Jean-Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, the President of the Rwandan Senate, has resigned on Wednesday after he was accused of incompetence. Ntawukuriryayo, who cited personal reasons for the decision to stand down resigned after senators accused him of creating administrative blockages in the upper house of parliament, and of illegally hiring staff. Ntawukuriryayo heads the Social Democratic Party,…
AFRIMA Set To Release 2014 Nominees’ List
Emerging from a rigorous period of collating, screening, grading and auditing the flood of quality entries that were submitted for the 2014 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, the International Committee of AFRIMA is set to unveil the AFRIMA Nominees’ List on Tuesday, September 23, at a World Press Conference in the host country, Nigeria. AFRIMA,…
Dimgba Igwe for burial October 11
Funeral rites for the late Dimgba Igwe, Vice Chairman of The Sun Publishing Limited, will commence on October 4, 2014, with a Service of Songs in Lagos. Interment holds at his Okafia Igbere, Abia State hometown on October 11, after a funeral service. Hanson Igwe, elder brother of the deceased, said service of songs comes…
Mutiny: Falana, Agbakoba To Defend Condemned Soldiers
As mixed reactions continue to trail the death sentence recently passed on 12 of the 18 soldiers charged with mutiny by the Army, Femi Falana, lawyer and human rights activist, has said himself and Olisa Agbakoba, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, have decided to take up the case and defend the soldiers…
‘Synagogue Building Had No Approval’ – Lagos Commissioner for Physical Planning
Toyin Ayinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, has said that the six floor guest house of the Synagogue Church for All Nations that collapsed on Friday, September 12 had no building approval. Ayinde said the structure which collapsed and killed not less than 60 persons while injuring over 131 others was…
Genevieve, Toolz, others Run for Cancer
On Saturday, September 13, some of Nigeria’s brightest celebrities and media personalities in collaboration with House of Tara gathered to support the pre-event Walk against cancer. The event, which was anchored by Maje Ayida, lifestyle entrepreneur, required participants to either run, walk or cycle from Lekki to Ikoyi and back to Lekki. Celebrities at the…
Seized Jet: Oritsejafor Admits Ownership
Ayodele Oritsejafor, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has admitted the ownership of the private jet loaded with $10 million cash meant for arms purchase, which was seized, last weekend, in Johannesburg, by South African authorities. He however explained that the aircraft had been leased to another party as at the time it…
Mutiny: TUC, NBA Fault death sentence passed on 12 soldiers
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, in Lagos, has condemned the death sentence passed by the Military Court on 12 soldiers who on May 14, 2014 fired shots at the General Officer Commanding the newly created 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Ahmed Mohammed, in Maiduguri, Borno State. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on…
Time running out on PVC Collection – INEC
Irokwe Okorie, the administrative Secretary, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Enugu State, said that the time allotted for the collection of the Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVC, was running out. He said that the commission was still in custody of several PVCs yet to be collected by their owners. “Our men are in the field distributing the…
67 South Africans died in Synagogue building collapse –Zuma
Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa has said 67 South African citizens died in the building collapse that occurred at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria in a statement issued on Tuesday. “This is a particularly difficult time for South Africa. Not in the recent history of our country have we had this large…
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