National President of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ibinabo Fiberesima, has headed for Supreme Court after a court of appeal on Friday affirmed the judgment of a Lagos High Court hearing a manslaughter charge against her. In a unanimous decision delivered in court by Justice Jamilu Yammama Tukur, the earlier sentence of a Magistrate Court…
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Rivers APC Hails Dakuku’s Appointment As NIMASA DG
The appointment of Dr Dakuku Peterside, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State in the 2015 gubernatorial election, as the new Director General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has been commended and described by the party as well deserved. “Based on what we know about Dr Peterside, we make…
NNPC Appoints Unit Heads
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has announced a major reshuffling in the organisation. A press statement issued by the Corporation on Friday disclosed there are new appointments, redeployment and secondments into its key positions. The appointments, the statement said, take effect immediately, while the new unit heads are expected to resume fully by April…
Location-Based App, BarFinderNaija, Berths
Information technology experts in Nigeria have developed a location-based Application with local content for the recreation services known as BarFinderNaija. BarFinderNaija is an app where users tell their friends where they are and what they are doing, with the help of geo tagging which uses the in-built GPS (global positioning system) of users’ mobile devices,…
Top 5 Tips To Protect Your iPhone
The iPhone is arguably the most sophisticated phone in the world. It is stylish, innovative and avant-garde. The more iPhone’s are widely used, the more hackers manipulate ways to attack this hack-proof device so it’s important to take certain steps to protect your iPhone from hackers. Jovago.com, Africa’s No 1 hotel booking portal shares some…
5 Things Nigerians Should Never Post On Social Media
Great! The social media has provided a free platform for Nigerians to share their thoughts and ideas with not just friends and family, but with thousands of virtual strangers as well…and within seconds too. Unfortunately, people now barely need to form a cohesive thought, and BAM! They already have it posted …for the entire nation…
FG Begs Nigerians Over Poor Power Supply
Nigerians have been apologised to for the hardship being experience because of drop in the supply of electricity to their homes and offices. The Federal Government blamed this on gas failure as well as sabotage and the works of vandals of power infrastructure. The FG said efforts are being made to rectify the issues and…
A-Ibom Rerun: APC Candidate Dumps Party
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Saturday, March 12, 2016, Akwa Ibom State rerun poll, Victor Okon, has withdrawn from the race. Okon has also announced his resignation from the party barely 12 hours to the State House of Assembly rerun election. Addressing newsmen at a press conference on Friday in Uyo, Okon…
CBN Explosion Leaves Many Wounded
A blast that occurred on Friday at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, office in Calabar, Cross River State left at least 18 persons injured. The ugly incident happened after a gas cylinder went up in flames, which left panic in the air and many people running to safety. The banking hall of the country’s…
Saraki’s CCT Trial Adjourned Till March 18
The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, has fixed next Friday, March 18, 2016, to hear argument of the motion on jurisdiction of the tribunal to try Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on a charge of alleged false asset declaration slammed on him by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, in September 2015. Saraki was in court…