Workers Shut AIT & RayPower, Protests Over 17 Months Unpaid Salaries

 

 Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc

Scores of workers of Daar Communications Plc, operator of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM Radio, on Wednesday shut down all broadcasting activities at the Benin studio in protest over unpaid salaries.

The protesting workers were said to have blocked the main entrance to the station located along the Benin/Lagos bypass.

Police rescued 100-year-old woman from kidnappers

A 100-year-old woman, Hawwau Amarea, who was kidnapped by gunmen at Kudin village of Mahuta Local Government Area of Kebbi State, has regained her freedom.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 10, Sokoto , Alhaji Bala Hassan, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Thursday.

Buhari to become the next president of OPEC...and yes am back!!!

 

Barring all forces, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to become the next President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), as Nigeria still retains its seat, an official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Thursday in Abuja.

Russia- Broken France’s 43-year reign as Europe’s largest shopping centre market.

A new research from Cushman & Wakefield, said that after a number of large-scale malls were delivered to the European market in H2 2014, Russia has now broken France’s 43-year reign as Europe’s largest shopping centre market.

Violent attack in Ilorin

 Not less than 60 people suspected to be miscreants have been arrested by the Kwara state Police Command in connection with Saturday's civil disturbance at Oja Oba, Agbarere and Ipata areas of Ilorin, the state capital

The state police command said it has launched a manhunt for the mastermind of the crisis.

During the violence, about three people were feared killed and property worth millions of naira destroyed when touts went on rampage in some areas of the state capital.

Kogi Resident Electoral Commision Tortured over Missing Election Materials

Due to the non-availability of materials for the supplementary elections in some wards and polling units in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of  Kogi State, angry supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend descended on the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Halilu Pai, who was on inspection  to  frog-jump  for hours even as his cloth was torn to shreds  before security men came to his rescue.

WOW!!! Adeoluwa Adetoba, 9-Year-Old Pupil Wins National Maths Competition,Beats over 25000 Others

Adeoluwa Adetoba, a nine-year-old pupil of an Abuja school at the weekend beat over 25,000 other contestants to emerge winner of the 12th edition of the Annual National Mathematics Competition.

Organised by the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) and National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Adeoluwa scored 100 percent to beat 14 other finalists at the competition and expressed immense gratitude to the organisers.

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Stunning photos of Funke Akindele

The popular actress,Funke Akindele look stunning in new photos she posted on her instagram.see more photos after the cut

FCMB Shareholders Approve N40bn Capital Raising Exercise

                                             
                     Managing Director, First City Monument Bank Limited, Mr. Ladi Balogun  

Shareholders of FCMB Group Plc last week approved the bank's plan to raise the sum of N40 billion in debt and equity as part of strategies to maintain a significant threshold of Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and also transact big businesses.

The shareholders also approved the payment of a cash dividend of 25 kobo per ordinary share, for the year ended December 31, 2014.
The approvals were given by the shareholders  at the second annual general meeting (AGM) of FCMB Group Plc held in Lagos.

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UNILAG Convocation-125 Graduates Make First Class

                                                        

Prof. Rahamon Bello, Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), on Friday said 125 of its 10,600 graduating students for the 2014 session had finished in the First Class Division.

  Besides, 1,664 of the students got Second Class Upper Division while 2,827 were in the Second Class Lower Division.

Indonesia appealed to spare Drug Traffickers

 Rights groups are urging Indonesia to abandon plans to execute nine convicted felons, including two Australian drug traffickers.

 Nine death-row drug convicts have been given official notifications that their executions by firing squad could be carried out within 72 hours.

Dr Sid surrounded by University of Ibadan Students

   

This is the reception a popular musician, Dr. Sid got from University of Ibadan students at a show.

Dr. Sid is an alumnus of  University of Ibadan and was recently honoured by the University as the first alumnus to deliver a lecture at the University's matriculation.

Dr. Sid was so happy with the reception he got from the students that he captioned this photo which he posted on his Instagram,

"the reception i got from the students of UI was humbling.
     Iam waaaay up I feel blessed!!!!#happysunday"

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Kwara PDP set up 5 committees for repositioning

PDP in Kwara state has set up five committees to reposition the party after its defeat in the April 11 governorship election.

 Dr Rex Olawoye, Publicity Secretary of the party said in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Ilorin.  He said the committees were set up after Saturday’s meeting of the party’s State Executive Council which x-rayed PDP performance in the 2015 general elections.

Gunmen killed 10 people in Benue State

 Over 50 Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, attacked and killed ten people, mostly women and children in Guma local government area of Benue state on Saturday evening.

President Jonathan to retire to a luxury island villa in otuoke

After the handing over on May 29, President Goodluck Jonathan will leave the Aso Villa.
SIMON UTEBOR was at the President’s Otuoke, Bayelsa State-country home where he is expected to retire to.

 The air around the sprawling estate is amazingly cool. Looking around, the answer to this quickly dawns on our correspondent. The estate is opposite a creek, and the rolling breeze keep coming.

Earthquake killed more than 1200 people in Nepal....Too sad!!!

A massive earthquake killed more than 1,200 people as it tore through large parts of Nepal, toppling office blocks and towers in Kathmandu and triggering a deadly avalanche at Everest base camp.  Officials said at least 1,170 people are known to have died in Nepal, making it the quake-prone Himalayan nation’s worst disaster in more than 80 years.



  But the final toll from the 7.8 magnitude quake could be much higher, and dozens more people were reported killed in neighbouring India and China.

PDP currently leading in Taraba State

  The governorship candidate of PDP in Taraba state has extend his lead with a wide gap as the results of the election at the ward level is been collated across the 10 local government where the re-run of the election was conducted.

At Asimiti ward in Donga the LGA that was as compiled by INEC, PDP had 4,412 while APC had 604 votes.

Ondo government bans the production and consumption of locally-made gin (ogogoro)

 The Ondo Government has banned the production and consumption of locally-made gin, commonly called `ogogoro` in the state.  The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Dayo Akinyanju, announced this at a news conference in Akure on Saturday.

 The commissioner attributed the ban to the outbreak of an unknown disease two weeks ago in Irele Local Government Area of the state.  “Our clinical analysis reveals the fact that there were no known viruses, while toxicology reports have confirmed our prime suspicion of methanol poisoning.