Новости за 15.03.2016

Ade Adesomoju A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Army to immediately release Col. Nicholas Ashinze, a former aide to the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.). Justice Yusuf Halilu gave the order in his judgment in a

Eniola Akinkuotu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced N3.145bn transferred to the private accounts of some members of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation. According to detectives at the EFCC, the money emanated from the account of the Central Bank of Nigeria and was transferred to the account of a company, Joint

Mudiaga Affe Paramount ruler of Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State, Dr. Ekanem Ita-Umo, has criticised the social media for the current neglect of traditional values and norms in the society. Ita-Umo said this on Monday at Odukpani during a press briefing to commence the civic and cultural celebration of the culture and

Chukwudi Akasike THE national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has described the continued killings in Rivers State as genocide against the members and supporters of the party. The APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who led a delegation of the party on a fact-finding mission to Omoku in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Prsident Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was part of strategies aimed at repositioning the country’s oil and gas sector, and announced a daily crude oil production target of 2.8 million barrels per day. The President, in a bid to woo investors to the country,

Nigeria international striker Odion Ighalo says helping Watford knock out Arsenal, the reigning champions of the FA Cup, out of the competition, was a “dream,” Supersport reports. Ighalo scored once as the Hornets tore the form books to shreds to shock the holders at their stately patch and he is now looking to strut his

Samuel Awoyinfa The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has said he stands by his rankings of monarchs in Yorubaland.  Gbadebo said his rankings  were  based on a government gazette, not a newspaper publication, as the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona,  had claimed. The Alake, who was responding

Ozioma Ubabukoh Tecno has consolidated its push for the top spot in Nigerian tablet and mini Personal Computers market with the release of Droipad 7C Pro Pad device – an upgrade on its predecessor, Droipad 7C, released in 2015. According to Tecno, the pad fuses the computing ability of high-end tablets with top-of-the-line Android experience

Akinpelu Dada The Federal Government has ordered the electricity distribution companies to provide pre-paid meters for their customers without further delay. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, gave the order at the third monthly meeting with the power sector operators at the Ugwuaji Transmission Station, Enugu, on Monday. The minister said

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, as the name implies, involves testing for specific genetic defects in the DNA code prior to embryo implantation. Usually, there is targeted testing of a known genetic abnormality in the couple. Simply put, it is the diagnosis of a genetic condition prior to achievement of a pregnancy. The PGD was first performed