Ola Raji, a 20-year-old young Nigerian was stabbed to death last week Tuesday while cycling through an estate in Peckham, near a community centre founded in memory of murdered schoolboy, Damilola Taylor. Reports have it that the young man was shot three times and stabbed by two men who ambushed him around 10.30pm. The men…
Constitution Amendment: Presidency Asks National Assembly to Halt Action
Mohammed Adoke, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, on Thursday called on both the Senate and the House of Representatives to stop further moves to override President Goodluck Jonathan’s veto on the constitution amendment bill. Adoke hinged his call on a fresh suit he filed at the Supreme Court challenging the passage…
Covenant University Graduates Lead Again
Covenant University, CU, for the third consecutive time, has come tops, in the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development, PRESSID. The university has produced 11 First Class graduates among the 102 successful candidates for the 2015/2016 academic session of the programme, as published by the National Universities Commission, NUC, and signed by the…
Chile Evacuates Citizens As Volcano Erupts
The Calbuco volcano in southern Chile today erupted for the first time in more than four decades, sending a plume of smoke and ash several kilometres high. Emergency services declared a red alert and about 1,500 people were evacuated from a 20km,12 mile, radius as a precaution, authorities say,leaving the nearby city of Puerto Montt…
NFF Mandates Keshi To Build Vibrant Team
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has expressed hope that returnee Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, will build a vibrant Super Eagles side that will return the Nigerian national team to the once envious heights of the past. In achieving this task, the NFF who unveiled Keshi on Tuesday has mandated him to ensure that the…
Ajimobi Pledges More Development For Oke-Ogun Residents
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, visited the Oke-Ogun area of the state, promising to bring more development to the area because of the support he enjoyed from the people of the zone during the last governorship election. The governor, who led members of his cabinet and supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Ondo Deputy Governor Served Impeachment Notice
The Ondo State House of Assembly has issued an impeachment notice against the Deputy Governor of the state, Ali Olanusi on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. The seven-count notice of impeachment issued against Olanusi was endorsed by 20 out of the 26 lawmakers in the House. The legislators said the notice was pursuant to Section 188…
Yaba Psychiatric Hospital Workers Protest Non-Payment of Allowance
Health workers of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, acting under the aegis of the Joint Health Sectors Union, JOHESU, Yaba branch, marched round the hospital premises in a peaceful protest, on Monday, urging the government to pay their 5 years promotion arrears. The protesting JOHESU members speaking through several placards they displayed, said that…
No One Is Forcing Keshi On Us – Pinnick
Amaju Pinnick, President of the Nigeria Football Federation,NFF,on Sunday said that no one was forcing Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles coach, on the football body. While stressing that he had been shocked by the insinuations that have trailed the Keshi saga, Pinnick denied claims that the NFF was deliberately delaying Keshi’s contract renewal until the…
Jonathan Denies Spending ₦2 trillion on Campaign
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, outgoing president, has denied spending N2 trillion for electioneering campaigns for his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the recently concluded general elections. The president stated this in an official reaction to media reports suggesting that Jonathan was concerned about how campaign funds were spent without the desired victory in the polls and…
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