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…]
Amaechi, Wike desire love, political tolerance
Rivers State governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has called on Christians to imbibe the spirit of oneness and political tolerance as they celebrate this year's Christmas. In a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. David Iyofor, the governor charged Christian faithful to be fervent in praying for Nigeria so that… [Read More…]
Ademowo asks politicians to embrace peace
The Dean Emeritus and the Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Revd. Dr. Ephraim Ademowo, has asked politicians in the country to shun all forms of provocative utterances capable of jeopardising the peace of the nation and destroying its democratic structure. Ademowo, in a Christmas message on Wednesday, also charged the youths… [Read More…]
Military uncovers bomb factory in Kano, kills suicide bomber
The Defence authorities have said that a suicide bomber who rammed a Honda car primed with Improvised Explosive Devices into a military checkpoint in Bajoga, Gombe, State has been killed by soldiers. The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an electronic mail on Wednesday that the suicide bomber successfully rammed the… [Read More…]
Falana faults Health Act on organs removal
A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has faulted the provision in the new National Health Act, 2014 which he said granted permission to doctors to remove organs of living persons without their consent. The lawyer said in a statement on Wednesday that though the Act was the most comprehensive legislation on health care… [Read More…]
I'll meet other generals to draft anti-terror plan – Buhari
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday said that though Nigeria is a rich nation, its people are extremely poor due to bad governance. He also promised to involve serving and retired military generals to devise an effective strategy to crush insurgency in the country, if elected… [Read More…]
Jonathan greets, promises peaceful polls in 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday wished Nigerians a merry Christmas and promised that his administration would give security agencies the necessary support to ensure that the 2015 general elections are violence-free. The President said the Independent National Electoral Commission would be given the necessary assistance to conduct free, fair and credible elections. Jonathan said this… [Read More…]
FRSC deploys 1,130 officers, special marshals in Edo
As part of efforts to prevent accidents on Nigerian roads during and after the Christmas celebration, the Federal Road Safety Corps has said that it has deployed 600 special marshals and over 530 officers in Edo State. The Edo State Sector Commander of the corps, Mr. Oluwasusi Familoni, who made the announcement in Benin, also… [Read More…]
