Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has said Joseph Yobo is ready for a comeback and so his call-up for a World Cup warm-up against Mexico. Skipper Yobo, 33, who is closing in on a century of caps has not played for Nigeria since the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations a year ago. He is one 23 players named for a ... Read More »
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega has assured Nigerians that the problems witnessed in the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State will not be repeated in the June 21 governorship poll in Ekiti State. Jega gave the assurance yesterday at an Election Stakeholders’ Meeting with representatives of political parties in Ado-Ekiti. He said the commission was ... Read More »
The police in Lagos State has bursted a five-man syndicate that specialises in blackmailing perceived wealthy suspects with threat to publish their nude photographs. The antics of the group, made up of a husband and wife and three other accomplices, came to an end when they attempted blackmailing a senior prophet of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Special Apostle Prophet ... Read More »
Committee of Unions of Tertiary institutions (CUTI),Kwara state chapter has suspended its 7-day ultimatum to the state government to meet its demands. The committee at a meeting with the Special Adviser Labour to Governor, Comrade Bisi Fakayode and the Senior Special Assistant Media, Dr Muyideen Akorede promised to shelve their plan out of respect for the Executive Governor of Kwara ... Read More »
DELTA State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has assured Nigerians that the country would not disintegrate in spite of the challenges and ravaging fire of ethnic nationalism in the country. Governor Uduaghan who gave this assurance Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the Southern Nigeria Peoples Assembly [SNPA] 4th General Conference in Asaba said that the national conference sanctioned by President ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied offering bribes of $1m, $2m and $10m to different categories of federal legislators to induce their decampment to the ruling party, as alleged on Tuesday by the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, the allegation is merely an attempt by the opposition ... Read More »
The Commissioner for Finance in Osun, Mr Wale Bolorunduro, on Wednesday denied that the state government had obtained N413 billion loan from banks. Bolorunduro denied the insinuation while defending his Ministry’s 2014 budget before the State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation in Osogbo. The Commissioner said it was impossible for the state government to obtain such “huge ... Read More »
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, today charged a female banker with negligence, leading to the loss of hundreds of millions of Naira. The accused, Grace Akpojiyouwi, a former staff of Union bank was accused of complicity in the mega scam that rocked the bank early this year when some fraudsters hacked into its data base and pulled ... Read More »
As the deadline for submission and opening of bid documents submitted by investors for the acquisition of the defunct Spring Bank, which was rescued by the federal government in 2011 and managed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) draws near, interested investors in the rescued bank, now known as Enterprise Bank Plc are employing every available means to ... Read More »
Determined to upgrade the standard of the budding Asaba Airport to international model, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the airport’s cargo section. So far, over N17 billion has been expended on the airport, which began operation barely two years ago. At hand to witness the ceremony was the Minister of Aviation, Princess ... Read More »
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