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…
FAAN Issues Eid-Fitr Travel Safety Advice
To prevent the rush that usually characterizes the period of Sallah celebration across the country, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has urged Nigerians, especially air travelers, to prepare early for their journey ahead of the forthcoming Eid-el-Fitr. Yakubu Dati, general manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, noted in a statement released earlier today that increased…
EFCC urges workers to help fight Corruption
Ibrahim Lamorde, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged Nigerian workers both in the public and private sectors to help curb corruption in the country. The EFCC’s boss made this known at the opening of a sensitization programme for staff of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund in Abuja on Wednesday. A…
2015 Polls: Groups Endorse Olejeme, Igbuya
Ngozi Olejeme, politician and Delta State governorship hopeful on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP has been described as a sincere politician who is capable of repositioning the state and leading it toward development. In a statement issued by Ika Elders’ Forum, Kingsley Nkenchor, leader of the group, described Olejeme as a brilliant,…
SSS Detains Ezekwesili
The Department of State Security has detained Oby Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education on Monday morning. The former Minister disclosed this on her twitter handle. Ezekwesili was on her way to London, UK to appear on a BBC-hard-talk program billed for tomorrow before her passport was withheld by the DSS. Apparently ruffled by the development,…
Ebonyi State Assembly Speaker Impeached
Chukwuma Nwazunki, speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, has been impeached. He was impeached this Monday morning by 18 out of the 24 lawmakers in the House. Helen Nwaobasi, representing Abakaliki South constituency has been elected as the new Speaker by members of the House.
There Is Hope for Press Freedom in Africa- Karikari
Prof. Kwame Karikari, a Ghanaian press freedom advocate and Executive Director, Media Foundation for West Africa, MFWA, has expressed optimism over the growth of press freedom in Africa. He expressed this optimism at the 70th birthday ceremony of Olatunji Dare, foremost journalism teacher and columnist held in Lagos on Thursday. While speaking on the theme,…
Nigeria soars to 34th position in FIFA ranking
Nigeria has risen 10 points to the 34th position in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday. The Super Eagles occupied the 44th position before the just concluded World Cup in Brazil. Eagles, who lost 2-0 to France in the second round of the World Cup, is currently ranked 3rd in Africa, behind Algeria and Côte…
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