Endless search for PVCs: The confusion continues
It is no longer news that the long-awaited general elections slated to kick-off with the Presidential and National Assembly elections have since been postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Commission had cited among other reasons for shifting the elections the security challenge occasioned by the terrorist activities of the Boko Haram in the North Eastern parts of the country. Another key reason it advanced for this, was the failure of many prospective voters to collect their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, from the designated INEC offices nation-wide.
Jegede’s New Horizon debuts in Lagos
AFTER its successful hosting of 2014 MUSON festival and in line with one of its core mission of developing talents and giving them a platform to express themselves, the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) is set to dazzle its teeming fans, especially lovers of jazz, chambers, classical and pop with a new concert series titled ‘New Horizons’.
Abia reviews anti-kidnapping, terrorism laws
Abia State Government has begun a process of reviewing its anti-kidnapping and terrorism laws with a view to strengthening and making it more efficient, even as the state anti-child trafficking law is being amended to give it more bite.
Delta Police Command accuses Force Chaplain of promoting religious war
Delta State Police Command, yesterday, alleged that the Parish Priest and Chaplain of the Force in Asaba, Rev. Fr. Pius Onwuegbuzie, has embarked on a campaign of calumny capable of promoting religious war if not checked.
APC stage-managed attack on Okrika rally – Bipi
Member representing Ogu/Bolo state constituency in Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr Evans Bipi, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state of allegedly stage managing the attack on its rally in Okrika on Tuesday.
Only 70% of electricity supplied to us paid for — AEDC
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, has denied making more money under estimated bills, saying that only about 70 percent of the electricity supplied to the company by the market operator was actually being paid for.
HIV: Airtel partners UNAIDS to tackle mother-to-child transmission
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, have partnered to support the National Agency for the Control of AIDS in an initiative to ensure that no child is born with HIV in Nigeria.
Emerhor faults Urhobo youth leaders’ ultimatum to Osinbajo
Otega4Governor Campaign Organisation has faulted a statement credited to Coalition of Urhobo Nation Youth Leaders and Stakeholders, CUNYLS, calling on the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to disassociate himself from the Chief Tuesday Onoge faction of the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU.
Nano-drones may knock cholesterol out of bloodstream: study
Tiny nano-particles that act like miniature drones could deliver a knock-out punch to plaque buildup in the arteries, according to an experimental approach described by US scientists on Wednesday.
SLeone in door-to-door hunt for infected Ebola patients
Sierra Leone launched a door-to-door search Wednesday for “hidden” Ebola patients as the head of the United Nations announced the world was at “a critical turning point” in the crisis.
Two technicians seriously injured on James Bond set in Austria
Two British technicians were seriously injured in a failed stunt on the set of the James Bond film “Spectre” in the Austrian Alps, police said on Wednesday. A car crashed into a platform on the set on Tuesday, pinning one of the technicians against the platform, and throwing another one off it, local police chief […]
