Some foreign based players of the Super Eagles of Nigeria have returned home for the first-leg of the African Cup of Nations qualifier against the national football team of Sierra Leone on Friday. Those who have reported at the Super Eagles camp in Benin City, Edo State, include AHMED MUSA, KELECHI IHEANACHO, OKOYE MADUKA, OGHENEKARO ETEBO, and…
The Federal Government has been slammed with another lawsuit over attempts to gag the broadcast media in Nigeria, through the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The latest lawsuit filed by Chief Festus Ameh Ogwuche of Crownfield Solicitors at the Port Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court follows a similar action by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,…
Members of the public have been advised against buying petrol from touts around Mile Two and Festac Town areas of Lagos State. This is because such petrol could have been scooped from the scene of an accident involving a petrol tanker near the Festac Link Bridge. The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, FEMI-OKE…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has commenced assessment of the impact of a fire disaster at Oko-Baba community in Ebute-Metta. LASEMA General Manager, FEMI-OKE OSANYINTOLU, said the assessment would help to determine the number of people who were affected by the fire disaster last night. OSAYINTOLU made this known in a telephone interview with Lasgidi…
Political and traditional rulers in the Southwest geopolitical zone have call on government to take steps to deal with the problem of unemployment among young Nigerians. The Southwest leaders also want government to speedily conclude the ongoing negotiations with Academic Staff Union of Universities so that students can return to school. The regional leaders who met in…
The Nigerian Bar Association is sending a fact-finding team to Oyigbo in Rivers State to look into claims of extrajudicial killings and rights violation by the security agencies. The team is led by the NBA First Vice President, JOHN AIKPOKPO-MARTINS; with three other members. NBA President OLUMIDE AKPATA, confirmed in a statement that the team would conduct…