The good times are here for members of Carpenters and Furniture Association of Ekiti State as they have secured a contract worth N2.1 billion from Ayodele Fayose, the State governor. The association on Monday evening signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the state government on the contract. Dipo Anisulowo, the chief of Staff to…
Many Feared Dead in Ukraine Mine Blast
A suspected gas blast at a coal mine in a rebel-held region of east Ukraine has killed at least 30 people and left some 40 missing, officials said on Wednesday. However, several rebel officials said that they could not confirm the death toll at the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk. At the time of the…
Tinubu Threatens To Sue AIT
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has threatened to sue the owners of African Independent Television, AIT, for airing a documentary he deemed defamatory “in all respects.” In a letter dated March 2, 2015, to the management of DAAR Communications Limited, owners of AIT, Tinubu gave the organization 24 hours…
Building Collapse: Court To Decide On T.B. Joshua’s Application
An objection challenging the witness summons served on Prophet Temitope Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN by a Coroner seeking to unveil the cause of the collapse of a six-storey building belonging to the church would be decided on March 6, 2015. The general Overseer wants the court to determine whether…
Parties Sue INEC Over Electronic Card Readers
Besides the delay in the collection of the Permanent Voters Cards PVC, and insecurity the emerging headache of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is the debate over the legality of the use of electronic card readers. Meanwhile, a Federal High Court in Abuja has refused an application filed by four political parties seeking to restrain…
Fuel Scarcity: Ekiti Shuts Five Petrol Stations
For allegations ranging from hoarding petrol to selling above stipulated pump price of N87 per litre, the Ekiti State Petroleum Consumers Protection Agency has shut five petrol stations indefinitely. Adeyemi Adebayo, Chairman of the Agency, disclosed this on Monday after monitoring sale of the commodity in Ado Ekiti noting that his men caught the affected…
Mu’azu Blames Fuel Scarcity on APC
Adamu Muazu, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday, blamed the current fuel scarcity in the country on the opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC. Reacting to the fuel scarcity in a tweeter message on Monday, Mu’azu said, “Concerned Nigerians have drawn our attention to the fact that some opposition leaders and vested…
INEC Records 63 Per Cent PVC Collection in Ogun
Timothy Ibitoye, Ogun State resident electoral commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday, March 2, corrected conflicting figures as far as Personal Voters Card, PVC, is concerned in Ogun State. Ibitoye said the actual number of registered voters are 1, 795, 794, while the PVC received so far from the National Headquarters…
ISIS Threatens Twitter Over Blocked Accounts
Members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, have threatened to kill Twitter employees and co-founder Jack Dorsey over the social network’s practice of blocking accounts associated with the group. In an Arabic post uploaded to the image-sharing site JustPaste.it, the group told Twitter “your virtual war on us will cause a real…
Namibian President Wins Best African Leader Award
Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the world’s most valuable individual award, the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. The $5m (£3.2m) award is given each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office. Pohamba, a former rebel who fought for his country’s independence, has served two terms…
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