Stephen Keshi, Super Eagles Coach has agreed to resume work with the team preparatory to the forthcoming qualifying matches for the 2015 Africa Nations Cup against Congo and South Africa on September 6. The decision was based on the intervention of Tammy Danagogo, Sports Minister/Chairman, National Sports Commission, following the prolonged negotiation between the Nigeria…
Fashola Challenges FG To Justify Revenue Allocation
By: Opeoluwa Adeniji Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor has challenged the Federal Government to defend how it spends the 52 percent revenue allocation it gets on a monthly basis from the federation account. The governor made the inquiry while speaking at the flag-off of the expanded Lagos State Economic and Empowerment Programme, EEP, held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium,…
Ebola: Okonjo-Iweala Commends Nigerian Medical Professionals
By: Opeoluwa Adeniji Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, has commended the courage of Nigerian medical professionals over their response to the feared Ebola virus disease in spite of the risk to their lives. She said the commitment of the health workers was an actual embodiment of the Nigerian…
Indian State Bans Alcohol
By: Opeoluwa Adeniji A ban on alcohol has been announced in Kerala, a state in India as part of measures to tackle a growing abuse problem in the southern Indian state that is also a popular tourist destination. The state government warned that alcohol abuse was becoming a danger to society as it unveiled a…
Flight MH17: Malaysia Observes A Minute Silence
By: Opeoluwa Adeniji Malaysians on Friday, observed a moment of silence following the arrival in Kuala Lumpur of the bodies of 20 Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 that crashed in Ukraine in July. A specially chartered plane took off from Amsterdam and landed around 10:00 local time (02:00 GMT). National flags are flying at…
Ebola: FG releases N200m to Lagos, Requests TKM Ebola drug
Onyebuchi Chukwu, Minister of Health, on Wednesday disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the immediate release of N200m to the Lagos State Government as Federal Government’s direct support to the state in its efforts aimed at containing the spread of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease. He added that he had written to a Canadian…
Fire Razes NFF Glass House
A fire incident has occurred inside a building at the office complex of the Nigerian Football Federation in Abuja. The inferno, which started at about 10am affected the offices of the Chief Accountant, the General Secretary and the ICT unit. The incident started with plumes of smoke oozing out of the office of the Chief…
Verissimo Launches Atmosphere Poetry Workshop
Jumoke Verissimo, author of the celebrated poetry collection, ‘I am Memory’ has begun a poetry workshop in collaboration with WriteHouse Collective.The workshop is a monthly project supported by PEN Nigeria Centre. The maiden edition of the workshop was held Saturday, August 16 at the NuStreams Conference Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State. Verissimo is interested in improving…
Ebola: Liberia Orders Curfew and Quarantine of Capital City
Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew and ordered the quarantine of an entire area of the capital, Monrovia, as part of measures to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. President Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson said the curfew would be from 21:00 local time to 06:00, adding that all movement would be blocked in and…
Suspected Suicide Bomber Arrested At Lagos International Airport
There was a scare at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Monday when security officials accosted a young man suspected to be a suicide bomber. The Physically-challenged man was allegedly caught with substances suspected to be explosive devices rigged round his waist by private security guards near the airport. He was said to have…
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