Month: April 2015
221 candidates jostle for 40 Lagos Assembly seats
No fewer than 221 candidates are contesting for the 40 seats in the Lagos House of Assembly on different platforms…
Ibrahimovic banned for four games over anti-France rant
Paris Saint-Germain’s tempestuous striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Thursday received a four-match ban from Ligue 1 officials for his comments attacking…
APC leads senate with 62 seats, PDP gets 45
Below is a table of the latest available results from constituencies declared in Nigeria’s March 28 national assembly elections, according…
Kaduna: SOKAPU youth tells members, electorate to vote El’Rufai
Femi Adi/Kaduna Southern Kaduna People’s Union, SOKAPU, National Youth Wing has called on its members and other electorate from southern…
“We will win all assembly seats”, says PDP
Umar Muhammed, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Kogi State, on Thursday expressed confidence that his party would win…
Discharge duties void of religious sentiments, CAN tells Buhari
Pastor Mary Shikse, the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Plateau chapter on Thursday called on the President-elect, Gen Muhammadu…
Edo pays N490m compensation to victims of Auchi erosion
The Edo Government on Thursday commenced the payment of N490 million as compensation to 121 residents, who were affected in…
Jonathan appoints new Registrar for NECO
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Prof. Monday Tommy Joshua as the Registrar of National Examinations Council (NECO).…
IG orders restriction of vehicular movement for Saturday’s elections
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has ordered restriction of vehicular movement in the 36 states, from 8a.m. to…
Buhari receives defectors to APC in Katsina
Two former gubernatorial aspirants on the platform of PDP in Katsina State, Alhaji Kabir Barkiya and Alhaji Tukur Jikamshi, have…
Impeachment: Ekiti lawmakers ask CJ set up panel to probe Fayose
The 19 APC members in Ekiti State House of Assembly has directed state Chief Judge Ayodeji Daramola to institute a…
Eagles Fall In FIFA World Ranking
Sunday Akintoye The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped four places to 45th on the latest FIFA world ranking released…
Don’t Get Carried Away, Onigbinde Warns Nigerians
Former Super Eagles coach Adegboye Onigbinde has warned Nigeria from going over the moon with success achieved at age grade…
Student Arraigned Over N3.4m Admission Fraud
A 32-year-old student, Olugbenga Ajuwon, on Tuesday in Lagos appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court for his alleged involvement…
LASU VC Must Proceed On Terminal Leave, NASU Insists
As the crisis in the Lagos State University, LASU lingers, the Vice Chancellor, Professor John Obafunwa has been asked to…
‘How We Ensured Credible Election In UNILAG’
Damilare Okunola Students’ unionism was dead at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos for over a decade with…
Mimiko Trains, Arms Thugs To Disrupt Gov Polls —APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted the security agencies to the moves being made Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo…
Lagos Trade Unions, Bakers Endorse Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, JNC, the umbrella body of all civil servants in Lagos…
Meet Akinwunmi Ambode, The Incoming Governor Of Lagos State
By Joe Igbokwe If competence and experience will count on Saturday, April 11, 2015 governorship election in Lagos State, if…
Lagos Guber Election: Continuity Vs Change
By Mac Durugbo In the run up to the coming Governorship and House of Assembly Elections billed for next Saturday…
Jonathan approves closure of land borders for election
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the closure of all land borders ahead of this weekend’s regional elections, after a…
Why The Physically Challenged Are Gunning For Ambode
Owolabi Tijani is the son of Nigeria and Africa’s foremost mouth painter, Idowu Akinrolabu. For over five years, he has…
Don’t give election materials to politicians, Akwa Ibom REC warns officials
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom, Austin Okojie, has warned Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) for Saturday elections in…
Tambuwal promises to unlock solid mineral potentials of Sokoto
The APC gubernatorial candidate in Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Waziri, says he will explore the solid mineral potentials of the…
Court clears Ambode for April 11 guber poll
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a suit seeking to stop the governorship candidate of…
We will remain loyal to PDP – Governor Dickson
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson says the state will continue to stand firm by the Peoples…
Chelsea to sign Japan striker Muto for $5.9m
English Premier League leaders Chelsea have made a formal offer for Japan striker Yoshinori Muto, his club FC Tokyo said…
Trending: Nanny steals 3 kids a day after being employed
A nanny employed by a Lagos family has disappeared with three children, 24 hours after she was employed via a…
Short people have higher heart attack risk
Short people face a greater lifetime risk of clogged arteries, according to a study out Wednesday that confirmed the long-known…