The Daura Emirate Council in Katsina State, has announced the cancellation of the annual Maulud festival in honour of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, who was attacked by gunmen on Jan. 19. The attack had left six people dead and others, including two of the emir’s sons, injured. The Emir of Daura, Alhaji [...]
A 38-year old trader, Taofeeq Shobulo, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Ojokoro Senior Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for urinating in a pot of soup. The convict, who pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of misconduct and provoking breach of peace, was sentenced on Tuesday. Magistrate K. O. Ogundare sentenced the accused to [...]
The Director of the State Security Service (SSS) in Borno, Alhaji Abdullahi Ahmed, has advised members of the Boko Haram sect to drop their violent campaign and embrace dialogue. Ahmed gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Tuesday. He said the sect must embrace dialogue if [...]
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has condemned the constant use of strike action by medical practitioners as a weapon of negotiation. Oshiomhole who spoke at the First National Health Summit organized by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Asaba, Delta State said government and the NMA need to interact more for [...]
A former Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange, said politics in public service was responsible for the loss of her job as a minister. Grange, who expressed gratitude to her colleagues in the medical profession for their support during her “rehabilitation period,” said she was unaware of the politics in the public service. The former [...]
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Tuesday paid N4.6 million to 46 victims of April 2011 bomb blast at INEC office in Suleja in Niger State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that each of the victims was giving a cheque of N100,000. The INEC Deputy Director of Insurance and Due Process, [...]
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal this morning struck out the petition filed by General Charles Airhiavbere, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14, 2012 gubernatorial election in the state, challenging the pronouncement of Gov. Adams Oshiomhole as winner of the election. Delivering the judgment that lasted for [...]
