APC leaders are ‘thieves’, Okupe tweets
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe has again taken a swip at the All Progressive Congress, APC members by calling the leaders thevies.
‘Another man impregnated my wife’
Lagos—A real estate developer, Abraham Okoro, yesterday told a Lagos Magistrate’s court sitting in Ikeja how his estranged wife, Adedoyin Ogunmefun (nee Ajaba) allegedly brought another man’s pregnancy to his house pleading with him to accept it.
Jonathan should denounce wife’s hate speeches —Fashola
LAGOS—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to dissociate self by denouncing what he called “hate speeches’ by his wife Patience Jonathan and others that could lead to electoral violence ahead of the elections scheduled for March 28 and April 11.
Naira devaluation: Importers abandon cargoes at ports
CONGESTION at the ports is beginning to gather momentum as importers have abandoned their cargoes following the continuous slide of the Naira against the American dollar which currently stands at N250 to $1.
Only God can help PDP win poll now — Gbagi
AHEAD of the presidential and general elections fixed for March 28 and April 11 respectively, former Minister of State for Education, Kenneth Gbagi yesterday accused the ministers, heads of Parastatals and aides of President Goodluck Jonathan of leaving the campaigns for the President alone to handle, even as he said that only God would help the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to win the election.
Importance of Bank Verification Number
THE Bank Verification Number, BVN, is another important step the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is using to strengthen the security of banking transactions and to ensure that fraudulent transactions are minimised, if not totally eliminated. The campaign is on, but the public may not realise its importance until it closes in June 2015.
Protesting workers besiege oil firm’s facility in Bayelsa
YENAGOA—Hundreds of protesting workers, yesterday, besieged a multi-billion naira Shell Petroleum Development Company’s Gbarain-Ubie Gas Gathering plant in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State over alleged violation of local content law and poor employment policies.
Play politics with decorum, northern traditional rulers tell politicians
Northern traditional rulers, yesterday, asked politicians to play politics with decorum, and to stop engaging in campaigns of calumny against one another.
Robbers kill undergraduate in Ado-Ekiti
RESIDENTS of Adebayo
area, Ado Ekiti, have been thrown into a mournful mood as armed robbers shot dead one Temitope Ogunleye, a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, during a midnight operation.
The ND 2 Accountancy student died when a 12-man armed robbery gang attacked his father’s house at Adebayo area of the state capital.
Vanguard gathered that the young man and his parents and sister, Yetunde, a student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, were at home when the robbers struck.
Forex Earnings: CBN to sanction exporters — Emefiele
In its bid to shore up Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings, Central Bank of Nigeria said it will enforce the repatriation of dollar-proceeds from exports will impose sanctions against exporters that do not comply.
10-man F/Eagles hit Congo 4-1, book World Cup ticket
The Flying Eagles will hoist Nigeria’s flag at the 2015 FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand next summer, as they defeated Congo 4-1 in an African Youth Championship Group A match in Dakar, Senegal yesterday.Having recorded a 3-1 victory over hosts Senegal on Sunday, Nigeria easily dismissed the Congolese despite going one man down in the 30th minute of the first half.
