The general public is hereby notified of the commencement of another Direct Short Service Commission enlistment exercise for the selection of suitably qualified graduates for commission into the Nigerian Navy as career officers. A letter from the Nigerian Navy, signed by Rear Admiral FD Bobai on behalf of the Chief of Naval Staff and addressed to the Lagos State Governor, ... Read More »
The Police in Yobe State, on Monday confirmed the death of nine persons in twin bomb explosions which rocked Potiskum, the commercial nerve center of the State. Mr Toyin Gbadegeshin, the Police Public Relations Officer, in Yobe, confirmed the explosions to the News Agency of Nigeria in Potiskum. Gbadegeshin said one of the bombers targeted the vigilante office, killing seven ... Read More »
Parents in Borno on Monday appealed to the State Government to re-open Public Secondary Schools closed in March 2014, following suspected Boko Haram attacks in schools in neighbouring Yobe. A cross section of parents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri expressed concern over the continued closure of the schools. Malam Modu Fallata, a parent who resides ... Read More »
St. Ives Communications unveiled name for Nigeria’s first radio station for women and their families in London, UK. At an evening with guests in Mayfair London, Toun Okewale Sonaiya, a director of St. Ives Communications said after carefully collating the name choice and comments of every one that suggested a name; WFM was chosen. WFM according to various comments is ... Read More »
The Dignitaries at the event: Prof. Godini G. Darah- Guest Speaker, Dr.Joe Okei Odumakin, President, Campaign for Democracy and Women Arise. HRM Oba Sunday Olaniyi Mogaji, Osunla of Erusu-Akoko, Prof Sophie Oluwole-Former Head of Philosophy Dept.UNILAG, Prof Charles Alade-LASU, Prof Kolawole Raheem- University of Education, Ghana. Prof Adebayo Lawal- Former Dean of Art UNILAG, Prof S A Adetoro- UNILAG Chief ... Read More »
Learning is a continuous process for the Special Adviser to the immediate past Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, as he takes on a leadership course at the University of Oxford in United Kingdom. This information was relayed to the public by Dr. Abati himself on his Instagram page, responding to the purported enquiry ... Read More »
On my way to work this morning, I spotted a loony figure. Pants sagged, dirty black underwear showing, a caftan perched precariously on his extra lean shoulders, shock of long unkempt dreadlocks cascading down his head and teeth yellowed by years of hard living and a face still surprisingly handsome despite the ravages of illicit living. This was Majek, my ... Read More »
The Senator elect for Lagos West Senatorial District, Hon. Solomon Adeola has again expressed sadness and commiseration to his constituents on yet another petrol tanker accident at Idimu in his Alimosho Federal constituency where about 40 houses were burnt and property worth millions of naira destroyed. This is the second accident in less than a week following the petrol tanker ... Read More »
Nigerian football sensation and BBC female footballer of the year Asisat Oshoala seems to be going through some personally challenges of her own, as she she recently posted some very disturbing messages on her instagram page, suggesting that she may be going through depression. Looking at all she has achieved so far, one may be tempted to wonder what could have ... Read More »
At least 31 people were killed when an explosion ripped through a busy market in Yola, an emergency official said on Friday. “So far, we have 31 dead victims and 38 people in hospital receiving treatment” as a result of Thursday’s blast, the National Emergency Management Agency’s coordinator in the city Sa’ad Bello told AFP. “Some whose injuries were not ... Read More »
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