2015: ‘Delta North leaders yet to pick candidate’
BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI—CONCERNED Delta Professionals For Good Governance, CDPFGG, Wednesday, said Delta North leaders were yet to decide on who to present for the forthcoming 2015 governorship election in Delta State. Reacting to media reports credited to chairman of Delta Focus Group, DFG, Chief Joshua Egun-Okoh, secretary of CDPFGG, Mr Lee Onwochei, said: “Delta […]
Amosun’s brother’s wife escapes death in mid-day inferno
A sudden mid-day fire outbreak, Wednesday gutted a section of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state’s private residence at Ibara Housing Estate in Abeokuta and almost killing the wife of the governor’s elder brother Alhaja Abidoye Amosun.
Don’t change Nigeria’s name, clerics advise FG
Two clerics, Monsignor Gabriel Osu and Imam Shuaib Abdullahi, have jointly advised the Federal Government never to change the name, Nigeria, which had been in use for some 100 years ago.
Gunmen shot dead two PDP Chieftains in Borno
There may be no end yet to the orgy of violence and incessant killings in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, as gunmen in separate attacks on Tuesday shot dead two chieftains of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Southern Borno Senatorial District and Shehuri ward at about 8pm.
Tunisian dies after setting self ablaze
A jobless man who set fire to himself in the Tunisian capital died in hospital on Wednesday, a development which could provoke renewed anger against the Islamist-led government.
We will keep inviting new players for continuity – Keshi
Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles Head Coach, on Wednesday said he would continue to invite new players to the team to ensure cohesion and continuity.
Pastor’s adultery, threat force prophetess to seek divorce
A 51-year-old woman on Wednesday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court to dissolve her 22-year-old marriage over alleged adultery and threat to life.
Joint Army/Police team kill 4 gunmen in Sokoto
Four gunmen including a woman were killed on Wednesday in Sokoto after a raid at their hide out by a joint military and police team.
APC: PDP is suffering from crass ignorance – ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of either suffering from crass ignorance or engaging in palpable mischief by saying that leaders of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) should have registered the name with INEC before now.
Airtel introduces USSD for Facebook users
Customers of one of the leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria can now access popular social networking platform, Facebook via a USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) Code. With this innovation, Airtel customers will be able to launch Facebook on their mobile devices by dialing *688#.
Nigeria must be rescued from bad governance – Fayemi
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has called on Nigerians to utilize the ongoing broad-based coalitions and platforms to rescue the country from the prevailing bad governance being witnessed at the federal level.
