President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the people of Southwest Nigeria to vote only people that will work with the federal government to develop the zone at the 2015 general elections. The President who made the statement this Saturday at a PDP southwest sensitisation unity rally held at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, Lagos State,…
‘I will reintroduce Okada in Lagos’ – PDP Governorship Aspirant
Babatunde Oladele Gbadamosi, PDP governorship aspirant for the 2015 General election in Lagos has said that he will reintroduce the use of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, in the state if he becomes the governor. Gbadamosi said “the ban of Okada in a place like Lagos where Lagosians spend hours on the roads is bad.”…
FG Provides N213B Bailout For Electricity Companies
The federal government on Friday disclosed that it had approved a N213 billion bailout facility for private electricity companies to settle legacy gas debts. While making the disclosure during a joint press conference at the presidential villa in Abuja, Diezani Alison-Madueke, minister of petroleum resources, said the facility, which would be provided by the Central…
Hostages held by IS in Iraq released
Dozens of Turkish hostages seized by Islamic State, IS, in the north Iraqi city of Mosul in June have been released. The released hostages included diplomats and their families as well as soldiers. They were abducted from Turkey’s consulate after IS militants seized Mosul in a rapid advance in June. Turkey has refused direct involvement…
‘Nigerian Air Force Moving In the right direction’ – Sambo
Namadi Sambo, Nigeria’s Vice President, said the Nigerian Air Force is fulfilling its mandate in the transformation agenda of the federal government. Sambo made the statement on Friday, September 19 in Enugu State at the graduation ceremony of 36 commercial Helicopter Pilots from the Nigerian Air Force International Helicopter Flying School in Enugu. The school…
England To Host Euro 2020 Finals
Wembley will host the final and semi-finals of the 2020 European Championships, UEFA, Europe Football governing body, has announced. Hampden Park in Glasgow and the Aviva Stadium in Dublin will host three group matches and a last-16 tie in the tournament, which for the first time is being played in cities across the continent rather…
EBOLA: Health Workers Killed In Guinea
Eight members of a team trying to raise awareness about the Ebola Virus Disease have been killed by villagers using machetes and clubs in Guinea. On Thursday night, government spokesman, Albert Damantang Camara said the victims had been “killed in cold blood by the villagers.” Some of the bodies were discovered in a septic tank…
‘Lagos Now Ebola Free’ – Fashola
The Lagos State Government, LASG, on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the state had been cleared having tested negative after surveillance. Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos State disclosed this on Friday while giving an update on the virus at the Secretariat Central Mosque, Alausa, where he observed Jumat…
2015 Elections: Alao-Akala Picks PDP Governorship nomination Form
Adebayo Alao-Akala, former Governor of Oyo State, on Friday, collected the nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2015 Oyo State governorship election. The aspirant, who paid the mandatory N3 million fees, collected the form at the party secretariat in Ibadan through Razak Gbadegesin his former Chief of Staff. Speaking after the…
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