Members and supporters of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in Adamawa State are presently in a sad mood as the party lost Hakila Yerima, its gubernatorial candidate. Yerima won the governorship primary election of the party conducted on December 6, 2014. John Luka, the state secretary of the party who confirmed the death on Tuesday…
150, Not 2000 People Killed in Baga – Nigerian Army
The Nigerian military on Monday refuted claims that over 2000 people were killed in Baga, Borno State by men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram insurgency group. Chris Olukolade, Major general and Director of Defence Information addressing a press conference on Monday, said about 150 people died in the terror onslaught. He said…
APC Warns INEC Over Voters’ Register
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has demanded a complete, rather than piecemeal, release of voters’ register for all the states of the Federation by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as required by law, on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. In a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by Lai Mohammed, its National Publicity Secretary, the…
Kano to Spend N17million on JAMB Forms
Maliki Umar, Kano State Commissioner for Justice, on Monday, disclosed that the state government has approved over N17 million for the purchase of JAMB forms and training of candidates who will sit for the examination. This was disclosed after the State’s Executive Council Meeting. Umar said it was also approved at the meeting that over…
Kano Offers 100 Indigent Students Scholarships
Musa Gambo, deputy director, Ministry of Education, Kano State, has said that 100 indigent students have been awarded scholarship by the state government to study first degree programmes at the Bell University, Ota, Ogun State. Gambo said the scholarship is estimated to cost the state government N120 million annually. He emphasized that the scholarship is…
Fire Razes Balogun Market
The popular Balogun market on Lagos Island was razed by fire in the early hours of Monday, January 12. The fire started at about 4:00 a.m. but what triggered the fire is still unknown. Six buildings housing hundreds of shops and warehouses where materials like clothes, shoes, electronics and others are being sold were reduced…
Gunmen Attack Oyegun as explosion rocks APC Secretariat
Unknown gunmen attacked the Abuja residence of John Odigie-Oyegun, national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the early hours of Monday, January 12. The gunmen were said to have gone straight into the APC chairman’s bedroom where they met only his wife. The woman was attacked while the gunmen searched the house frantically…
Ambode Promises Sustained Growth
Akinwumi Ambode, governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Lagos State has promised to provide residents of the state with equal opportunities and deliver selfless service, if elected in February’s Presidential election. Addressing a group, including Tokunbo Korodo, Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Lagos Zone at…
Afghanistan Unveils Unity Government
Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, has announced a unity cabinet, three months after he was sworn in. The names of twenty five ministers were unveiled at a ceremony in Kabul presided over by president Ghani and government chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah. The announcement followed heated negotiations between the two former opponents who decided to work together…
Terror Attacks: France Holds Unity Rally
The French government on Sunday held a unity rally in honour of those killed in the 3-day terror attacks in Paris. The terror led to the killing of 12 persons while several others were injured. Over a million people and 40 world leaders took part in the unity march. About 2,000 police officers and 1,350…
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