A Federal High Court, Lagos Monday fixed July 11, 2014 for ruling on a no-case submission filed by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, against his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering. The trial judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, fixed the date after taking the submissions of Chief Wole ... Read More »
Kwara State students under the auspices of National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS) have endorsed the educational and developmental programmes and policies of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. The students, who pledged their total support for the success of the APC government under Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, gave the endorsement during a solidarity visit to Governor Ahmed, described the Abdulfatah Ahmed administration ... Read More »
Just yesterday, BN brought you the post on The Washington Post mocking President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan‘s article on the missing Chibok girls. It was titled – “What Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan should have written“, written by editor Karren Attiah. The Presidential spokesperson Reuben Abati has released a letter to the editor, defending the commander-in-chief. 7th July, 2014 Washington Post: My ... Read More »
“I missed the opportunity because the U.K. Embassy discovered that my TCCs were forged.” A monarch in Bayelsa, Emmanuel Emberru, has been banned from entering the U.K. for 10 years. The monarch, who is the Amaowe of Aduku in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Tuesday, narrated his ordeal to a Federal High Court, in Yenagoa. A prosecution witness, ... Read More »
The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday dispatched a letter to Zurich, the headquarters of the Federation of International Football Association in Switzerland to keep the leadership of the world’s football governing body abreast of the recent development in Nigerian football. Prompt News gathered that the letter was dispatched ahead of FIFA’s Tuesday’s deadline for the sanctioning of Nigeria, which could ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan is currently presiding over a meeting of the Council of State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which started at about 11:40am had in attendance Vice President Namadi Sambo; President of the Senate, David Mark; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal; former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Shehu Shagari and former Head of the ... Read More »
Former Nigerian internationals, Mutiu Adepoju and Amusa Adisa have both commended the management of Airtel Nigeria for their investment in grassroots football with the Airtel Rising Star (ARS) initiative. The ex-internationals, while speaking during the Ilorin zonal championship of the Airtel Rising Stars U-17 Tournament, said the initiative by Airtel Nigeria has empowered the younger generation to kick off a ... Read More »
As the noose tightens around the neck of the Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, he may have decided to preempt the outcome of the investigative panel constituted by the acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ambrose Mammadi, by throwing in the towel today and handing over to his deputy, Bala Ngilari. In defiance of the two-day public holiday declared ... Read More »
Nigerian police on Monday uncovered a plot to bomb a secondary school in the restive northeastern city of Gombe by defusing a car laden with explosives that had been abandoned there, a spokesman said. Police bomb experts found 12 improvised explosives concealed in a car that was abandoned on the premises of the state-run Pilot secondary school, following a tip-off, ... Read More »
The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force, Adeniji-Adele Street, Lagos, on Monday paraded a chief of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Itunnu Odeyemi, and eight others, saying they were notorious for snatching exotic cars in the country. The police said Odeyemi was also an APC Local Government Area executive in Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State. Other members ... Read More »
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