The International Aviation College, Ilorin was established few years back as a centre of excellence, which will provide trainings for the personnel needed in the highly technical aviation industry. The school has not actually derailed from this line, but one development that might rubbish the achievements of the school was revealed to us last week…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has warned the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in the oncoming June 21, 2014 governorship election in the state, Ayo Fayose, not to cause violence in Ekiti State ahead of the poll. Fayemi, in a press statement on Monday, through his campaign organisation’s spokesman, Dimeji Daniels,…
A fire incident was recorded in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Monday afternoon, which affected a part of the office of the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun. The incident left panic among members of staff of the office, who ran to safety. Office equipment, including computers and files were lost to the inferno. The old Protocol Officers’…
After over two weeks of intense search for the missing Flight MH370 Malaysian Airlines plane, the country’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak, has confirmed on Monday that aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean. Addressing newsmen, Razak disclosed that none of the 239 passengers and crew members in the plane survived. The Prime Minister also pointed out…
Story by Nwaorgu Faustinus The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State says it wishes to alert Nigerians to the great danger that lies ahead as a result of the rising tide of corruption under the Goodluck Jonathan administration and the government’s refusal or failure to take concrete measures to reverse the trend. Going by…
Eight persons allegedly involved in the act of piracy were apprehended over the weekend in Enugu with contrivances worth more than N30 million. The suspects were caught with Q-Sats decoders, A-Z skys and some ‘dongles’, which are used to illegally broadcast pay stations on the DSTV platform. The eight alleged pirates were arrested at the…
Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed that the opposition party will take over power from the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015, when the next general elections holds in Nigeria. El-Rufai, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, made this known on Saturday in Kaduna…
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has disclosed that the Federal Government has not directed it to refund the N1000 it collected from about 693,000 applicants that entered for the NIS job. Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Emeka Obua, informed Punch that such a directive can only come from the FG to the Minister of…
Members of the dreaded Islamic group called Boko Haram have murdered not less than 17 persons in an attack in Borno, AFP reports. The latest blast occurred on Thursday at a market in Nguro-Soye, Borno State. A local police chief, Lawan Tanko, told the agency on Sunday that the blast affected telecom towers, which caused…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, will now have another chance to return to the Ako-Ekiti Government House later in 2014. The politician, on Saturday, emerged winner of the primary conducted by the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for all its aspirants, following difficulty in persuading its 16 aspirants in picking…