Reports say some suspected Fulani herdsmen have murdered a prominent community leader at Farare in Gorong village area of Girei Local Government area of Adamawa State. The victim, named Haruna Ayuba, was reportedly killed in an ambush by the suspected herdsmen. It was said that Ayuba was attacked on Sallah day on his way to…
In a bid to seek spiritual intervention, pensioners in Osun State have held prayer sessions to seek payment of their pension arrears and gratuities by the state government. They gathered in thousands at the Osogbo township stadium led by the Osun State chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, John Olunlade. According to the senior…
Senator Buruji Kashamu celebrated the Sallah break with the people of his community in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State. The 58-year-old lawmaker gave out cash, relief and non-relief items among other things to both the young and old who gathered at his exquisite mansion, with his personal bodyguards on standby the control the crowd.
A Nigerian footballer based in Tanzania named Seriki Muktar Adebayo, has explained why he took drug trafficking as another trade. Adebayo, who was arrested for drug trafficking by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Thursday, disclosed that he had no choice than to embrace the illicit trade “After a fruitless search…
A Niger Delta group has kicked against the removal of Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director, GMD, of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by President Muhammadu Buhari this week. The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change, NDIMRC, an oil monitoring group which had earlier warned of plot to remove Kachikwu as the NNPC…
At least five police officers have been killed in Dallas, USA, during a demonstration. Also, about six other officers were wounded during the protest. Some residents of Dallas had staged a peaceful protest against the shooting of black men by police, but it later turned bloody. At the moment, about three people are in custody…
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo has identified “character” as the success factor for the 1,500 youths participating in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) N3billion Youth Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Programme (YIEDP). Speaking at the official flag off of the training programme of the first batch of beneficiaries of the youth…
Bekee Anyalewechi, the SA on Media to Mrs Ibim Semenitari, the Acting MD/CEO of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has condemned a report by one Promise Uzoma Okoro against his principal. In a statement issued on Thursday, Bekee said, “I’ve been inundated with calls this night to respond to one ‘story’ by one puoreports.com no…
The semi-finals of the GTBank Ogun State Principals Cup, Season 4, kicks off Friday, July 8, 2016 at the M.K.O Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta with 8 secondary schools in Ogun state competing for a final berth in both the male and female categories. Established in 2012, the GTBank Ogun State Principals Cup is an annual…
Nigeria’s advertising industry recorded media spend of N97.9 billion in 2015 against the N93.1 billion recorded in 2014; representing an increase of 5.2 per cent. This information is contained in the just-released 2015 Mediafacts, a key media resource for marketing professionals in West and Central Africa. According to the publication, produced annually by mediaReach OMD,…