Some officials of the Nigerian Army, on Monday, took over the Ojodu Berger outlet of Capital Oil filling station, buying petroleum products in drums, after scaring away thousands of other consumers who had duly queued. The armed personnel came first under the guise of helping to maintain peace and orderliness at the filling station, but…
ICRC Calls For Global Response to Nigeria Refugee Crisis
Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, has called on the international community and other humanitarian organizations to do more to address the devastating consequences of the crisis in the Lake Chad region. Maurer, who visited the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of fighting between Boko Haram and…
Ekiti Kidnaps: Falana Asks IGP to Transfer Police Officers
Human rights lawyer,Femi Falana SAN, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to transfer some police officers from Ekiti State for allegedly collaborating with kidnappers who are behind the recent wave of abduction in the state. In his letter dated May 19, 2015, and addressed to Arase, Falana commended the IGP for dispatching crack…
Jonathan Begs Nigerians For Forgiveness
President Goodluck Jonathan has apologised to Nigerians who he might have offended in the process of taking decisions during his eight years of staying in the Presidential Villa, Abuja as Vice President, acting President and President. He affirmed that since nobody was perfect, there was no way he would not have done some things that…
Unpaid Salaries: NLC Threatens to Shut down Airports
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to shut down airports across the country if governors owing civil servants salaries do not pay immediately. Lucy Offiong, the National Vice- President of the NLC, stated this in Jos, Plateau State while leading a protest of the Plateau State chapter of the union over…
Akwa Ibom APC Disowns Ex-Governor Victor Attah
The Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 31 local government areas of Akwa Ibom State have disassociated themselves from last week’s visit by a group led by the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. They said the group purporting to represent the Akwa Ibom…
Warri: Girl, 21 Stabs Younger Brother to Death
Tuesday, May 12 was a black day for the family of Ogbe in Ugbuwangue, an Itsekiri community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, as what was considered by neighbours as the usual quarrel and fight between two siblings ended fatally. Omasan Ogbe, a 21-year-old girl, allegedly stabbed to death her younger brother…
ASUU Demands Unconditional Release of Kidnapped Lecturer
The Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State branch, has called for the unconditional release of Femi Omisore, a lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, who was abducted by some gunmen in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Friday. Caleb Aborisade, Chairman of ASUU, OAU chapter, said members…
National ID Card Would Have Made PVC Unnecessary – Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that the stress many Nigerians went through while searching for their Permanent Voter Cards, PVC, would have been unnecessary had Nigeria succeeded at its attempts on the National Identity Card scheme. The governor said this while he was officially presented with his identity card by the Director…
India Celebrates National Technology Day
Narendra Modi, prime minister of India on Monday extended greetings to the nation on the occasion of National Technology Day. In a tweet Modi said “Greetings to my fellow Indians on the occasion of National Technology Day, Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan. “Technology has the power to transform the lives of the people. From…
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