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4 die, as helicopter plunges into lagoon

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

By Jimoh Babatunde, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Lawani Mikairu, Bose Adelaja, Daniel Eteghe & Richard Udofia LAGOS—A helicopter belonging to Bristow Helicopters with 12 people on board, yesterday, crashed into the Lagoon near the Oworonsoki end of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. According to an eyewitness, the aircraft, marked 5NBGD was said to be coming from […]

Nyesom Wike wins CGPI July Governor of the month Award

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Headlines, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

Nyesom Wike is Governor of the month Nyesom Wike wins CGPI July Governor of the month Award … Aminu Tambuwal is in 2nd palce Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike has been judged to be Nigerian Governor of the month of July based on a comparative analysis of Governors performance in Nigeria. The study tagged […]

Man, 45, rapes 14-year-old girl in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

By Our Reporter on August 11, 2015 Trending An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded 45-year-old Santana Obend, charged with rape of a minor, at Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered the remand of the accused in prison pending the determination of his bail application on September 18, […]

FIFA Presidency: Those backing me are great minds – Kalu (Want to embezzle there as well?)

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

0 By Our Reporter on August 11, 2015 COVER, Sports As the call from de cream de la cream in the football world for Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia State, to join the race for the presidency of the Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, intensifies, Kalu has said that in the […]

Revival of Igbo language: Taking a cue from Imo House of Assembly and some Lagos-based private schools

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, Lagos, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Our Reporter Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Revival of Igbo language: Taking a cue from Imo House of Assembly and some Lagos-based private schools advertisement TOP HEADLINES Jonathan surrounded himself with ‘unsavoury characters’and Ribadu later realised Obasanjo was using him -Soyinka Nigerian student emerges youngest First Class graduate in London Banks […]

Sokoto plans registration of 25,000 job seekers

Posted by admin Headlines, Sokoto, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

The Sokoto State Government has started the process of documenting all unemployed youths with a view to properly streamlining government policies for planning purposes. The initial phase of the policy will see government register up to 25,000 unemployed within a two-year time frame. This was contained in a statement to commemorate the United Nation’s International […]

Opinion: The randy UNILAG lecturer

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Bayo Olupohunda Before I begin my thought today, let me sound a caveat that neither the title of today’s piece nor the views I am going to express subsequently should be construed as an indictment of the University of Lagos lecturer at the centre of an alleged rape case. I strongly believe that accused persons […]

Ribadu later realised Obasanjo was using him –Soyinka

Posted by admin Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Wole Soyinka Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka | credits: File copy Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said that former President Goodluck Jonathan was becoming authoritarian while in office. Soyinka also said that the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu admitted to him in the UK that he (Ribadu) realised late that […]

Buhari orders ministry to reunite IDPs with families

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to intensify efforts to re-unite families whose members are currently scattered in different camps for Internally Displaced Persons as a result of activities of the Boko Haram sect. This was just as the authorities of the Ministry of the Federal Capital […]

Nigeria to establish weapons factory, says President Buhari

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Saturday, August 8th, 2015

Nigeria is going to establish a domestic weapons factory in an effort to cut its dependence on imported arms, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The defence ministry had been told to develop plans for a “modest military industrial complex,” the president, who came to power in May, said Nigeria has been battling the militant Islamist […]