Day: September 20, 2014
Kwara plans Intergrated Power Plant to boost electricity
The Kwara State Government said on Friday that it planned to have an Integrated Power Plant to improve on electricity…
FG announces N213bn bailout facility for power sector
The Federal Government on Friday announced new measures to address financing related issues in the power sector, including a N213…
Eaglets Beat Cross River Champions 1-0
Akpabuyo United, current Cross River state’s league champions, were beaten 1-0 by Nigeria’s Under-17 team, Golden Eaglets on Saturday at…
Ebola: Lagos clears last suspect, affirms Sept. 22 resumption date
The Lagos State Government on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state…
Orji Kalu acquires jet for N11.5b
Chief Orji Kalu, the immediate past governor of Abia state and Chairman of Slok Group of Companies has purchased a…
1000 babies born annually through IVF in Nigeria
At least between 500 and 1000 babies are born through In-Vitro Fertilisation process (IVF), in Nigeria annually, a Fertility expert,…
India court sends 13 men to jail over gang-rape of tribal woman
An Indian court on Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a…
Oil workers suspend strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN),…
Asiwaju BAT Returns To Shame His Enemies
By Joe Igbokwe Yesterday, 18 September, 2014, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed…
One dead as Christ Chosen building collapses
Jethro Ibileke/Benin At least one person have been confirmed dead in a collapsed storey building belonging to Christ Chosen Church…
Drunken hunter fights crocodile with an eye-poke
A tipsy goose hunter said Saturday he lived to tell the tale of being attacked by a two-metre-long crocodile in…
FirstNation Airline confirms lease pact with Skypower Catering
The FirstNation Airline on Friday confirmed it had subsisting and valid lease with the Skypower Catering Ltd. located at the…
Synagogue: Forensic test needed to identify victims – NEMA
Charles Otegbade, Director, Search and Rescue, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said proper forensic test was needed to identify the…
Ogun postpones resumption date of schools to Oct. 8
The Ogun Government on Friday in Abeokuta announced 8 October as the new resumption date for private and public schools…
Assembly minority leader defects to PDP
Alhaji Mohammed Buba, the Minority Leader of the Gombe State House of Assembly, has defected from the All Progressives Congress…
18 IS jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds
At least 18 jihadists from the Islamic State group were killed in overnight clashes with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria…
White House scare after man jumps fence
A man sparked an evacuation at the White House on Friday after he scaled and jumped over a fence and…
LASG releases 2014 promotion letters to civil servants
Dr Olujobi Ososanya, the Chairman, Lagos State Civil Service Commission on Friday said Gov. Babatunde Fashola has approved the release…
Indonesia to punish gay sex with 100 strokes of cane
Gay sex could be punishable by 100 lashes of the cane in Indonesia’s staunchly conservative Aceh province if parliament passes…
Air Force graduates 36 pioneer commercial helicopter pilots
The first set of commercial helicopter pilots trained in the country graduated from the Nigerian Air Force International Helicopter Flying…
FG investigating Synagogue mystery aircraft – Obanikoro
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Minister of state for Defence, on Friday said investigations were ongoing to unravel the mystery of the…
Atiku blasts federal government on security
Atiku Abubakar on Friday derided Goodluck Jonathan’s record on security, vowing that Boko Haram could be crushed easily if politicians…
49 Turks kidnapped by IS militants freed
Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been…
Alao-Akala picks PDP governorship nomination form
Adebayo Alao-Akala former governor of Oyo state and an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday collected the…