Month: January 2014

A reporter with The Nation newspaper, Ben Ogbemudia, was on Monday attacked in Benin City, Edo State by some hoodlums. Ogbemudia was inflicted with a deep machete cut in his upper left arm by his attackers. The incident reportedly occurred at Eke Street, not far from St Saviour, Upper Sokponba Road, Benin City at about…

The National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Bamanga Tukur, has boasted that members of the opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, are eager to join the ruling party, PDP. Tukur made this disclosure in London on Wednesday while receiving a group of Nigerian professionals living in Europe, who paid him a courtesy visit.…

Late Chief Rhode's Family Torn Apart Over Company's Control

There is a big fight in the family of late Babashola Rhodes (SAN) over who controls one of the companies left behind by the foremost Nigerian lawyer. His family is presently torn apart over the matter. His sister, Mrs Clara Oye Otoki, and the deceased’s two daughters; Mrs Biola Babalola and Miss Mojisola Rhodes are…

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the re-appointment of Paul Orhii as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Anyim Pius Anyima, on Tuesday, in Abuja. According to the statement, the re-appointment of Orhii takes…