The 2014 edition of the Port Harcourt Carnival, Carniriv, was climaxed in grand style at the Carnival Village, Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Saturday December 20, 2014, with sparkling performances by Timaya, Waje and many others to the delight of thousands of carnival lovers who kept faith with the event. The carnival, which kicked off…
Following his extraordinary leadership style and his ability to make Delta State not rely on oil alone, the Silverbird Group has named the state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan as its Man of the Year. The governor beat other prominent and hardworking Nigerians to emerge winner of the prestigious award through a public voting system. The organisers…
fashola The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), has said that it would be a disaster if the state is handed over to the opposition. Fashola, speaking on Tuesday in Ikeja at a Town Hall meeting with artisans and tradesmen in Lagos, urged them (artisans) to vote for the candidate of the All…
No fewer than six persons suspected to be insurgents were feared dead in an explosion that rocked a major town in Yobe State called Fika on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred when a bomb-laden vehicle went off near a security checkpoint mounted in the town. It was gathered that the human casualties were occupants of…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has thrown his full weight behind local government administration in Nigeria, calling for urgent and pragmatic steps that would reposition the third tier of government for effective service delivery at the grassroots level. The governor, declaring open a two-day orientation workshop for newly sworn-in local government chairmen, vice-chairmen, secretaries,…
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it,” so says a part of the Holy Bible. But with the bountiful lifestyle of the son of the Olugbo of Ugboland in Ondo, Oba Obateru Akinruntan, Yomi, one may be tempted to say he…
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Ijede Police Station, Nwaoha Uzoma, has died. It was learnt that Uzoma’s corpse was found in his office on Thursday, a day after he entered and locked himself in. Reports said when his mobile phone was called, he did not pick his calls, which made anxious relatives…
A group, New Foundation of National Understanding, NFNM, has called upon President Goodluck Jonathan to shift the 2015 Presidential elections and prepare for war against terrorism in the country. The group alleged that there is a plot by some disgruntled politician and religious extremists of northern extraction to extend the reign of terror of Boko…
No fewer than 4000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Sokoto State left the party to join the All Progressives Congress, APC. The defecting members were received in Isa local government area of the state on Sunday by the state governor, Aliyu Wamakko, who was represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Arzika Tureta.…
Friday, December 20, 2014 will not be easily forgotten by operators of celebrity fun spot in Lagos called Quilox. The club is always beehive of activities and celebrities love to hang out at the place. Just when some night crawlers were having fun over the weekend, a fire broke out, which destroyed some properties, but…