Archive | News RSS feed for this section

Why we withhold results – WAEC

The West African Examination Council says it withholds results due to examination malpractices in its centres, contrary to speculations that it does so when candidates perform excellently. While speaking at the 18th Youth Empowerment and Restoration Initiative Career workshop organised by Lonadek Oil and Gas Consultants in Lagos on Thursday, the Zonal Coordinator of WAEC, […]

Continue reading →

Presidency Convoy Opens Fire On Protesting OAU Students In Ile-Ife, Osun (Photos)

Protesting students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) held a presidential convoy hostage in Ile-Ife, Osun State in the morning of May 22, 2014, Thursday.  Hundreds of students, who participated in #OAUsaysNO rally, blocked the 6-vehicle convoy, led by a bullet-proof Toyota SUV. The leading vehicle, plate number ‘Presidency’ FG902-B02, attempted to clear the way for […]

Continue reading →

Army begins mass recruitment

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday announced the commencement of recruitment into the service. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Olajide Laleye, said during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday that the exercise, which started with online registration for interested applicants would come to an end on June 21, 2014. Laleye advised that only […]

Continue reading →

500 Juju Powered Men Waiting For Military Approval To bring Back The Abducted Girls (Photos)

Traditional hunters armed with home made guns and poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in hundreds and are eager to use their juju skills to help find the abducted girls. Between the ages of 18 to 80, all 500 have been waiting for two weeks in Bornu to get backing from the Military.With cow horn […]

Continue reading →

Wazobia FM Journalist docked for urinating in public

A 54-year-old radio journalist, Pius-Junior Opute ,(a.k.a .OPJ), who was allegedly caught peeing in a drainage and resisting arrest, on Tuesday appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The accused, who lives at 41, Adeba St., Lakowe, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, is facing a two-count charge of urinating in a drainage and resisting arrest. The prosecutor, […]

Continue reading →

‘Akunyili getting better, not dead’

Contrary to the alleged rumour making the rounds that the immediate past Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili, is dead, an aide yesterday claimed that her condition “continues to improve” in an Indian hospital where she is receiving treatment. Prof. Akunyili’s media adviser, Isaac Umunna, in a statement quoted her husband, Dr. Chike […]

Continue reading →

Court stops FRSC’s arrest of drivers over new licence

The Abuja Division of Federal High Court, yesterday, stopped the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, from imposing new drivers and vehicle licence on car owners whose vehicle registration papers are still valid. Delivering judgment in a suit filed by an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr. John Musa, Justice Ademola Adeniyi declared as “unconstitutional and a clear […]

Continue reading →

‘Why fake soldier’s boyfriend exposed her to military’

The man who exposed his girlfriend, Angela Omieh, to the military authorities as a fake soldier did so because the lady insisted on recovering the N300,000 she gave to him for their aborted wedding, a businessman, Anthony Nworgu has said. Nworgu, an in-law to Omieh, explained that Collins Jegede had planned to marry the lady […]

Continue reading →

Expect flight cancellations, NCAA tells passengers

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has advised passengers to show understanding when flights are cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. A statement by the NCAA on Sunday noted that such cancellations were to be expected at the start of the rainy season, which is usually accompanied by hazards such as thunderstorms, lightning and turbulence. It […]

Continue reading →

Unemployed graduates to earn corps members’ allowance

Succour may soon come to unemployed graduates in Nigeria if the recommendation of one of the committees at the ongoing National Conference is accepted at the plenary and by the Federal Government. Punch correspondent learnt that the conference’s Committee on Law, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Reform had recommended that each unemployed graduate should be […]

Continue reading →

Man Exposes Girlfriend As Fake Soldier (Photo)

The 323 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Akure, Ondo State, has arrested a woman, Angela Omieh, for posing as a soldier. Angela Omieh, the fake soldier Sets of military uniform, police extract and a sworn affidavit for loss of her military identity card were said to have been found with her. The Public Relations […]

Continue reading →

Smoking In Public: LASEPA Begins Enforcement August

With effect from 17 August, 2014, anybody caught smoking in public places in Lagos State, western Nigeria, will be arrested and prosecuted, says the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA. In view of the proposed enforcement date, LASEPA will hold a stakeholder’s meeting today to sensitise people in compliance with the law which banned smoking […]

Continue reading →

Photos: Flavour, Asa, Dbanj, Timi Dakolo,Lagbaja At The World Economic Forum

Asa,Flavour,Lagbaja, D’banj, Timi Dakolo were part of the celebrities at the just concluded World Economic Forum Cultural night in Abuja. The event had over 13 heads of states and 1000 delegates from around the world.

Continue reading →

Abducted Girls : OBAMA STEPS IN, US TROOPS TO ARRIVE NIGERIA

US President Barrack Obama yesterday engaged President Goodluck Jonathan in a telephone conversation over the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State.Obama, who phoned Jonathan at about 3pm yesterday through the US Secretary of State, promised to send troops to Nigeria to assist in the ongoing search and rescue operations for the release […]

Continue reading →

US: Kidnapped Girls Taken out of Nigeria

The United States said yesterday that it is concerned that many of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in northern Nigeria three weeks ago have been moved out of the country. State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, shared Washington’s assessment after local officials in Northeastern told AFP that the girls had likely been taken to nearby Chad or […]

Continue reading →

US warns: Terrorists may attack Lagos

The United States has warned its citizens of planned attacks on Sheraton hotels in Lagos. The country also warned its nationals against going to Yobe, Adamawa and Borno states. The hotels, owned by Starwood, are the Sheraton Hotel and Towers Lagos and the Four Points By Sheraton Lagos. The US Consul General in Lagos, in […]

Continue reading →

REVEALED: Nigeria Received Millions Of Dollars From US Government To Fight Boko Haram

The United States Government has assisted Nigeria to the tune of $20 Million or N3.176 billion in form of military funding assistance to fight terrorism dating back to 2012, according to the US State Department officials. According to Sahara Reporters, the substantial amount in assistance has been largely under-reported, although it is a small amount […]

Continue reading →

Asari-Dokubo dares Boko Haram leader

The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has dared Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, to be prepared to meet him on the battle field. Asari-Dokubo, who dismissed the threat by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, against President Goodluck Jonathan, warned that 2015 would be “more than […]

Continue reading →