As part of efforts to prevent the spread of the Ebola Virus disease into the country, a Federal and Lagos State Health Delegation, on Sunday visited Temitope Joshua, the general overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, to explore ways of preventing him from encouraging Ebola victims from other countries to visit his church…
Ayangburen of Ikorodu dies at 83
Oba Salaudeen Oyefusi, the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, and Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, has died in London on August 2, aged 83. Oyefusi was born on July 8, 1931, ascended the throne in 1971 and ruled the Ikorodu kingdom for 43 years. Babatunde Fashola, Governor of Lagos State, expressed…
Jonathan Sacks NNPC GMD, Appoints Replacement
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu. The President sacked the NNPC boss through a statement signed by Reuben Abati, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. The statement added that the President has also appointed Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha as the new Group Managing…
Amalaha to Face Doping Ban
Chika Amalaha, Nigeria’s suspended weightlifter at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has failed a B sample drug test. It will be recalled that Amalaha, who won gold in the women’s 53kg category on Friday, July 25, had earlier tested positive to an A sample test which revealed traces of diuretics and masking agents. While…
Ugandan Abolishes Anti-gay Law
The Uganda Constitutional Court has annulled the strict anti-gay legislation the country passed into law in February 2014. Uganda, like many African countries, is a conventional society where many people oppose gay rights. Homosexual acts were already illegal before the law, and it advanced this notion by allowing life imprisonment for “aggravated homosexuality” and ban…
Commonwealth: Uduaghan vows to reward Delta athletes
Emmanuel Uduaghan, Delta State Governor, has promised to reward athletes who bring honour to Delta State at the ongoing Commonwealth Games. He disclosed this on his visit to the on-going Commonwealth Games in Scotland. “In Delta, we appreciate and reward all our athletes who bring honour to the state. You can see the marvelous…
Commonwealth: FG Commits to Developing Medalists
The Nigerian government has said that it will pay special attention to any athlete who wins medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. Tanmmy Danagogo, Minister of Sports, made this disclosure while speaking on the exploit of Nigerian athletes who have won medals for the country at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.…
Glasgow 2014: Amalaha Fails Doping Test
Chika Amalaha, Nigeria’s gold-medal winning weightlifter at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been provisionally suspended for failing an in-competition dope test. The 16-year-old, who won the women’s 53kg competition on Friday, lifting a combined 196kg, provided an ‘A’ sample on Friday, July 25, 2014 shortly after winning the medal, which revealed traces of…
El-Rufai Loses Son In Auto Crash
Few months after he lost a daughter, Nasir El-Rufai, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, is once again bereaved. He lost Hamza El-Rufai, one of his sons in an auto-crash on Tuesday morning in Abuja. El-Rufai broke the unfortunate news on his Facebook page in the early hours of Tuesday while also asking…
Second Blast Hit Kaduna
Barely two hours after a bomb blast killed no fewer than 25 persons this afternoon at Isa Kaita road, a city center in Kaduna, along the popular Murtala Square, another bomb has just exploded in the Kawo area of the city. The first bomb was reportedly concealed in a red Volkswagen golf car and was…