Following reports that former Nigerian international, Stephen Keshi has resigned his appointment as Head Coach of the Super Eagles, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has declared that he is free to go. Speaking with Brila FM on Tuesday, Vice President of NFF, Mike Umeh, told the station that the federation will not stand in Keshi’s…
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Oil & Gas Poly Gets N1b Take-Off Grant, Rector Appointed
A one-million naira take-off grant has been approved by the Federal Government for the establishment of Oil & Gas Polytechnic in Bonny, Rivers State. The grant is to enable the new specialised institution starts academic activities and put other things in place in the school. Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, who made the announcement…
How Soldiers At Dangote’s Factory Brutally Wasted 7 In Benue
For 19-year-old Terhile Jirbo, it was another answer to the call of nature. But when gunfire rang out that afternoon of March 18, what seemed a harmless routine would leave a fatal scar on him and his community in Gboko, a major town in the North-central state of Benue. Members of Mbayion community in Gboko…
Union Bank Still Reliable? 87-yr-Old Trader Drags Union Bank To Court Over Scam
Union Bank is in the news, and this time, for the wrong reason. The bank has been dragged to Magistrate’s Court sitting at the Ojokoro, Agbado area of Lagos by an 87-year-old woman, Mrs Sanusi Adebisi, who claimed an amount of money was allegedly removed from her account without her consent. The aged woman, a…
Explosion In Busy Maiduguri Market
A usually crowded market in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, recorded an explosion on Tuesday morning, with causality figures yet unknown. The incident occurred some minutes past 8am on Tuesday. The market is located near the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCH, office in the area. Rescue officers promptly moved into the scene of the blast…
Elder Statesman, Umaru Dikko Dies At 78
Former Minister of Transportation, Umaru Dikko, has passed on. The respected northern politician and elder statesman died in a London hospital on Tuesday. It was learnt that the prominent opinion leader had suffered strokes before his death. The 78-year-old politician was once a Commission in the now Kaduna State. He fled to London on exile…
S3x Scandal Rips Through GSK
According to the Guardian, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, has confirmed the existence of a covert s3x tape of the former head of its China division. It is the latest chapter in a lurid bribery saga which continues to rock the pharmaceutical giant. The secretly filmed video of Mark Reilly and his Chinese girlfriend at his Shanghai apartment…
Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike Tuesday
Members of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, have been directed to embark on an indefinite industrial action from Tuesday, July 1, 2014. President of the body, Kayode Obembe, at a press briefing in Abuja, accused the Federal Government of not paying attention to NMA’s demands. He said the body has been left with no other…
Boko Haram Is Arm Wing Of APC, Says Fani-Kayode
Controversial former aide to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of running Boko Haram terrorist group as its arm wing. The former Minister of Aviation made this accusation on Monday, speaking as a guest on Channels TV’s breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’. Fani-Kayode, who recently returned to the ruling Peoples’…
I’m Not Seeking Attention With Chibok Girls—Stella Damasus
Sultry Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus has disclosed that she is not seeking attention with the missing schoolgirls of a Chibok secondary school in Borno State. There have been speculations that the actress was seeking a cheap popularity with the saga, following her attack on the government over the way the issue has been handled. Also…