Head driver to Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Mairuwa, has been slain by some unknown gunmen. Late Mairuwa was assassinated on Saturday morning near Tudun Adabu along the Obi-Keana-Awe road. The deceased was on his way to his village in Keana local government area of the state when he was killed. The gunmen…
Some students sent to the United Kingdom by the Rivers State government, under the aegis of the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency, RSSDA, to study have made an appeal to the state governor, Rotimi Ameachi, to alleviate their pains. The student, in an SOS, decried the treatment being meted out on them by authorities of…
About 42 persons earlier thought to be members of the deadly terrorist group called Boko Haram were released to the Borno State government by the Nigerian Army recently. The suspects were apprehended by security operatives at different times in Borno State and kept in custody until their release. Deputy Director of Army Public Relations of…
The ‘Port Harcourt Carnival’ has become a yearly ritual not just for the people of Rivers State, but for people all over the world. Annually, several thousands of people converge in the city for the ‘Port Harcourt Carnival’. In this interview, popular actor and the present Director General of the Rivers State Tourism Development Agency,…
Leading African Banking Group, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has been announced as winner of the 2014 Product Leadership Award. The Bank won at the 2014 Frost and Sullivan Excellence In Best Practices Awards Banquet that held on Thursday, October 30, 2014, at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, Monaco, France. GTBank emerged winner of…
Ilese News Extra reports that the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun is desperate to commission a model school project in the state capital, Abeokuta, despite warnings by builders that the school building may collapse if some precautionary measures are not taken. The medium claims it has some documents in its possession. Here is the report.…
Ifeanyi Ubah, Chief Coordinator of Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, a campaign group for President Goodluck Jonathan re-election ambition, has returned as the MD/CEO of Capital Oil and Gas, nearly 17 months after the company was taken away from him. Following an alleged debt of about N65 billion, the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON,…
The accused persons Justice Ayo Emmanuel of a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has remanded the Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan, Professor Benjamin Adefemi Ogunbodede, and three others in Agodi prison in Ibadan. The quartet were arraigned on Thursday, October 30, 2014 by the Economic and Financial…
Following the withdrawal of security personnel attached to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, by the Acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, has asked the police boss to reverse the order. In a statement signed by its National President, Augustine Alegeh, the lawyers’ body described the situation…
Five members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday evening, drowned at a river in Bayelsa State. It was reported that seven other members of the party were rescued from the same boat. The party members were coming from a ward congress held in the state when the unfortunate incident occurred. Among the survivors…