Contaminated Beer: Customer demands N111m damages from Nigerian Breweries
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered Nigerian Breweries Plc. To, within 30 days, appear before it over an allegation of brewing a contaminated Heineken brand of beer. The court, in a...
View ArticlePatience Jonathan donates food items to Kwara residents
Wife of the President, Mrs Patience Jonathan, has donated three lorry loads of food items to women and youths across the 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State. A statement by the state Peoples...
View Article33 million Nigerians practise open defecation –FG
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources on Friday said no fewer than 33 million people practise open defecation in Nigeria. The Director, Water Quality Control and Sanitation, Mr. Samuel Ome, in an...
View ArticleFayose’s allegation on Ekiti debt profile, hasty, false – Fayemi
The media was awash last Friday with allegations of financial recklessness and huge indebtedness by the immediate past government, Dr Kayode Fayemi, levelled against him by the newly inaugurated...
View ArticleEbola: 600 Nigerian volunteers part of international response team
The Coordinator, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Prof. Abdulsalami Nasidi, said more than 600 Nigerians registered as volunteers in the international team to control Ebola Virus Disease in...
View ArticleThe Coordinator, Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Prof....
In other to ensure effect billings on electricity supply consumption to customers, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has announced plans to roll out about 500,000 electricity pre-paid...
View ArticleTension in Osun over Ife, Modakeke crisis
Armed policemen have been deployed to ensure that fresh fight does not break out between Ife and Modakeke people in Osun State. Our correspondent gathered that policemen deployed in the area to ensure...
View ArticleWe’ve invested $5bn in local content devpt – Nwapa
The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mr. Ernest Nwapa, said the board had invested $5bn in the country’s economy. Nwapa explained that the fit was achieved as a...
View ArticleSacked Mobil staff appeal for disengagement benefits
The recently sacked 238 contract staff of Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) Unlimited in Ibeno, Akwa Ibom, have appealed for payment of their disengagement benefits. The Spokesperson of the sacked workers,...
View ArticleNigerians prefer to spend money on expensive phones, cars than check-up
A medical doctor, Dr Dayo Ojo, on Saturday in Lagos urged Nigerians to always check their health status against any ailment. Ojo, of Calvary Medical Hospital, Ayobo, Lagos, told the News Agency of...
View ArticleCAF picks Lagos for 2014 Glo Awards
Confederation of African Football (CAF) says the 2014 Glo-CAF Awards will take place on in Lagos on January 8, 2015 The Awards Gala will see players and officials, who have distinguished themselves...
View ArticleEnugu 2015: Ex – LG chairmen rally round Ugwuanyi
A group of people under the aegis of Former Local Government Chairmen in Enugu State has thrown its weight behind the candidacy of Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for the 2015 governorship election in the...
View ArticlePinnick explains NFF’s choice of foreign coach
NIGERIA Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, at the weekend explained the reason for the federation’s decision to opt for a foreign coach after relieving Stephen Keshi of his job as...
View ArticleKidnappers change tactics, now withdraw ransom from ATMs- Police
The Rivers State Police Command says kidnappers in the state have deployed new method in their operations by first abducting their victims and force them to reveal their ATM Personal Identification...
View ArticleFour victims of botched Immigration recruitment exercise seek Moro’s sack
After seven months that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise claimed several lives, four persons have prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja Division to sack the Minister of...
View ArticleFour members of Ebonyi SEC resign to contest 2015 polls
There were indications yesterday that no fewer than four members of Ebonyi State Executive Council, SEC, had resigned their appointments to contest various positions in the 2015 general elections....
View ArticleReserved funds: Amaechi gets approval to access N19bn
The Rivers State House of Assembly has granted the state Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, approval to access N19bn from the state’s reserved funds which his administration has been saving N1bn every month...
View ArticleCourt turns down Diezani Alison – Madueke’s prayers to stop Reps’ probe
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday refused a proposed amendment by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to her suit challenging the National Assembly’s power to probe...
View ArticleFour A’Ibom officials resign to pursue political ambition
Four members of the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council have resigned their appointments to beat the Peoples Democratic Party deadline to further their political ambition in 2015. Members of the state...
View ArticleJonathan applauds Uduaghan’s exemplary dedication to service
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has applauded the exemplary dedication to the service of Delta State and Nigeria of the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. In a congratulatory letter to Dr....
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