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 »
Tragedy struck at Ugwuoba in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State at the weekend when an Indian hemp smoker axed his father to death for advising him to desist from taking hard drugs. The deceased, Mr. Christopher Onu was attacked by his son, Ikenna Onu at his home in Aguabosi village in Ugwuoba community in a gruesome manner ... Read More »
The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, has said that the Federal Government is close to finding the abducted Chibok girls. He stated that security forces were working on leads that would soon lead to the rescue of the schoolgirls from Boko Haram captivity. Omeri who said this at his regular news briefing in Abuja on Monday, explained that the ... Read More »
Indications have emerged that the ongoing monorail construction in Rivers State will be launched in October as proposed by the state government as the project appears to have entered its final stage of rail installment on the track. The monorail project had become a subject of political controversy in the state as many of the opposition to Governor Rotimi Amaechi ... Read More »
The Ogun State Police Command on Monday said it had discovered the body of Mr. Habeeb Olatunde, a manager of an unnamed bank 17 days after he was declared missing in Arepo, Ogun State. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated that the body of the 44-year-old Kwara State indigene, who went ... Read More »
The Edo State House of Assembly crisis took a new twist on Monday morning when the Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers gained entry into the Anthony Enahoro Assembly Complex and held a separate plenary. The lawmakers, which included the impeached Deputy Speaker, Festus Ebea, who acted as Speaker and three suspended members, sat in front of the entrance to the chamber. ... Read More »
A former governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, yesterday in Ogbomoso asked Gov. Abiola Ajimobi to stop blaming previous administrations for the poor state of infrastructure in the state. Alao-Akala, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in reaction to a statement by the Oyo State APC. The former governor said Ajimobi should rather brace ... Read More »
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