The chairman, House Committee on Information, Eseme Eyiboh, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ‘primary election’ held in his constituency. According to Mr. Eyiboh, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did not conduct any election before forwarding the name of Bassy Dan Abia to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as House of Representatives candidate…
Delta State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Ovie Omo-Agege, has promised mass housing for the state’s citizens if he is elected in the April polls. Speaking to journalists at the weekend, Mr. Omo-Agege disclosed that he had a good housing policy for Delta indigenes and implored them to give him their votes on April 16, 2011…
Traditional rulers in Cross Rivers State have endorsed the presidential bid of President Goodluck Jonathan and are set to direct their subjects to vote for him in the April presidential election. At a reception for the president and his vice Namadi Sambo at the Council of Chiefs Chamber in Calabar on Monday, they said “every thing has its time and…
A move by Cote d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo to take the cocoa sector into state hands triggered an alarm on Tuesday, as industry officials feared a huge financial hit if it meant their stocks in the country would be seized. Exporters said they were seeking urgent clarification on whether a late-night decree issued on Monday covered 475,000 tonnes of unexported beans…
Libyan oil trade has been paralysed as banks decline to clear payments in dollars due to U.S. sanctions, trading sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The move follows a decision by major U.S. oil firms to halt trade with Libya and will complicate deals for European firms to buy Libyan oil. Around half of Libya’s oil output, or more than one…
Banks in the country have abandoned their core function of financial intermediation and instead, are more concerned with pursuing deposits. Experts who spoke on the issue believe that the refusal of banks to take the risk in financing some sectors of the economy have put the economy in the poor position it is today. Boniface Chizea, managing director of BIC…
Splash 105.5 FM Ibadan - the integrity radio station - is a division of West-Midlands Communications Limited and the station was officially commissioned on the 22nd of March 2007.
The first video off the first single from MI sophomore album MI 2 The Movie !! Directed by Jonathan Jason Clarke.
The official trailer of the biopic on the late Nigerian rapper DaGrin, GHETTO DREAMZ (THE DAGRIN STORY) - produced by Ope Banwo and directed by Daniel Ademinokan, has been released to the media by Stingomania, the production company behind the movie.
Nigerian actor/filmmaker, Saidi Balogun presents his latest movie “Eti Keta” (Third Party) in 2011 as beyond a movie - a labour of love and a celebration of our rich and diverse African culture - in Lagos.
The traditional ruler of Nupeland, also referred to as Etsu Nupe, Yahaya Abubakar, has urged Nigerian politicians not to take politics as a “do-or-die” affair and shun violence. Mr. Abubakar made the appeal in his palace in Bida, Niger State, on Sunday when members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Zone A, of the state, paid him a…
An Osogbo Magistrate Court yesterday remanded two suspected political thugs at the Federal Prison, Ile-Ife, who allegedly disturbed the campaign of Goodluck Jonathan, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, at Osogbo City Stadium last Thursday. The two accused persons, Olalekan Ayo (25) and Anthony Eyitemi (28), were alleged to have armed themselves with cutlasses, axes, and pump action riffle…
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The Federal Government is always ready to rally to the needs of its citizens across the world, foreign affairs minister, Odein Ajumogobia, has said. The minister gave this assurance while addressing a group of Nigerians based in Argentina and Uruguay, during his two-day visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina. “It is a duty government has taken upon itself, to protect its…
The head of service of the federation, Dapo Afolabi, on Sunday, said the introduction of biometric card would check the movement of workers in federal establishments and improve productivity. Afolabi, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta, said he was sure that the card would help to check the movement of…