Sierra Leone orders lockdown over Ebola
The Sierra Leone government has declared a five-day lockdown in the country's north to step up efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, while making an exception for Christmas. The lockdown is designed to intensify the containment of the Ebola virus, the government said on Wednesday. "Muslims and Christians are not allowed to hold services in mosques and churches throughout… [Read More…]
Sony releases N'Korea comedy despite threats
Sony, the Japanese-owned company, has released online The Interview, the film that has angered North Korea and prompted a cyberattack on the company. The comedy was available for rent in the US from 18:00 GMT on several online platforms, a day before a limited release in hundreds of cinemas on Christmas Day. Featuring Seth Rogen… [Read More…]
Pope phones displaced Iraqis for Christmas
Pope Francis has made a phone call to some Iraqis forced to flee their homes, assuring them that they were in his Christmas thoughts. Francis told refugees at the tent camp in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil in northern Iraq, that they were like Jesus, forced to flee because there was no place for them. For Christians, Christmas marks… [Read More…]
Heavy taxation driving people out of Lagos –Sambo
Vice President Namadi Sambo says many residents of Lagos State have been fleeing the state because of the high taxation being imposed on the people by the state government. Sambo said this at a reconciliation meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirants in Lagos on Wednesday. He said the state government was misleading the… [Read More…]
'INEC mismanaged PVC collection'
The Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, on Wednesday said that the Independent National Electoral Commission had mismanaged the collection of the Permanent Voter Cards, a major requirement for voters to exercise their civic responsibilities in the next year's general elections. The collection of the PVC started in the state last Friday and was to have… [Read More…]
Oshiomhole accuses FG of mismanaging resources
The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday said that the inability of the Federal Government to share the Excess Crude Account in the last 18 months had disrupted the developmental strategies of the state governments. Oshiomhole, who spoke during a courtesy visit by the Association of Enigies from Edo South, also accused the Federal… [Read More…]
Xmas: Cash-strapped Reps stay back in Abuja
Some members of the House of Representatives have stayed back in Abuja despite the Christmas and New Year break in a bid to avoid going to their constituencies. Findings by The PUNCH on Wednesday showed that lack of cash was a major cause of the decision of the lawmakers to stay back in Abuja. Investigations… [Read More…]
Ogun to spend N22bn on roads in 2015
The Ogun State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure has proposed to spend over N22bn as capital expenditure and about N339m as recurrent expenditure for the year 2015. This was contained in a statement issued by the ministry on Wednesday in Abeokuta. The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, said this while presenting… [Read More…]
Soyinka blasts Obasanjo …says ex-President is a liar
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has expressed shock at the contents of former President Olusegun Obasanjo's controversial autobiography titled, My Watch. Soyinka, in a piece titled, 'Watch And Pray, Watch And Prey', described Obasanjo as an expert in telling lies and a shameless man. Soyinka is one of the personalities the former President slammed in… [Read More…]
2014 your last year in bondage, APC tells Nigerians
The All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that this will be their last Christmas celebration under the bondage of insecurity, corruption, unemployment, widespread hopelessness foisted on them by poor leadership. This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the party's National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The party said hope was… [Read More…]
Mark, Ekweremadu urge Nigerians to be tolerant
The Senate President, David Mark, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, have again called for peace and religious tolerance among faithful of the different religions in the country. The two noted that living in peace, love and harmony remained the "needed elixir for all Nigerians to think and act like one people under one God, where… [Read More…]
Fashola, Asafa urge peaceful coexistence
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, and the lawmaker representing the Lagos-East Senatorial District, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, have urged Nigerians to embrace peaceful coexistence, refrain from fanning the embers of disunity and emulate the life of Jesus Christ. The governor, in his Christmas goodwill message to residents of the state, said as the 2015 general… [Read More…]
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