Manchester United, on Friday, announced the signing of Jose Mourinho as their new manager after the sacking of Louis van Gaal on Monday. The former Chelsea boss was believed to have sealed the United deal on Thursday at a secret place in London with his new club’s officials, but the deal was officially disclosed on…
The onslaught of the newly formed militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, on oil facilities in Delta State continued on Thursday night. The group disclosed via its official Twitter handle on Friday morning that it blew up another oil facility in Warri, Delta State. According to the NDA, the affected facility is the NNPC…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been warned to jettison any proposed plan to arrest his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. This was the stand of the Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, on Thursday. The group said with the ongoing probe of massive fraud and embezzlement alleged to have taken place under Jonathan’s administration, the Federal Government may want to…
Governors in Nigeria elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, May 26, 2016, paid a Benue State. The governors under the aegis of the APC Governors Forum, were led to Benue by their leader, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on a solidarity visit to their Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom.…
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said the conscious initiative of his administration at ensuring enduring peace and repositioning the State University is already yielding positive results. He said with the recent ranking of the institution as the best State University in Nigeria and the 11th overall best public University in the country, he…
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says there is no way he can sell off his family or himself just to pay the striking Ekiti workers. Fayose made this known on Thursday while addressing newsmen on salient issues affecting the state, top of which is the inability of the government to meet its obligation in the…
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has called for the creation of a Nigerian Army Division in the state. The governor made this call, on Thursday, while playing host to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai who had paid him a courtesy visit at his Oke Mosan, Abeokuta office. While receiving the Army…
The Nigeria Police Force in its renewed determination to rid the society of crimes and all forms of criminality, has arrested five of the suspects involved in the midnight raid on Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State on April 25, 2016. The suspects were reportedly apprehended by the IGP’s Intelligence Response…
On Thursday, members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Concerned Group led by Senator Ibrahim Mantu, met with the PDP National Caretaker Committee, led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi and the members of the Board of Trustees, BOT, at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja. During the meeting, issues concerning the party were discussed. Also in attendance were…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday pledged that Nigeria will continue to meet all its obligations to the ECOWAS Commission. Receiving the new President of the Commission, Marcel Alain de Souza at the Presidential Villa, the President assured him that Nigeria will go on playing its leadership role in ECOWAS. The President told de Souza that…