Not less than 1000 people believed to be militants embraced an amnesty programme put in place by the Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha on Wednesday. The militants, who are based at Oguta, Ohaji/Egbema LGA of the state, renounced their restiveness and surrendered their weapons to the state government. Leaders of the various restive cult groups,…
The Centre for Public Accountability, CPA, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order an immediate investigation into alleged sundry fraudulent practices in the National Pensions Commission, PENCOM. The group specifically alleged that about N42 billion collected by PENCOM in 2012 cannot be accounted for by the Director General of the Commission, Mrs Chinelo Anohu-Amazu. In…
Dr Stanley A Okoro is a doubled Board certified plastic surgeon based in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America, USA, and a medical doctor of international repute. A native of Orlu, Imo State, he was adjudged the best cosmetic plastic surgeon in the State of Georgia in 2014, beating American doctors and those…
A Mathematics teacher at The Ambassador College, Ota, Ogun State, Kolawole Bello, has advised parents on how to stem the continuous poor performance of students in Mathematics. Bello who was speaking at the venue of the on-going Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show in Lagos explained that parents have a role to play in sustaining the…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has called on Nigerians to exhibit tolerance and understanding among one another for peace and tranquillity to reign in the country. The Lagos Assembly Speaker gave this advice during his Eid-l-Kabir message made available to journalists on Sunday, September 11, 2016. In the press statement…
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that patriotic Nigerians have nothing to fear in the fight against corruption as his administration will ensure justice and fairness to all. Speaking to journalists Monday in Daura after attending Eid prayers to celebrate Eid El Kabir, President Buhari said those who abuse public trust will face justice, in addition…
Deputy governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, in the 2015 election, Asita Honourable, has declared that the only political party in Nigeria that has developmental and security plan for the people of Bonny and entire Rivers West Senatorial Zone is the APC. Asita, who represented the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and…
No fewer than 2,700 fun-loving school children, parents and indigenes stormed Savannah Hotel, Ilorin, Kwara State recently to witness the grand finale of the Cowbell Chocolate Summer Camp which started earlier this year in August at Makurdi. The Cowbell Chocolate summer camp, also called Chocademy is a funfair educational programme that accommodates pupils/students of primary…
The Federal Government has described attempts by those it called “unscrupulous individuals on social media” linking the government and Dangote group with a plan to ‘flood’ the country with genetically modified rice (GMO) as extremely uncharitable. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, explained…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his sincere condolences to the family of Olorogun Michael Ibru, who passed away on Tuesday, aged 85. He equally commiserated with the Government and people of Delta State and the Urhobos in particular on the passage of their illustrious son and patriarch of the Ibru family. The President said he…