What could have caused several loss of lives on Friday, April 8, 2016, was averted by gallant men of the Nigerian military fighting insurgents in Borno State. News reaching us confirms that troops intercepted suicide bombers in the early hours of Friday, thereby averting another bloodbath. It was gathered that at about 4am, soldiers of…
Former president of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Smart Adeyemi, has called it quit with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adeyemi contested the Kogi West Senatorial District election in 2015 under the PDP and lost to candidate of the APC, Dino Melaye. He had been in the Senate…
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Late Nigerian singer, Muyiwa Osinuga, better known as Nomoreloss, was buried today, Friday, April 8, 2016, at the Ikoyi Cemetery, Lagos amid tears. The ceremony was attended by several stars in the showbiz industry in Nigeria, including one of his closest friends, Ruggedman, who was also at the event held in his honour on Thursday…
Amaju Pinnick has been removed by a court judgment as president of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF. A ruling by a Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Friday, April 8, 2016, nullified the elections that brought Pinnick as president as well as other board members of the Federation. The ruling came following…
President Muhammadu Buhari was on Friday, April 8, 2016, not present at the emergency Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Reason for his absence was not disclosed to State House correspondents. Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, took his place and presided over the meeting. It was learnt that details…
Authorities of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, have closed the institution following a protest by students over poor electricity and water supplies. The school ordered students to vacate their hostels latest on Friday morning and urged parents to recall their wards home. On Thursday, April 7, 2016, students of the school expressed their grievances…
One of the highly diversified financial services providers in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc, which is determined to provide cutting-edge, round-the-clock banking services to its teeming customers, has announced the upgrade of its mobile-based banking application, Fidelity Online Banking app. This was made known in a statement from the bank recently. The much improved software application…
Funeral rites for the former governor of Bayelsa State kicked off on Thursday, April 7, 2016, with Youth Student activities in Yenagoa by 9am. This was followed by a public lecture on Federalism and Development in Nigeria by Prof G.G. Darah at the Banquet Hall in Yenagoa by 12noon and was attended by several prominent…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to rescind its planned warning strike over the new electricity tariff in the overall interest of the nation, and as an earnest of the commitment of the organised labour to the supremacy of the rule of law which the Buhari…