The General Overseer, Soul Winning Chapel International, Rev. Moses Iloh has urged voters to choose the right leaders in 2015 general elections as successive governments in the country have failed to address the problems facing the country. Iloh spoke at a book launch and leadership summit tagged: The Church and Politics, held at The Chapel…
778 School Principals Endorse Fintiri
Principals of 778 secondary schools across Adamawa State have unanimously endorsed Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the acting governor, in the forthcoming October 11 by-election in the state. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by Solomon Kumangar, press secretary to the acting governor. According to the statement, the school principals arrived at the decision at…
Synagogue: ‘Government Investigating Mystery Aircraft’ – Obanikoro
Musiliu Obanikoro, Nigeria’s Minister of state for Defence, has disclosed that efforts are on to investigate the mystery behind the aircraft that allegedly hovered around a guest house belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Lagos, before the building collapsed on September 12. After the mishap that led to the death of 84 persons…
FG Provides N213B Bailout For Electricity Companies
The federal government on Friday disclosed that it had approved a N213 billion bailout facility for private electricity companies to settle legacy gas debts. While making the disclosure during a joint press conference at the presidential villa in Abuja, Diezani Alison-Madueke, minister of petroleum resources, said the facility, which would be provided by the Central…
‘Nigerian Air Force Moving In the right direction’ – Sambo
Namadi Sambo, Nigeria’s Vice President, said the Nigerian Air Force is fulfilling its mandate in the transformation agenda of the federal government. Sambo made the statement on Friday, September 19 in Enugu State at the graduation ceremony of 36 commercial Helicopter Pilots from the Nigerian Air Force International Helicopter Flying School in Enugu. The school…
England To Host Euro 2020 Finals
Wembley will host the final and semi-finals of the 2020 European Championships, UEFA, Europe Football governing body, has announced. Hampden Park in Glasgow and the Aviva Stadium in Dublin will host three group matches and a last-16 tie in the tournament, which for the first time is being played in cities across the continent rather…
EBOLA: Health Workers Killed In Guinea
Eight members of a team trying to raise awareness about the Ebola Virus Disease have been killed by villagers using machetes and clubs in Guinea. On Thursday night, government spokesman, Albert Damantang Camara said the victims had been “killed in cold blood by the villagers.” Some of the bodies were discovered in a septic tank…
‘Lagos Now Ebola Free’ – Fashola
The Lagos State Government, LASG, on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the state had been cleared having tested negative after surveillance. Babatunde Fashola, governor of Lagos State disclosed this on Friday while giving an update on the virus at the Secretariat Central Mosque, Alausa, where he observed Jumat…
2015 Elections: Alao-Akala Picks PDP Governorship nomination Form
Adebayo Alao-Akala, former Governor of Oyo State, on Friday, collected the nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2015 Oyo State governorship election. The aspirant, who paid the mandatory N3 million fees, collected the form at the party secretariat in Ibadan through Razak Gbadegesin his former Chief of Staff. Speaking after the…
Scottish leader resigns after referendum
Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister and leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, has announced his resignation from both posts, following the outcome of the referendum on the future of Scotland. He said the resignation is to take effect from November. Salmond said he was proud of the campaign for independence, and that now…
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