How Davido, Yemi Alade, stole the show at Closeup Cupid games
IT was indeed, a night of fun, excitement and merriment at the prestigious Zumia Hall, Eko Hotel and Suites penultimate Saturday, as Nigerian born multi-award winning singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido and Johnny crooner, Yemi Alade mounted the stage and thrilled numerous fans with amazing performances. The event was the grand finale of Closeup Cupid games.
Parties still divided over card readers
WITH barely 15 days to the forthcoming 2015 general elections, the controversy surrounding the use of the card reader machines continued yesterday in Abuja as the political parties remained divided over its use.
I’ll tackle corruption if elected – Buhari
Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhamadu Buhari (rtd), has warned Nigerians against voting for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the general polls if they truly want to end corruption in the country.
Speaking yesterday at the South-South presidential rally of his party at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Buhari stressed the danger of allowing corruption thrive in the country.
Why Oshimohole must recall sacked permsec, by Edo PDP
EDO State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed shock over the sack of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youths and Sports, Mr. Samuel Uhunmwangho, following the mix-up in the approval for the use of Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium by the wives of President Goodluck Jonathan and Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), this weekend.
Ebola death toll tops 10,000: WHO
More than 10,000 people have now died from the Ebola virus, almost all of them in west Africa, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
NPA to eject squatters from Lagos ports
The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has served a final quit notice to squatters lodging and operating illegally within the Lagos Port Complex, LPC, Apapa.
IS accepts allegiance of Boko Haram
The Islamic State group has accepted a pledge of allegiance to the group made by the Nigerian jihadist organisation Boko Haram, according to an audiotape Thursday purportedly from its spokesman.
FIFA expels Zimbabwe from 2018 W/Cup
FIFA has alerted Zimbabwe that it was expelled from the preliminary competition of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Microsoft, Botswana partner on TV white spaces
Microsoft through the 4Afrika initiative in collaboration with with the Botswana Innovation Hub, the Botswana-UPenn Partnership (BUP), Global Broadband Solutions, Vista Life Sciences, BoFiNet, Adaptrum and USAID-NetHope, has launched a new TV white spaces (TVWS) pilot project.
NLC clears 3,119 delegates to elect New Exco
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday accredited 3,119 delegates to participate in its rescheduled election.
Lagos Govt. set to power 172 schools with solar
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday said the state government had commenced a process to connect 172 public schools in the state to the solar power.
