According to residents of the area, the truck, with registration number Lagos, XL724KTU, lost control and rammed into the commercial motorcycles at about 9pm
Author: NAN
The suspects were said to have forcefully carried the ballot box while polling was ongoing at the unit
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that as early as 7.45am, voters had queued in polling units in some of the wards, waiting for accreditation and voting to begin at 8am as directed by Independent National Electoral Commission
According to Bisi Kazeem, the Head Media Relations and Strategy of the FRSC, while conducting the Corps Marshal and the Management team round the facilities, the Deputy Corps Marshal in charge of Motor Vehicle Administration, Theophilus Charles, disclosed that all necessary equipment needed for the full take off of the plant are being installed in line with their specifications
NAN reports that some of the agencies being owed billions of naira include the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
Addressing newsmen at the residence of Ubani at Ovom in Obingwa Local Government Area, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Bonnie Iwuoha, said the government demands explanation from the security agencies on why they invaded the residence of the commissioner and two-time member of the House of Representatives at the wee hours of the morning
NAN reports that major blue chip companies posted price depreciations with Nestle leading the laggards’ pack, shedding N10 to close at N820 per share
A group, which styled itself as Ijaw oil producing and pipeline communities in Warri, Delta State, on Tuesday threatened to cripple the piping of crude from their communities over the recent retrenchment of some of its indigenes
A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the lovers quarrelled for over an hour and later resorted to fighting after Joseph received a phone call from another man in front of her lover
He specifically advocated for the removal of the clause that protects the president, governors and local government council chairmen from facing prosecution in breach of office
He said the breakdown showed that Cocaine accounted for 7313. 06 kilograms, Heroin 413.5 grams, while Cannabis Sativa amounted to 480 grams
Colonel Mustapha Anka, the Media Coordinator of the Theatre, made this known in a statement in Maiduguri
We are pained by the fact that the causes of the struggle of today were the same things the likes of late Michael Imoudu, Wahab Goodluck, Ali Chiroma, Hassan Sumonu, M.E Kolagbodi, Chima Ubani, Olaitan Oyerinde, Bamidele Aturu, Claude Ake, Eskoor Toyo, Prof. Bade Onimode, our beloved Festus Iyayi to mention but a few staked out their lives for
According to Dickson, the people should learn to adjust in view of the current economic realities occasioned by the steady decline in the price of crude oil in the international market “which has slowed down the development agenda of the restoration government”
However, Ikpeazu, in a special broadcast on Thursday, said: “I have just been informed that the Court of Appeal sitting at Owerri has nullified my victory as the duly-elected Governor of Abia State and ordered that one of my opponents at the election, Dr. Alex Otti should be sworn in as the winner of the election
Nigeria’s number one football administrator paid glowing tributes to the contribution of ideas, toil and sacrifices of the Members of the NFF Executive Committee and Management, saying the bountiful harvests that Nigeria football reaped in year 2015 was the handiwork of a united and committed team
The United States had invaded Iraq on March 20, 2013, with a coalition that included American, Australian, Polish and Danish military troops. With the Iraqi capital Baghdad falling on April 20, 2003 – much earlier than envisaged by the coalition – an elated President Bush could hardly contain himself
This is the regime that has since taken over. As a result of their desperation to colonise, conquer (a military term) and hence, dominate, the hawks have left no stone unturned. For watchers of events in Akwa Ibom knows that Governor Udom Emmanuel is the people’s choice in the April 14 Governorship election
Every New Year such as this is a prime time for inner self reflection, stocktaking, resolutions and covenants. Hence, I urge my compatriots to remember their country in their every day prayers and actions throughout 2016 and beyond. For citizens are like spokes in the wheel of national progress; the whole can only function well if the units work positively in tandem. Nigerians should therefore work in concert to make Nigeria the great country of their dream
According to Ashafa, ban on Hijab means that Boko Haram has succeeded in their deceptive ideology and may strengthen their unjustifiable zeal to kill innocent souls