Islamic calendar: Borno declares Oct. 27 holiday
The Borno Government on Saturday declared Oct. 27 holiday to mark the beginning of the 1436th Islamic calendar. A statement issued by Mr Adamu Jiri, the Director of Press at the Deputy Governor’s...
View ArticleObama reassures Ebola-wary American public
President Barack Obama told Americans Saturday that they must be “guided by the facts, not fear” when it comes to the deadly Ebola virus, as he urged a sensible vigilance. “Patients can beat this...
View Article2 lawyers in court over forgery of dead man’s will
The police in Edo on Friday arraigned two lawyers and a 50-year-old man over alleged conspiracy and forgery of a dead man’s will. The lawyers are Samuel Urhoghide,75, and Mercy Sheidum,46. They were...
View ArticleNUBIFIE scribe decries slavery in banking sector
The General Secretary of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), Malam Muhammed Sheikh, on Saturday decried what he described as slavery in the banking...
View ArticleViolence mars council poll in Delta… Uduaghan satisfied with exercise
What was supposed to be a peaceful poll in the local council of Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Warri North, turned violent yesterday at the headquarters, Koko, over a dispute following...
View ArticleReal Madrid 3-1 Barcelona
Real Madrid took the Clasico honours as they beat arch-rivals Barcelona in a captivating game at the Bernabeu. Luis Suarez started for Barcelona after a four-month ban for biting and set up Neymar to...
View ArticleEbola outbreak cases pass 10,000
The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report. Only 27 of the cases have occurred outside the three...
View ArticleFour killed, as environmental exercise turns violent in Ondo
Four persons were feared killed and several others injured at Igbotako, a sleepy settlement in Okitipupa Local Council of Ondo State, as the observation of yesterday’s environmental sanitation exercise...
View ArticleNJC meets to appoint new CJN Thursday
The National Judicial Council will meet on Thursday to deliberate on the appointment of a new Chief Justice of Nigeria. The incumbent, Justice Aloma Mukhtar, who is the first female and the 13th...
View ArticleNo to same-sex marriage, Catholic Church insists
President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama. | credits: dailypost.ng The President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has...
View ArticleConsensus candidate: Enugu people have spoken –Josef Onoh
As Enugu State politics becomes hotter by the day, Dr Josef Umunnakwe Onoh, son of the late Wawa sage and former governor of old Anambra State, Chief C.C. Onoh, has berated those who are protesting...
View ArticleAbia 2015: Why I’m in guber race –Alex Otti
The immediate-past Group Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of Diamond Bank, Chief Alex Otti, has said his ambition to contest the Abia governorship race next year was borne out of his...
View ArticleFG drags NBC, Coca-Cola to court for breach of CPC Act
The Federal Government has dragged the Nigerian Bottling Company, Coca-Cola Nigeria and the chief executives of both firms before a Federal High Court in Abuja for criminal breach of the Consumer...
View ArticleTraditional rulers are not competing with politicians – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto and Co-Chairman, National Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the traditional rulers in the country to discharge their duties honorably and...
View ArticleHunt for S Africa footballer killers
South Africa’s football coach Ephraim Mashaba paid a tearful tribute to captain Senzo Meyiwa South African police say have launched a major manhunt to find the killers of national football captain...
View ArticleBoko Haram sends Nigerian girls to battle front
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has forced abducted women and girls to go to the front line to help fight the military, a new report says. The group has taken more than 500 women and girls...
View ArticleFirstBank Sustainability Centre partners LBS to host International...
FirstBank Sustainability Centre has announced that it has elected to sponsor the International Sustainability conference scheduled for October 30, 2014 at the Honeywell Auditorium, Lagos Business...
View ArticleReeva: State to appeal Pistorius verdict
South African prosecutors say they are going to appeal against the conviction and sentence given to athlete Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend. Last week, Pistorius began serving a five year...
View Article1.4million voter cards ready for collection in Ogun – INEC
Only 1.4 million persons in Ogun State will collect the Permanent Voter Cards between November 7 and 9 this year. This was made known by the Ogun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Independent...
View ArticleI’ll restore ‘stomach infrastructure’ in Rivers –Wike
Immediate past Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, has said he will restore ‘stomach infrastructure’ in the state, if voted into power. Wike, who addressed journalists in Port Harcourt at the...
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