Professor Pat Utomi has stated that he may run in the 2015 presidential polls if asked to do. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the scholar disclosed that if his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the people give him the privilege to contest in the elections in 2015,…
Month: October 2014
Gunmen Kill Nollywood Actor In Asaba
Tragedy was let loose on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State capital, when some suspected armed robbers shot dead an actor in the Nigerian movie industry, Clems Onyeka. According to reports gathered by our reporter, the actor was hit by a stray bullet from the gunmen, who allegedly robbed in the area the actor. The unfortunate…
Diamond Bank Sponsors VVF Surgeries, Donates Equipment To Fistula Centres
Diamond Bank Plc, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, has invested in the health sector in a bid to promote the wellbeing of women in Nigeria. The leading retail bank in Africa will be sponsoring the medical surgeries of 15 young Nigerian women suffering from Vesico Vagina Fistula, VVF. This initiative is in…
Rivers To Mark Amaechi’s Supreme Court Victory Anniversary
On October 25, 2005, a Supreme Court judgement sacked Celestine Omehia as Governor of Rivers State and installed Rotimi Amaechi as the duly elected Governor of the State. Ironically, both Omehia and Amaechi are cousins and then members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. Seven years down the line, the state government has disclosed that…
Court Installs Ngilari As Adamawa Gov, Sacks Fintiri
A Federal High Court in Abuja has directed Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Umar Fintiri, who has been acting as governor of the state, following the impeachment of Murtala Nyako in July 2014, to vacate the position. Justice Ademola Adeniyi, presiding over the matter, asked the former deputy governor of the state,…
Army Orders Detention Of ‘Timid’ General
Following an alleged show of fear displayed by a Brigadier-General attached to the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army recently on a battle field, authorities of the Army have ordered the arrest and detention of the senior officer. It was learnt that the officer’s action led to the easy capture of a community in Borno…
I Have No Regrets At All—Tiwa Savage Finally Speaks
Lately, there have several controversies surrounding talented and $exy singer, Tiwa Savage. The latest of the debates involving the artiste is her young marriage to her ex-manager, Tunji Balogun, famously known as Tee Billz. There have been reports that her marriage to Tee Billz was troubled, but the singer has refused to speak about it.…