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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has asked Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to commute the death penalty passed on death row inmates in the state to life imprisonment instead of executing them. Those on death row upon the judgment of the court of Lagos State included the General-Overseer […]
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Education, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, April 21st, 2017

The decline in Nigerian public school education was once again brought to the fore after a headteacher wrote ‘she is too playerful’ on a pupil’s report card. The headteacher apparently wanted to write ‘playful’. A viral photo of the report card, issued by the Universal Basic Education Board in Rivers State, showed that the pupil […]
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Abuja (FCT), Aviation, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the successful reopening of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, 24 hours ahead of schedule to inter-agency cooperation and efficiency. He said he wants to see such dislay of cooperation and efficiency in the operation of the entire federal government activities. The Special Adviser on Media […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
Lagos govt. to execute Rev King, others — 18th April 2017 Some inmates on death row in Lagos State prisons face imminent execution, among whom is the General-Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, who made this known at a news […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Imo, State News
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
BY ANAYO OKOLI. UMUAHIA – IN an effort to improve the quality of shoes produced in Aba, Abia State to international standard, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has secured the interest of a Chinese company which has agreed to set up $1.5 billion shoe industry in Aba. The company, Huajian Shoe Industry based in Dongguan, Guangzhou, China […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
A man whose identity has been shielded by a local church in Makurdi, has shocked church members with a tithe offering of N42 million. Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi revealed that the money was paid into the UBA account of the NKST Church High Level Makurdi. Although the pastor of […]
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Abuja (FCT), Aviation, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 16th, 2017
FAAN awaits NCAA clearance to reopen Abuja airport FAAN awaits NCAA clearance to reopen Abuja airport — 17th April 2017 From Uche Usim Abuja Ahead of the April 19, 2017, scheduled reopening of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has said it is awaiting clearance from the […]
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Governors, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, April 16th, 2017
You Have Mortgaged the Future of Rivers People, APC Tells Gov. Wike “No sooner Gov. Nyesom Wike was sworn in as governor of Rivers State than he embarked on indiscriminate borrowing at cut-throat interest rate from Nigerian commercial banks. The borrowing spree was carried out irrespective of the fact that the matter of the All […]
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Cross River, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News, Track & Field
Saturday, April 15th, 2017
What could have been a disaster was averted on Good Friday in Calabar, Cross River State, when the yet-to-be completed multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall at the U. J. Esuene, Stadium collapsed. $14m down the drain. The collapsed Indoor Sports Hall at the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar. The uncompleted indoor sports hall was one of the […]
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Borno, Legislature, Senate, State News
Saturday, April 15th, 2017
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Emir of Shani, in Borno State, Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi Mailafiya, has urged Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and other senators of the National Assembly to reverse the suspension of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume. Ndume was suspended last month for his allegations of Corruption against the senate leadership. The traditional ruler insisted […]