Facebook boss, Mark Zuckerberg, has defended the aims of his Internet.org initiative on Thursday, after several Indian firms decided to pull out of the project. Zuckerberg argued that Internet.org’s basic free services were not incompatible with net neutrality and the principle that all web services should be equally accessible. He wrote in a blog that,…
Rivers: Amaechi Sets Up Commission to Investigate Political Killings
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, on Thursday, set up a nine-man commission of inquiry to investigate recent politically motivated killings in the state. Members of the Commission to be chaired by Chidi Odinkalu, include Samuel Egbe as secretary and Nlerum Okogbule,others are Owunari Georgewill, Richard Ofuru, Asivosuo Oriye, Joy Ejiofor, Ayo Obe, and Father…
We Won’t be in Opposition For More Than 4 years – Lagos PDP Spokesman
The Lagos State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it could not afford to be in opposition in the state for more than another four years. Taofik Gani, the party state Publicity Secretary spoke on the sidelines of the presentation of Certificates of Return to elected political office holders in Lagos…
Yaba Psychiatric Hospital Workers Commence Strike
Disturbed by Federal Government’s alleged refusal to pay five year promotion arrears to health professionals working at the Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos, health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sectors Union, JOHESU, Yaba branch, commenced a seven day warning strike on Wednesday,to press home their demands. The health workers have also…
APC Rejects Ondo Assembly Election Results
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, rejected the House of Assembly election in the state on Tuesday, saying it did not reflect the wishes of the citizens of the state. In a statement issued in Akure, the state capital, Isaac Kekemeke, state chairman of the APC, said the results showed that the people…
PDP Supporters Protest in Owerri
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, protesting the outcome of the governorship election in Imo State, went on the rampage in Owerri, the state capital on Monday. PDP supporters, who displayed placards demanding that Governor Rochas Okorocha should vacate Government House for their candidate, Emeka Ihedioha, stopped and harassed motorists on Okigwe Road. The…
Mimiko Warns Ondo REC Against Tampering with PDP’s victory
Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo State governor, has cautioned Segun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state, against tampering with the results of Saturday’s state assembly poll in the Ilaje Local Government Area. The Governor said, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had no power to withdraw a victory already granted, because the candidates of…
APC Thanks Lagosians for Victory
The All Progressives Congress, Lagos chapter, said it owed its victory to Lagos residents, who voted immensely for its candidates in the Saturday, April 11 governorship poll in order to further entrench the culture of excellence in the state. In a recent statement, Joe Igbokwe, Publicity Secretary of the APC in Lagos, said Lagos residents…
INEC Declares Imo Election Inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive. The Returning Officer in Imo State, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive, due to the number of cancelled votes which stood at 144,715 in relation to the margin of win which is 79,529 by the candidate of the All Progressives…
Dangote Targets 30% of Cameroon’s Cement Market
Dangote Group says its targeting to control more than 30 per cent share of Cameroon’s cement market by the close of the year given the acceptance of its brand, Dangote 3X cement, launched into the market earlier this year. The company made an inroad into Cameroon in 2012 with the commencement of the construction of…
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