As Muslims around the country prepare for the Eid el-Kabir, Suleiman Abba, the acting inspector-general of Police has ordered all commanding officers to beef-up security strategies before, during and after the festival. He specifically directed all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General and Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the FCT to take measures to provide…
Mutiny: Primate Pleads with FG to Spare Soldiers’ Lives
Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh, the Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has pleaded with the Federal Government to spare the lives of 12 soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny. Okoh made the plea today in Abuja while speaking to journalists at the 2014 Anglican Communicators Conference at St. Mathias Anglican Church, Zone 3, Wuse.…
Car kills Man in Kara Market
A hit-and-run driver of a car knocked and killed a man at Kara market along Lagos-Ibadan expressway this Friday. According to an eyewitness, in a bid to beat the heavy traffic caused by livestock sellers along the road, the unidentified driver ran into the man who was trying to gather his livestock together, and then…
US Cameraman Tests Positive to Ebola
Ashoka Mukpo, a 33-year- old American cameraman working for the National Broadcasting Company, NBC News in Liberia has tested positive to Ebola. Mukpo was a freelance cameraman employed as a second cameraman for Nancy Snyderman, NBC News’ chief medical editor and correspondent. In a note delivered to staff of the NBC, Deborah Turness, NBC News’…
Surgeon Advocates Mandatory Health Insurance
A consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, NOH, Igbobi, Lagos, Seyi Idowu, has advocated a mandatory health insurance scheme for Nigerians. “If you are earning minimum wage of N18, 000, N500 every month should go into your insurance and the more you earn, the more you pay for your health insurance. I think…
Civil Society Groups Partner AFRIMA
All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, announced on Wednesday, October 1, that two civil society campaign organizations, Africa 2.0 and ONE Africa, both working vigorously to end poverty and corruption in Africa and develop positive networks of forward-thinking people, have come on board as partners and will both take part in the Award Ceremony holding in…
Jonathan Mourns Remi Oyo
President Goodluck Jonathan said he received with sadness the news of the death of Oluremi Oyo, a former managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, and presidential spokesperson to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the President sympathized with Oyo’s family…
Abide by Electoral Rules, INEC Tells Politicians
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Sokoto State has called on politicians to abide by the rules and regulations of the electoral process to achieve hitch-free elections in 2015. Muhammad Musa, Head of Voter Education and Publicity, in a statement noted that free and fair election was a collective responsibility of all Nigerians. “As…
Head of US Secret Service Resigns
Julia Pierson, director of the United States, US, Secret Service has resigned. She tendered her resignation last Wednesday following the incidence of a fence-jumper who gained entrance to the White House on September 19. Pierson who is also the first female director of the service has been brought under tensed call to resign owing to…