Telecoms giant in Nigeria, MTN, has warned that any attempts by Nigerians to attack its facilities in the country in retaliation to the xenophobia attack on Nigerians and other foreigners living in South Africa may spell doom. The company said if the threats by some Nigerian youths are carried out, it will have no other…
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has axed the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, with immediate effect. Jonathan took the action on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Abuja. His spokesman, Reuben Abati, in a tweet on Tuesday afternoon, announced the removal of Abba as the Nigeria Police boss. Abati further disclosed that a Deputy Inspector General…
The Lagos State Government has announced Saturday, May 2, 2015 as the new date for the 2015 edition of the glamorous Lagos Carnival. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Tourism and Inter-governmental Affairs, Disun Holloway, the state government explained that the event was earlier postponed from the traditional Easter Monday because of the…
The United States of America, USA, Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, has commended the Nigeria Police Force for its role in the peaceful conduct of the recently-concluded general elections in the country. Entwistle, speaking during a courtesy visit to the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Monday, April 20, 2015, said the Force displayed…
The drama between Triple MG artiste, Emma Nyra, and her label boss, Ubi Franklin is gradually taking new twists by the day. In an interview with Golden Icon, the female single had sworn that she never dated Franklin, but in another interview with The Cable, the music executive claimed he had a romantic relationship with…
Information reaching us says a bomb blast has occurred in an Islamic school in Potiskum area of Yobe State. The incident happened on Monday evening and was reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber, who attacked the school. Several students of the institution were injured in the blast and properties destroyed. As at the time…
A top lawyer in Delta State has been killed by some unknown assassins. The deceased, Austin Icheghe, until his death, was the Ughelli Branch Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, in Delta State. He was gruesomely murdered on Thursday night by some hoodlums suspected to be cult members. According to what we gathered, Icheghe…
One of the big players in the banking industry in Nigeria, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the Q1 2015 results shows that the Bank continued on a strong growth trajectory, re-affirming its…
The emergence of Uzoma Dozie as the Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of Diamond Bank, to state the obvious, was a surprise to many keen observers of the banking industry in Nigeria. You may ask why, but with the huge achievements recorded by the former man at the helm of affairs, Alex Otti, not many people…
Nigeria’s outgoing President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has urged the international communities to support the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari. Jonathan, speaking separately on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja when he received the new ambassadors of Ethiopia, France and Senegal, said just as the world leaders threw their weights behind his government, he expects…