Information reaching us says a bomb blast has occurred in an Islamic school in Potiskum area of Yobe State. The incident happened on Monday evening and was reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber, who attacked the school. Several students of the institution were injured in the blast and properties destroyed. As at the time…
Year: 2015
Gunmen Murder Delta NBA Chairman
A top lawyer in Delta State has been killed by some unknown assassins. The deceased, Austin Icheghe, until his death, was the Ughelli Branch Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, in Delta State. He was gruesomely murdered on Thursday night by some hoodlums suspected to be cult members. According to what we gathered, Icheghe…
GTBank Declares N32.65b PBT In 2015 First Quarter
One of the big players in the banking industry in Nigeria, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the Q1 2015 results shows that the Bank continued on a strong growth trajectory, re-affirming its…
The Giant Strides Of Diamond Bank MD, Uzoma Dozie
The emergence of Uzoma Dozie as the Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of Diamond Bank, to state the obvious, was a surprise to many keen observers of the banking industry in Nigeria. You may ask why, but with the huge achievements recorded by the former man at the helm of affairs, Alex Otti, not many people…
Please Support Buhari–Jonathan Begs World Leaders
Nigeria’s outgoing President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has urged the international communities to support the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari. Jonathan, speaking separately on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja when he received the new ambassadors of Ethiopia, France and Senegal, said just as the world leaders threw their weights behind his government, he expects…
Police Arrest Maid Who Kidnapped Oyekoya Kids
The Lagos State Police Command has finally arrested the maid who allegedly abducted the three Oyekoya children some days ago. A mother of four and also a banker named Bisi Oyekoya had entrusted her children with a maid she only employed barely 24 hours on an online classifieds platform. But the maid left with three…
Rivers Election Tribunal Moves To Abuja
It has been disclosed that the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal has been relocated to Abuja. The tribunal gave security as its reason for the action. In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Wednesday in Abuja, by the tribunal’s Secretary, Mrs Deborah Musa, the decision to move sittings to…
Lawmakers Protest In Imo
A peaceful demonstration was staged on Tuesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, by members of the state House of Assembly. The lawmakers were protesting the non-payment of their salaries for two months by the state government. The angry congressmen rose from a plenary and marched straight to the office of the Accountant-General of Imo…
No Foreigners Died Of Ebola Here–LUTH
Following rumours on social media over the weekend that two foreigners taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, died of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, the management of the hospital has come out to debunk such, claiming nothing near to that happened at the hospital. Briefing newsmen on Monday, the Acting Chief…
Kwara PDP Gov Candidate Congratulates Ahmed
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Kwara State governorship election, Senator Simeon Ajibola, has conceded defeated. Ajibola, after the announcement of the election result, called winner and governor-elect, Abdulfatah Ahmed at about 10.30pm to congratulate him. The governor-elect was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the gubernatorial poll in…