Some members of the opposition party in Rivers State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, stormed the capital of the state, Port Harcourt, demanding the swearing-in of its candidate in the state House of Assembly election. The party faithful, numbering over 2000, on Tuesday morning, besieged the premises of the Rivers State House of Assembly complex on…
A former Nigerian Ambassador to the Central African Republic, Yahaya Tabari, has died in a fatal car accident. The late Nigerian envoy was said to have died on Monday in an auto crash that occurred along the Kaduna-Zaria expressway. Tabari, 64, worked with the Nigerian Foreign Mission in several countries including Saudi Arabia, Benin Republic…
As you read this, there is heavy pressure on www.maltina-nigeria.com as teachers all over the country scramble to submit entries for this year’s Maltina Teacher of the Year, MTOTY, lapses on Friday, July 22, 2016. Organisers revealed that more teachers across the country have taken advantage of the opportunity by visiting the website to submit…
The ancient city of Oyo was agog for Goldberg Fuji t’o Bam Quarter Final Concert held in Durbar Stadium on Friday, July 15, 2016 where 20 out of the 40 Fuji contestants that participated scaled through to the semi-final after a stiff, entertaining and creative Fuji contest that lit the entire city. To qualify, the…
Frenchman, Paul Le Guen, has turned down his appointment by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, as the new head coach of the Super Eagles. Le Guen was announced as the new coach of the Nigerian senior football national team on Monday, but the latest reaching us indicates that the former French international will not honour…
For its outstanding success in incorporating economic, social and environmental aspects in the corporate strategy and business processes, Access Bank Plc has emerged the overall winner of the prestigious ‘Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement Award 2016.’ The awards, which can be referred to as the Oscars of Sustainability, honours financial institutions and organizations with significant contributions…
Technical Adviser of Heartland FC, Alphonsus Dike left the club following crisis rocking the Owerri, Imo State-based football outfit. Dike said he decided to call it quit with the club following the “irreconcilable differences” he has the management. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday, the respected coach said Heartland is not “ready to do my bidding,”…
The 24 vehicles belonging to the Nigeria Police Force, which the Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, accused his predecessor, Solomon Arase, to have carted away with have been found. On Monday afternoon, Arase, from his base in London, where he went for his son’s graduation ceremony, denied leaving the Force with the vehicles.…
apc The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied planning to cause the arrest of leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state as the forthcoming rerun elections approach. The PDP alleged on Monday in Port Harcourt at a press conference that the APC was plotting to cause the arrest…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, said its attention has been drawn to a statement by Governor Nyesom Wike on Monday expressing shock that there is a “plot to reverse the gains made by the state in the promotion of security of lives and property through the re-posting of compromised police officers…