Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Kanu Nwankwo's second son turns 9..and he gets a loving shout-out from his parents



Kanu's second son, Iain Kachi Kanu is 9 years old today August 24th and his football legend dad gave him a loving shout out on social media. Happy birthday Iain. He also got a shout out from his mum...see that after the cut...

Fire Guts Galaxy TV, Off Opebi Allen, Ikeja, Lagos.. Photo

According to reports, Galaxy Tv station located at 25 Community Road off Allen Avenue Ikeja is on fire.The Lagos state fire service are already on ground to put out the fire.At the time of filling this report, the cause of the inferno is not yet known.

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Emergency Powers bill: LCCI, MAN, NLC, others back Buhari’s proposals

MEETING: From left, Vice President, Operations, Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Mansur Mukhtar; President, Islamic Development Bank Group, Dr. Ahmad Ali-Madani; President Muhammadu Buhari and Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun , during a meeting with the bank officials at State House, Abuja, yesterday. Photo: Abayomi Adeshida.

LAGOS— The business community, yesterday, threw its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s proposal to assume emergency powers to revamp the nation’s ailing economy. But the political class was largely opposed to the proposal as most senators, whose opinions were sought, said the bill on the proposal was already dead on arrival,

Abia governorship crisis: A-Court returns Ikpeazu, blasts Justice Abang

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Justice Okon Abang

By Anayo Okoli, Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Francis Igata ABUJA—Respite came the way of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, yesterday, as the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja voided the high court judgment that sacked him from office.

Air Force to deploy fighter jets to N-Delta – NAF Chief

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air  Mshl Sadique Abubakar inspecting the newly weaponized NAF alpha jet after test.

ABUJA — Apparently angered by the activities of criminals, who are currently bombing strategic national oil facilities, the federal government may deploy its fighter jets and troops to flush out the malevolent elements.

CBN suspends 9 banks from forex transactions

Bank

Diamond, Skye, FirstBank, Keystone, others listed LAGOS— The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, suspended nine banks from further dealing in foreign exchange transactions, until they remit all outstanding Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, funds in their vaults into the Treasury Single Account, TSA.

$10bn trapped outside Nigeria due to FG, CBN policies – OPS


The organised private sector, comprising manufacturers and small businesses in the country, Tuesday, stated that the policies of the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, are killing businesses in the country, while they stated that due to the unfavourable policies,

Anti-IPOB Protesters Take Case To American Embassy (Photos)

Members of Stand Up for Peace Movement have gone on a protest in Abuja on Thursday, in reaction to America’s stand that IPOB is not a t...