Election materials arrived late in most polling stations in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. In Umuokara Iheanakwe ward, election materials and officials arrived at about 10:30 am. Accreditation soon got underway but the card reader machine slowed down the process.
Youths Jubilate In Katsina
Youths in villages along Katsina -Daura road dance in anticipation of the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate. Soldiers patrol streets of Daura, Katsina State.
Wole Soyinka Center Trains Journalists On Reporting Women
The Wole Soyinka Centre For Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ has trained 21 Journalists and Civil Society Organizations, CSOs on reporting women. The program titled, ‘Report Women: Make it Happen,’ was held on Friday at the centre’s office on Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos State as part of its effort to expose media practitioners and women advocates to…
NDLEA Impounds 810.1kg of Cannabis in Lagos
Officers of the Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have impounded compressed dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis sativa weighing 810.1kilogrammes. The seizures were made during raid operation conducted within the metropolis. The first consignment of the drug weighing 658.8 kilogrammes believed to have been imported from Ghana…
Insurgency: Internally-Displaced Persons Suffer Neglect – Margee Ensign
Margee Ensign, President of the American University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola, Adamawa State, has bemoaned the neglect that Internally Displaced Persons, IDP’s in the North East have been subjected to. Ensign made the disclosure on Thursday when a delegation from the University paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos corporate headquarters of TELL Communications Limited,…
Candidates Attack JAMB Office in Makurdi
A bloody mayhem was averted in Makurdi, Benue State capital, on Monday,when 50 candidates of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board,JAMB,were arrested for staging a violent protest. Hyacinth Dagala, Commissioner of Police in the state, said the police intervened to prevent breakdown of law and order when the candidates started throwing stones at JAMB officials.…
Epe Council of Obas Endorse Ambode
Ahead of the April 11 governorship election in Lagos State, the Epe Council of Obas has unanimously endorsed the candidacy of Akinwunmi Ambode, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the state. The endorsement came on March 1, during a meeting between Ambode and the Obas at the Palace of the Alara of Ilara, His…
Denmark Attacks: Police Charge Two Men
The Danish Police authorities have charged two men to court for helping the gunman who killed two people in separate attacks in Copenhagen. The suspected gunman, Omar El-Hussein, 22, was shot dead by police after he attacked a free speech debate and a synagogue. A film director and Jewish man were killed, while five police…
Algeria To Boost Organ Transplantation
Abdelmalek Boudiaf, Algeria Minister for Health, Population and Hospital Reform, has disclosed a strategy to boost organ transplantation in the country, starting with kidney. Boudiaf who disclosed this on Wednesday, February 11 said Algeria’s aim was to revive the national agencies for organ transplantation, tissues and cells with the help of national register of patients…
Afenifere Denies Endorsing Jonathan
The Afenifere Renewal Group,ARG has denied endorsing President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid. This followed a widely publicized media report that the group was supporting the president. In a press statement signed by Kunle Famoriyo, its publicity secretary, the ARG described the use of its insignia to promote the said endorsement as fraudulent and an attempt…