Tokunbo vehicles: Nigerian engineers set for made-in-Nigeria car by 2014
THE recent decision by the Federal Government to stop the importation of Tokunbo vehicles is generating diverse reactions across the country, ostensibly because most Nigerians depend solely on imported fairly used cars, popularly called Tokunbo or ‘Belgium’ depending on which part of the country you are coming from.
Mexico vent spleen on Iraq
2011 champions Mexico Tuesday bounced back to reckoning in the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates with a 3-1 win over Iraq at the Kalifa Ben Zayed Stadium in Al Ain.
FG plans electricity subsidy for indigent Nigerians
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, said plans had reached advanced stage to subsidise cost of electricity for poor Nigerians under the Power Sector Roadmap.
MGPNI to hold 12-hour marathon prayer for Nigeria
AN interdenominational intercessory organization, the Ministers of God Prayer Network International (MGPNI), says it is planning to gather thousands of Christians to intercede for Nigeria to avoid imminent danger and disintegration
FG completes hand – over of 64 Almajiri schools to states – Wike
The Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said that the Federal Government has completed 64 out of the 89 Almajiri schools in the country.
2016 Olympics: Nigerian weightlifters begin preparations
Nigeria has commenced preparations for participation in the weightlifting event at the 2016 Olympics scheduled to hold in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Kano’s sharia police launch immorality crackdown
Police who enforce Islamic law in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano have arrested 150 people in the last week, including for indecent dress, as part of a crackdown on immorality, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Explosion rocks Warri refinery
THERE was an explosion at the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, Warri, Delta State, which forced the 35-year-old company, operating mostly with outmoded equipment to shut down production, Tuesday.
Boko Haram externally induced, says FG
The Nigerian Government, Tuesday, told the United Nations Human Rights Council, that the Boko Haram insurgents in some parts of the country were being sponsored by some foreign countries.
Edo LG Poll: Thugs snatch ballot boxes, attack Journalists
THE rescheduled Local Government Council elections in Esan North East Local Government Council of Edo state held Tuesday amid tight security with leaders of both the APC and PDP accusing each other of rigging.
Rape: 4 dragged before Ado-Ekiti court
The police in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday arraigned four men-Ogundola Dayo 24; Akomolafe Gbenga, 27; Ayeni Oluwaseun, 29; and Seye Banjo, 24-before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for alleged rape.
