifiable a 40 per cent reduction in the federal allocation being received by the state since July 2013. Aregbesola made this position known in Lagos on Thursday at the launching of a book, ‘Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo and Corporate Agency’, authored by an associate professor at the University of California-Davies, Wale Adebanwi. The governor, who is a member of the opposition, All Progressives Party, APC, said the reduction could not be justified as there was no shortfall in the nation’s crude oil receipts. Said he: “If…
SOME BUSES AFFECTED BY explosion AT NYANYA MOTOR PARK IN Abuja ON MONDAY (14/4/14). The car containing the bomb that exploded at a busy motor park in Nyanya, an Abuja suburb on Monday, was driven to the park by two men in military uniform. Head of Operations of Isiyaka Nagode Enterprises, Salisu Mukhtar, made this known in an interview with a PUNCH correspondent in Abuja on Thursday. But the allegation has been denied by the Nigerian Army. Mukhtar also said that staff of the company had been questioned by the police. He stated, “Somebody that slept there told us he…