UPP zones 2015 presidential ticket slot to S/East
The National Chairman of the newly registered United Progressive Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie has revealed that the Party’s Presidential ticket in 2015 general election has been allocated to the South East geo-political zone of the country.
NAFDAC destroys N20m stockfish in Aba
The NAFDAC on Friday destroyed stockfish worth N20 million in Aba, Abia.
Orji flags-off rehabilitation work on bad roads in Aba
ABIA State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji Tuesday flagged-off the rehabilitation and construction of 16 roads in Aba, the commercial hub of the state, with a charge to the residents to monitor the quality of work the contractors.
I am obliged to win World Cup, says Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari believes Brazil have a solemn duty to win the World Cup on home soil in 2014, but admitted that the faltering giants are nowhere near favourites for a sixth world title.
Lagbaja breaks silence over ‘online picture, Ego’s exit
Few months after a picture which claimed to be the facial identity of Bisade Ologunde popularly known as Lagbaja circulated online, the man behind the mask has decided to break his silence over the said picture.
Shell resumes shipments of crude from Forcados, Bonny
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Friday it had resumed shipments of crude from its Nigerian export terminals Bonny and Forcados following the repair of its damaged supply pipelines.
Sanusi: NLC call is hypocritical – CPC
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has dismissed the call for the sack of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN by the Nigeria Labour Congress as self-serving.
Man jailed 7yrs for defiling 12-yr-old daughter
A Benin Chief Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 47-year-old father, Godwin Allu, to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 12-year-old daughter.
Flood: FG takes samples of snakes to determine anti-venom vaccines
The Federal Government is to take samples of foreign snakes which infiltrated into the country through the flood that devastated some parts of Bauchi State to determine the type of anti-venom vaccines for them.
Money laundering: Ill-health stalls Babalakin’s arraignment
On a day Chairman of Bi-Courtney Group, Dr. Wale Babalakin, was to be arraigned before an Ikeja High Court over alleged economic crime and money laundering, a Federal High Court also in Lagos, has restrained Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from going on with the planned arraignment.
Dana crash: 40 families petition Senate
About 40 families of victims of the ill-fated Dana Airplane that crashed on June 3, 2012 in Lagos have petitioned the Senate Committee on Aviation on the deliberate refusal of the airline to pay them the statutory $30,000 compensation.
The deliberate refusal, according to the families, is as a result of the wicked machinations of Dana Airline and its representatives.
