Day: September 25, 2015

Buhari In New York For UN Assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived New York for the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, Femi Adesina, his spokesman has revealed. The President was received at the JFK international airport by Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof Joy Ogwu; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Paul Bulus Lolo; and National Security…

Lagos Cancels Sept Sanitation Exercise

The monthly sanitation exercise in Lagos State will not hold in on Saturday, September 26, 2015, the state government has announced. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Mrs Oluwatoyin Onisarotu, disclosed that movement will not be restricted tomorrow as normally observed during sanitation because of the Sallah celebration in the country. A statement from…

Niger Delta Leaders Want Oshiomhole Head

Niger Delta leaders under the aegis of the Niger Delta People’s Movement, NDPM, on Friday, advised Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole to shun politics of witch-hunting, imposition and urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to stand firmly by bringing Sylva to power in December 2015. The leaders accused Oshiomhole of conniving with…

Ambode Backs Ebola Film

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has stressed importance of the entertainment industry, especially the movie section, in positively shaping the society. Ambode, while receiving a Hollywood actor, Danny Glover, who is in the country for a new film that chronicles the Ebola Virus Disease that struck Nigeria in 2014, 93 Days, promised to throw…

Saudi Orders Probe Into Stampede

The government of Saudi Arabia has directed a thorough investigation into stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which left more than 700 people dead near Mecca. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohamed bin Nayef, who chairs the Saudi Hajj committee, during a meeting on Thursday, ordered a probe into the stampede and its reports submitted to…

Pope Mourns Hajj Stampede Victims

Pope Francis has expressed his “sentiments of closeness in the face of the tragedy” that claimed the lives of over 700 pilgrimages who died in a stampede outside the Islamic holy city of Mecca a while ago. The Catholic priest, who is in the US on working visit, while speaking during an evening prayer service…

Okotie Urges Buhari To Lead By Example

**Mourns HID Awolowo Former presidential candidate, Chris Okotie, has commiserated with the family of late H.I.D Awolowo, passed on last Saturday at the age of 99 at her residence in Ikenne, Ogun State. Okotie, a reputable man of God in Nigeria, in a press statement issued from his media office in Lagos, described the death…

How Saraki Was Stoned In Ilorin (Video)

On Thursday, embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, got a treatment he may never have imagined to get in his hometown in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, where he was once governed for eight years. Saraki was in Ilorin for the Sallah celebration, but when he went to the Muslim prayer ground in the morning…