In order to commemorate the 2014 World Malaria day, Chamagne Foundation, a non governmental organization in partnership with PEER group initiative and a team of volunteers has offered free malaria treatment to not less than 400 residents of Akiode, Ogba and Ojodu area of Lagos State on May 17. The organization also offered the…
Kano Blast Claims More Than 70 Lives
Sunday’s bomb explosion in Kano, Nigeria’s second largest city, has been said to have claimed more than 70 lives. Eye witnesses say the blast, which emanated from a car bomb, occurred at about 10pm, Sunday, May 18 in Sabongari area of kano, an area mostly inhabited by people from the southern part of Nigeria. The…
Fire Guts 120 palm oil shops in Lagos
Not less than 120 shops used in storing palm oil were on Sunday razed by an early morning fire at the popular Daleko market in Mushin, Lagos. Rasak Fadipe, director, Lagos State Fire Service, said that the fire started at about 1am, while firefighters arrived at the scene at about 1.50am, stressing that they were…
APC wins all seats in Kano council polls
A statement signed by Sani Malumfashi, Chairman of Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, on Sunday, revealed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has won all the chairmanship and Councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in the state. “The election has been largely successful and peaceful and APC won all the 44 local government chairmanship and…
Bomb Explosion in Kano
Barely 24 hours after local council elections roundly won by the All Progressives Congress, APC in Kano State, a bomb explosion has rocked the Sabon Gari areas of the ancient city on Sunday.
Ifeyinwa Omowale Emerges NAWOJ President
Ifeyinwa Omowale, erstwhile Deputy National President of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, has emerged as the National President of the association. Giving her acceptance speech at the ASCON Main Auditorium, Badagry; the venue of the election, Omowale thanked all the women journalists who turned out in large numbers from different states to support…
“Women Deserve Fifty Percent Participation in Government”- Ibim Semenitari
Ibim Semenitari, River State Commissioner for Information has charged women delegates at the on-going National Conference to seek beyond a token of Ministry of Women Affairs. What they should ask for, according to her, is fifty per cent involvement in all governmental activities. Semenitari made the call while representing Rotimi Amaechi, the Rivers State Governor…
CIBN President Canvasses Longer Tenure for CBN Governor
Segun Aina, the outgoing president of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, has stressed the need to extend the tenure of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to up to ten years in order to ensure stability and policy consistency. He said this while delivering his valedictory lecture titled, ‘Banking and…
Twin Blasts Hit Gikomba Market, Nairobi
Two explosions have struck the Gikomba market area of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, killing at least 13 persons and injuring scores on Friday. The Kenyan National Disaster Operation Centre said the first explosion occurred in a minibus and the second in the large open-air Gikomba market. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya has vowed to fight…
ACF Opposes Emergency Rule Extension
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, a pan-Northern socio-political organisation has described as absolutely unnecessary, the decision of the Federal government to extend the over 1-year state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe for another six months. The argument of the ACF is that before the State of Emergency was declared, the total casualties of…
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