Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces are currently carrying out a major operation to fish out remnants of Boko Haram members in Michika and some other neighbouring communities in Adamawa State. Investigation revealed that the soldiers have placed restriction on movement from Hong to Michika to prevent the insurgents from fleeing the area. TELL learnt…
Kasapreko Set to Produce Non-alcoholic Herbal Drinks
Kasapreko Company Limited, producers of Alomo Bitters and other herbal drinks based in Accra, Ghana, would soon begin the production of non-alcoholic drinks. Kwabena Adjei, group chairman of the company, disclosed that the soft drinks will not just be any ordinary drinks but one that will heal people who are suffering from prostate cancer among…
Voting Concluded At APC Presidential Primary
Vote casting has been concluded at the ongoing All Progressives Congress, APC presidential primary in Lagos. Zamfara State, last in the voting list ended the process at exactly 8:43 a.m on Thursday. The second phase of the exercise which is collation of result is about to start. Meanwhile, electoral officials and security forces manning the…
2015: Jonathan Picks Sambo as Running Mate
President Goodluck Jonathan has while accepting the Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Thursday announced that he will run his 2015 re-election race with Namadi Sambo, the incumbent vice president. Jonathan was earlier declared winner of the party’s presidential primary after winning all the 2,812 votes of the election held at the…
Update: APC Presidential Primaries
Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor has urged delegates to be responsible in the exercise.”It is always hard to make a change,” he said while condemning the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration for failing to keep its long list of promises in the last four years. He expressed confidence that the APC will win the 2015 Presidential…
Juliana Francis Emerges first Female Overall winner of Wole Soyinka Awards
Juliana Francis, journalist with New Telegraph Newspaper, has won the overall Wole Soyinka Nigeria Investigative journalist of the year 2014 prize becoming the first female to attain such feat. The event, which is the 9th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting organized by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ, was held on Tuesday,…
‘CIA Torture Methods Brutal And Wrong’-Obama
Barack Obama, President of the United States has said that some of the tactics described in a Senate report on harsh CIA interrogations were “brutal”, “wrong” and “counterproductive.” He said that the CIA techniques, employed in the wake of September 11, 2001 bombing, “were not only inconsistent with our values as a nation, they did not serve…
Edo SSG Resigns
Julius Ihonvbere, Secretary to the Edo State Government has resigned his appointment. Ihonvbere tendered his resignation after he lost out in the primaries of the All Progressive Congress, APC where he contested for the Edo North senatorial seat. Ihonvbere who hails from Owan lost to Francis Alimekhena, a candidate from Estako. Sources close to Ihonvbere…
APC Delegates Gather for Presidential Primary
APC delegates from across the country this morning, converged on the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos for the party’s presidential primary elections amidst tight security.
Jail break: Niger Prison Controller Suspended
Abba Moro, the Minister of Interior, has approved the recommendations of Peter Ekpendu, Controller General of Prisons,for the immediate removal and suspension of Musa Maiyaki, the Controller of Prisons, Niger State Command; Mohammed Ibana, the officer-in-Charge, Medium Security Prison, Minna and all other officers on duty on December 6, 2014 when a jail break occurred…
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