AN Awka-based hotel proprietor, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Nwokoye, and Anambra State Command of the Department of State Services, DSS, are trading blames over a scuffle between the former and some officials of DSS in the businessman’s hotel. The state Director of DSS, Mr. Alex Okeiyi, alleged that the businessman and his workers held his men hostage, […]
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Workers oppose N3.24bn severance pay for Jonathan, others
April 30, 2015 
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Following the report over the N3.24bn severance benefits approved by the Presidency for political office holders, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to set example by rejecting the offer so that other beneficiaries could do same. “If the President and all those that have been awarded the jumbo […]
Continue reading Indonesia defends execution of Nigerians, others; convicts die singing
April 29, 2015 2 Comments
Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its “war” on drugs as testimony emerged of how they went singing to their deaths. Australia withdrew its ambassador in protest at the midnight executions, but Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he was merely applying “the rule […]
Continue reading Senate passes 2015 budget without provision for fuel subsidy
April 29, 2015 0 Comments
The Senate on Tuesday passed N4.493tn budget for the 2015 fiscal year, about five months after it was presented by the Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The national budget, which was earlier passed by the House of Representatives last week, was N51bn higher than the N4.425tn submitted to both chambers […]
Continue reading 200 girls ,93 women rescued from Sambisa forest
April 29, 2015 2 Comments
Nigerian troops have rescued 200 girls from Sambisa forest, the notorious hideout of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, the defence headquarters said Tuesday. The girls were found Tuesday afternoon alongside 93 women who were also rescued, the military said. The military however said it could not confirm whether the girls were students abducted more than […]
Continue reading Petrol price can be N40 per litre – IPMAN
April 27, 2015 1 Comment
The Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mosimi, Ogun State, Mr. Adeleke Bada, has agreed with the former Minister of Petroleum, Prof. Tam David-West, that petrol can sell for N40 per litre. He added that this could only be possible, if the country refined all crude oil in the nation’s refineries. Bada said this […]
Continue reading Nigerian Governor donates salary to underprivileged people
April 27, 2015 1 Comment
The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has donated his salaries to the less privileged members of the society. Disclosing this in Awka at the weekend, Governor Obiano pointed out that he had sent a written instruction to his Principal Secretary, Mr. Willie Nwokoye to implement his wish with immediate effect. The governor’s directive […]
Continue reading Xenophobia: South Africa condemns Nigeria’s recall of High Commissioner, jabs Jonathan
April 26, 2015 2 Comments
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation, has described the recall of Nigeria’s High Commissioner as an “unfortunate and regrettable” diplomatic step. In a statement, Clayson Monyela, spokesperson for DIRCO, said the South African government was shocked that the Nigerian government would resort “to such an extraordinary diplomatic step to express outrage at […]
Continue reading Nigerians lose N84m to South Africans attacks on foreigners
April 25, 2015 0 Comments
The Nigerian Union in South Africa said on Saturday that Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand (N84m) to xenophobic attacks . The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the losses were initially put at 1.2 million Rand […]
Continue reading Nigerian Army detains policemen without food for refusing to wear military uniforms
April 25, 2015 0 Comments
Ten counter-terrorism police officers attached to the Nigeria army peacekeeping forward operation base in Abuja are currently unlawfully detained at a military barrack in Gwagwalada, Abuja, according to Premium Times. The personnel were locked up since Tuesday without food and medical care for refusing to wear military fatigues for an operation they feared could be […]
Continue reading Xenophobia: Nigeria, South Africa, others sign peace accord
April 24, 2015 2 Comments
Representatives of Nigeria, South Africa and other citizens and groups in other parts of Africa yesterday signed a peace accord to begin a process leading to a non-violent means of settling differences and discouraging xenophobia in South Africa. The peace deal, which was initiated by Nigerians In Diaspora Integration Agency (NIDIA), was signed in Abuja with […]
Continue reading House Passes Bill Prohibiting Torture, Inhuman Treatments
April 24, 2015 1 Comment
The House of Representatives on Thursday considered a Bill seeking to penalise torture cruelty, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishments of offenders or those under investigations. Sponsored by Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha (PDP, Abia), the bill will regulate super-ordinate and subordinate interactions and protect criminal suspects under investigation when passed into law. According to Onyejeocha, “Torture […]
Continue reading Lagos insists on restriction of movement during sanitation
April 22, 2015 0 Comments
The Lagos State Government has ordered that residents of the state should stay indoors during the April environmental sanitation. The Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello, in a press statement on Tuesday, said some residents might want to go out because of a court verdict against the government. A Federal High Court judgment had stopped […]
Continue reading APC warns Nigerians against fake job consultants
April 22, 2015 0 Comments
The All Progressives Congress has alerted Nigerians to some ”419” text messages making rounds and asking those seeking federal appointments under the incoming Muhammadu Buhari Administration to contact certain consultants via telephone and email. The APC said no consultants have been hired to screen anyone for federal posts. In a statement issued in Abuja on […]
Continue reading Nigerian government says Ondo strange disease under control, blames “methanol poisoning”
April 21, 2015 0 Comments
The Nigerian government has refuted a preliminary evaluation by the World Health Organization, WHO, which claimed a strange and deadly disease that ravaged a community in Ondo State, was caused by pesticide, saying the actual culprit was “methanol poisoning”. The government said Monday that the disease had been brought under control after 18 deaths. In […]
Continue reading Female cultists attack 17-year-old female student, inject her with strange substance
April 20, 2015 2 Comments
Suspected members of a notorious female cult in the Bayelsa State owned Niger Delta University, Ammassoma, on Saturday attacked a 17-year-old student over her refusal to join the group. The suspected cult members, who were reportedly led by a final year student of the Education Department of the institution, Annabel, attacked their victim within the […]
Continue reading Kogi deputy governor’s wife, three others injured in Lagos building collapse
April 20, 2015 1 Comment
The wife of the deputy governor of Kogi State, Mrs. Tokunbo Awoniyi, on Saturday sustained injury after their Ikoyi residence collapsed. The incident which occurred at about 7am at 19b, HFB Way, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, was said to have caved in following a cooking gas explosion. Also injured were three of the deputy governor’s domestic […]
Continue reading Nigeria may evacuate citizens from South Africa this week
April 19, 2015 5 Comments
Nigeria will begin evacuation of its citizens from South Africa this week over xenophobic attacks on immigrants from other African countries… Nigerians who are interested in returning to their country have been told to contact the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa. The tribal Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, was alleged to have said foreigners should […]
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