The Senate has granted President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for an additional $200m Diaspora Bond from the international market on Tuesday. On February 4, 2015, Jonathan sought the approval of the Senate to increase the initial $100m that had been earlier approved in the 2012-2014 Borrowing Plan. This request was made known to Senator David…
AYC 2015: Nigeria, Ghana To Clash Again
After confirming their place in the FIFA Under 20 World Cup following a seven point gross during the group stage, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria must now face their perennial rivals, Ghana, in the semi final stage of the 2015 African Youth Championship holding in Senegal on Wednesday. The Black Satellites of Ghana rounded off…
Edo: 12 PDP Members Defect To APC
Twelve members of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP’s Executive Council including the chairman in Ukpato Ward, Orhiomwon Local Government Area in Edo State, decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Edo State governor, received the new APC members saying that their exit from PDP further weakens the party’s hold in…
No New Ebola Case in Liberia – WHO
The World Health Organization, WHO, on Wednesday, March 11, confirmed that there has not been any new case of the Ebola Virus registered in Liberia since February 19. WHO also commended positive signs in Sierra Leone and Guinea. On Liberia, Bruce Aylward, head of the WHO’s Ebola Response said, “has now gone well over two…
PDP Is Afraid of Defeat – Okorocha
Rochas Okorocha, Imo State governor and chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors Forum has said that the Peoples Democratic Party governors’ position on the use of card readers indicates that the party is apprehensive of defeat in the fast approaching polls. The PDP governors expressed their dissatisfaction at the level of preparedness of…
Candidate Sues Lagos PDP Chairman
A Peoples Democratic Party’s House of Representatives aspirant, Abdulkabir Lawal, has sued the PDP Lagos chairman, Captain Olatunji Shelle, alleging that he transferred his mandate to Adebola Gbabijo. Lawal’s claim is that Shelle has given the party’s mandate to Gbabijo, who he claimed lost to him by a single vote. Lawal grossed 29 votes. The…
YEDC Slashes Electricity Bills in Taraba
The Yola Electricity Distribution company, YEDC has taken off 50 per cent of bills issued to customers in February. Hanawa Rufus, the Taraba Area Head of YEDC announced speaking to news men on Monday in Jalingo. He confirmed that customers would be charged half the bill they paid in January. Pointing to the low supply…
NBA Remembers Gani Fawehinmi
The 11th Chief Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture/symposium which also doubles as Fawehinmism and the 2nd Nigeria Bar Association, NBA Ikeja Gani Fawehinmi Integrity Award, holds today at the Oranmiyan Hall, Airport Hotel, Lagos. In a mass array of deep coloured suits, lawyers from all around Nigeria have gathered to celebrate the iconic legal practitioner, Late…
Boko Haram Threatens Emir of Kano
The Boko Haram terrorist sect have threatened to attack the Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi II, for mobilizing people of Kano and Nigerians to fight the extremists. The recent attacks on the Kano Central Mosque had prompted Sanusi to charge Kano residents and vigilantes alike to arm themselves and fend off another terrorist attack. The…
Champions League: Manchester City, Barcelona, Others To Face-Off
UEFA Champions League draws for the Round of 16 have been completed this afternoon in Nyon, Switzerland, UEFAs headquarters with eye-catching match ups between European football heavyweights. English Premier League table-toppers, Chelsea were drawn against French champions, Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, following an unbeaten run in the group stage. Chelsea secretary, David Barnard, spoke after the…
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