AU , Huawei restate commitment to better connected Africa
One of the leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, Huawei, in partnership with the African Union, AU have reaffirmed their commitment to a better connected Africa.
Photos: PDP Govs visit ex-President Jonathan in Otuoke
Some Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), on Tuesday, paid a solidarity visit to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in his country home at Otuoke, Bayelsa.
Declare your assets, Ekiti APC tells Fayose
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has urged Governor Ayodele Fayose to declare his assets 10 months after its earlier call on the governor to follow his predecessor, Governor Kayode Fayemi, who publicly declared his assets to the applause of Ekiti people.
Immigration replaces Obua with King, as new PRO
The new management of the Nigeria immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday in Abuja announced Deputy Comptroller Ekpedeme King as the new spokesperson of the Service.
Nigerian editors appeal for Donu Kogbara’s release
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has appealed to the kidnappers of newspaper columnist, Donu Kogbara, to release her immediately.
Gov. Al-Makura postpones cash payment of Staff salaries
Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa has ordered the postponement of cash payment of workers’ salaries to September. The Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Ahmed Tukur, told newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia that government’s decision followed a meeting with organised labour.
Police to arrest unauthourised users of siren nationwide
The Nigeria Police Force said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would arrest any person not listed in the categories of persons authourised to use siren in the country. It would be recalled that the Federal Government had in 2012 listed the categories of persons entitled to use siren.
PDP Governors condemn DSS invasion of A/Ibom Govt. House
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum on Tuesday criticised the reported invasion of Akwa Ibom Government House by operatives of Department of State Service (DSS). The governors gave the condemnation after a meeting in the Bayelsa State Governor’s office in Yenagoa.
Freezing of Tompolo’s accounts barbaric, unlawful, Ijaw group tells FG
IJAW People Development Initiative, IPDI, a nongovernmental organization in Delta State, Tuesday, criticized the freezing of accounts of two companies allegedly owned by ex-Niger militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration as an act of lawlessness.
Indian police arrest 6 men for gang rape of teen in Indian hotel
Indian Police said on Tuesday in New Delhi that they had arrested six men for the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl.
‘N2.740trn invested in power generation from 1999 to date’
THE Senate was told Tuesday that a total of N2.74 trillion has been invested in the country’s power sector from 1999 to date.
Buhari optimistic of bountiful farm harvest
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed optimism that this year’s farm harvest would be bountiful.
Leave my charity account alone, Kuku cries out from U.S hospital
Immediate past Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku has asked anti-corruption agencies not to tamper with the account of his charity organisation, Keketobou Care Foundation, which he has been using to help the poor in the society.
Pope makes marriage annulment simpler, free
Pope Francis on Tuesday published details of reforms which will make it easier, quicker and free for Catholics to have their marriages annulled.
Youths’ desperation to travel out worries Obasanjo
Former President,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed worry over the current wave of desperate youths risking their lives to travel to Europe and the maltreatment they received from their hosts in African continent.
Tenant turns ritualist: Con landlord, performs rituals in compound
A herbalist, Lamidi Ibrahim, who allegedly converted his rented apartment to a shrine, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for breach of peace and conspiracy. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Kehinde Olatunde, told the court that Ibrahim, 42, of No. 9, Awopeju Close, Iju-Ishaga, Agege, Lagos, committed the offences on Aug. 31 at his residence.
