An online news service provider, MikeAngeloNews.Com, has developed a concept for the industry people called Bloggers Night Out. The idea is to create an enabling environment whereby bloggers in Nigeria will be able to meet, interact, support one another, and exchange ideas. This is not an association, but a kind of platform created to have…
Day: February 3, 2016
Elumelu Applauds US Congress For Passage Of 'Electrify Africa Act'
Leading investor and Chairman, Heirs Holdings, UBA Plc and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for the passage of the ‘Electrify Africa Act,’ which took nearly three years trying to get the measure through both chambers of Congress. The Electrify Africa Act creates a framework…
Ekitigate: Court Orders Aluko’s Arrest
A magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, directed the Commissioner of Police in the state to arrest former secretary of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tope Aluko, over alleged perjury. The PDP chieftain had sworn under an oath that the 2014 governorship poll in the state that…
Ibori Re-arrested After Release In London
Shortly after former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori was released from a London prison, where he served his term for corruption, he was re-arrested by authorities in the United Kingdom. It was gathered that Ibori became a free man on January 22, 2016, but was again arrested. He was said to have been…
BREAKING: Missing Bristow Copter Found In Lagos
The reported missing helicopter belonging to Bristow has been found in Lagos, we have reliably learnt. The National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, confirmed that the 5N BJQ Bristow carrying nine passengers and two crew members and flying about 1500 feet, was eventually found in Lagos. It was gathered that the small aircraft, which was feared…
BREAKING: Helicopter En-route Lagos Goes Missing
According to reports reaching our newsroom, a small aircraft carrying about 11 persons has gone missing. The helicopter was said to have left Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to Lagos on Wednesday and its whereabouts unknown. It was gathered that the small plane, a 5N BJQ Bristow carrying nine passengers and two crew members, was flying…