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Fmr Imo Governor Ikedia Ohakim’s House Bombed In Imo

The Owerri residence of the immediate past governor of Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim was almost reduced to ashes on Thursday with suspected highly explosive device allegedly planted by his political detractors . According to the former governor who was still weeping profusely when we visited the ravaged building, he got a call from some security details in the area ... Read More »

#BringBackOurGirls: Drones deployed to Nigeria – US Confirms

According to reports from AFP, the data hasn’t been shared with the Nigerians because Washington is still working out an agreement to govern the sharing of intelligence, Colonel Steven Warren said. A defense official who preferred to speak in anonymity told AFP that the United States has deployed the Global Hawk, which flies at high altitude, and the manned MC-12, ... Read More »

Kwara State Gov­ernor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been chosen as winner of the HOG Governor of the Year Award.

, Babatunde Fowler, chairman of Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and Nnamdi Ezeigbo, chair­man of Slot Systems, will be honoured at the awards cer­emony scheduled for May 25 at the Summit Event Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, as winners of the Man of Excellence and Businessman of the Year awards respectively. According to the Manag­ing Custodian of the awards, Rupert Ojenuwa, the ... Read More »

Progressive governors forum pledges to rebuild Chibok School

The Progressive Governors Forum has pledged to rebuild the destroyed Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, just as it announced a N100m donation to all victims of the Nyanya Bomb blast. It also promised to help with the treatment and rehabilitation of the students of the Chibok schoolgirls as soon as they are rescued. Chairman of the forum, Owelle Rochas ... Read More »

EFCC drags ex-commissioner to court over alleged N108m theft

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged former Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Anambra, Mr Okey Aroh, to court over the alleged theft of N108 million. Aroh was charged alongside Abimbola Oluwaniyi, for allegedly conniving with him to steal the amount, belonging to the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, between June 2008 and July 2009. The ... Read More »

Major shake-up in Akwa Ibom, new Chief of Staff appointed

Commissioners and Special Advisers in Akwa Ibom have been re-assigned new portfolios in what the state government says is in line with its on-going re-invigoration of the machinery of government. A Government House statement made available to News Express said: “Governor Godswill Akpabio, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Udom Emmanuel has approved the ... Read More »

Parents Identify Four Abducted Girls In Boko Haram Video, But Most Still Cannot See Their Daughters

Esther Mutali, one of the women whose daughters were abducted by Boko Haram militants in Chibok, Borno State, today stated that three mothers have identified their children in a video released by the Islamist sect. Mrs. Mutali’s daughter, Douka Yakubu, is among 276 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok Government Girls Secondary School by members of the Islamist sect in an April ... Read More »

Dont be Deceived,Fayose warns teachers as Bamidele warns fayemi not to meddle in murder trial

Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has accused Governor Kayode Fayemi of fooling teachers with the approved payment of the 27.5 per cent Teachers Salary Structure and cancellation of the Teachers Development Need Assessment. Describing it as “deceit of the century,” Fayose said “Ekiti teachers cannot befooled by a government that took them for granted ... Read More »