0809: Another brand name change coming
Another change of brand name in the Nigerian telecoms sector is imminent following the termination of a management agreement with Etisalat Nigeria by its brand parent, Etisalat International of the United Arab Emirates.
Public debt rose to N17.36trn in 2016 — DMO
The Debt Management Office, DMO, yesterday, said Nigeria’s total outstanding public debt rose to N17.360 trillion as at end of December 2016, an increase of 37.74 per cent, compared to N12.604 trillion in the corresponding year in 2015.
Truck driver dies, motor boy injured in Ogun auto accident
The driver of an articulated vehicle was, yesterday, trapped in his truck until he died, while his motor boy sustained injuries in an accident on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
5 die in Port Harcourt auto crash
PORT HARCOURT—Five people reportedly died in an accident, yesterday, at Nkpolu community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Echiejile launches 100 smiles football initiative
Super Eagles and Sivasspor new signee, Elderson Echiejile has said he is backing grassroots football as a major source for identifying and developing sport prodigies in the country.
US jails Nigerian Animasaun for wire fraud
A Nigerian, Fawaz Olanrewaju Animasaun will spend the next two years in jail in the United States for defrauding East Texans and others out of nearly $1 million.
Anambra tricyle union crisis: Obosi monarch summons parties for talks today
The traditional ruler of Obosi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Chidubem Iweka, has summoned all the parties involved in the on-going leadership crisis currently rocking members of KKAWAAPU, the amalgamated tricycle union operators in Anambra State.
ALGON partners Enugu Assembly on sports devt
CHAIRMAN, Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, Enugu State Chapter, Mr Prince Cornelius Nnaji, has disclosed that the association is committed to the ongoing state boxing talent hunt to increase grassroots talent hunt in the state.
Ijaw group writes Dickson over grazing land for herdsmen
IJAW stakeholders, under the aegis of Ijaw Nation Forum, INF, an online social mobilization platform for the Ijaw ethnic nationality, have tackled Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State over the controversial allocation of a grazing land in Yenagoa measuring about 1,200 hectares, to herdsmen in the state.
A-Ibom PDP faction hopeful of Sheriff’s victory at S-Court
Factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Akwa Ibom State, Elder Idorenyin Jacot, has expressed hope in the confirmation of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the rightful leader of the party by the Supreme Court in the on going legal battle between Senator Ahmed Makafi and Sen Sheriff.
Why I left PDP for APC — Martin Elechi
The immediate-past governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Martin Elechi, has listed reasons why he defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
