**Meets Saudi Officials Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, said he had a meeting with Saudi authorities to request a transparent probe into the unfortunate incident in Mina, Saudi Arabia last month that led to the death of more than 740 pilgrims. Sanusi, addressing pilgrims during a visit to South-South and South-East camps in Mecca,…
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, sealed the residence of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The anti-graft agency locked the property of the woman regarded as one of the most powerful persons during the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan after its raided her house in Abuja. It…
Several persons were said to have been killed on Friday night at a popular market in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. According to reports, suspected members of the Boko Haram sect detonated improvised explosive devices at a market in Kuje, near a police station in the area. Many other persons were said to have…
Ekiti State Government has commenced clearing works at the proposed airport site in Aso Ayegunle Village of Ado Ekiti. On Friday, October 2, 2015, Commissioner for Works in the state, Kayode Oso, led a team from his Ministry to the site around 9:30am. Not less than five bulldozers stationed at Aso Ayegunle swung into action…
United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency, NCA, has apprehended five persons in London on Friday in connection with bribery and corruption. The NCA’s International Corruption Unit confirmed on its website that five people were arrested in “London for suspected bribery and money laundering offences.” However, the agency did not disclose identities of the suspects, but Premium…
The Nigeria premiere of actress, producer and director, Juliet Ibrahim’s latest movie, ‘Shattered Romance’ will hold at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, The Palms Shopping Mall, Lekki, Lagos on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 to a selected audience. The film, which stars, Bryan Okwara, Gbenro Ajibade, James Gardiner, Sonia Ibrahim, Pascaline Edwards, Eddie Nartey, Gbenro Ajibade, Charlotte…
By Ogunfowoke Adeniyi A major concern for many smartphone users is the lifespan of their batteries. Users always want their battery to stay on while navigating from one web page to another amongst other things that the phone is used for as far as it is connected to the internet. In spite of the fact…
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the opening of entries for the 2015 edition of its annual National Essay Competition. Ijeoma Aso, the Managing Director/CEO of UBA Foundation, at a media briefing held at the UBA Head Office in Lagos, on Wednesday, September 30, 2015,…
Former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has chided governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, saying what he could not do was perfected by an ex-military officer. Sylva, who spoke after he emerged the winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary for the Bayelsa election in December 2015, said politicians still have a…
Customers of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, who were overbilled by the company for electricity consumed by them, have started to get a refund of their money, the Managing Director of AEDC, Neil Croucher, has disclosed. Croucher made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja on Thursday.…