Новости за 29.10.2016

Despite the controversy the use of secular actors has generated, popular filmmaker, Oreofe Williams, has said nobody would tell him who to cast for his movies. As a gospel filmmaker, his colleagues had expected him to use born again Christians in his movies but Oreofe said that would not likely happen anytime soon. “I will […]

Fuji star, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, was among top entertainers that thrilled visitors at this year’s ‘Kayokayo Festival’, a revered cultural celebration among the Epe people of Lagos State. The Fuji act added colour to the week-long event meant to celebrate the beginning of the new Islamic calendar and also the historic arrival of Prince Kosoko […]

Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government has told two cult leaders in Ikwerre LGA, ThankGod Wandikom and Friday, to surrender their arms and embrace amnesty or be declared wanted. The state government also said that the two cultists, who refused to accept the amnesty programme, would be tagged enemies of the state within […]

Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The Nigerian Navy has said it will intensify efforts to rid criminals from Akwa Ibom waterways and boost economic activities within and outside the fishing settlements. The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas, said this during his visit to NNS Jubilee, Ikot Abasi, Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of […]

Some Bakassi internally displaced persons in Cross River State have alleged massive arrests and extortions of their kinsmen by Cameroonian gendarmes. They alleged that at least 40 persons were arrested in one week by the gendarmes along the Nigerian waterways and taken to a camp in Abana, which had been ceded to Cameroon, from where […]

Chukwudi Akasike The Rivers State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has called on companies and members of the public to shun unsolicited calls for contracts and other jobs from unknown persons. NSCDC State Commandant, Mrs. Helen Amakiri, made this call on Thursday while handing over three kidnap victims to their Jofad […]

STUDENTS of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, on Friday staged a protest over the alleged increase in school fees by the management of the institution.  The protesters, who were carried placards, accused the university authorities of allegedly hiking the fees by 400 percent to the detriment of the students. They explained that the […]

Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia A suspected leader of a car snatching syndicate in Aba, Abia State, identified as Ladislas Ukpabi, has confessed that he robbed to raise money to expand his poultry farm. Ukpabi said the economic recession in the country and frustration as a result of his dwindling poultry business made him to consider armed […]

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar At least, three persons have died following renewed cult clash between rival groups at the Calabar campus of the Cross River University of Technology. The cause of the renewed clash was not clear, but Southern City News learnt on Friday that the fight started on Monday after some students of the institution […]

Tony Okafor, Awka The bodies of three persons have been recovered in a well at No. 33, Trans-Nkisi, Onitsha, Anambra State during a tragedy that threw the people of the area into a mourning mood. They described the incident as a mystery as their corpses were recovered after a native doctor was invited to perform […]

Idris Adesina Former Nigeria internationals, Etim Esin and Edema Fuludu, have warned Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr, over Algeria’s new coach, Georges Leekens. With 16 days to their Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria in Uyo, Algeria on Thursday announced the Belgian as the new coach of the Desert Foxes following the sack of Serbian […]

Watford have announced Nigeria striker Isaac Success will miss next month’s World Cup qualifier against Algeria due to injury, Africanfootball.com reports. The Watford star suffered a thigh injury in Watford’s match against Middlesbrough and was flown out for treatment early this week. He has been ruled out of Watford’s tie against Hull City this weekend […]

Forward Osas Okoro played a major role as Enugu Rangers won the Premier League after 32 years. The 25-year-old tells Idris Adesina the secret behind the Flying Antelopes’ triumph and more in this interview Rangers won the league for the first time in 32 years. What does it mean to be part of the historic squad? […]

Idris Adesina Injured Enugu Rangers striker Ifeanyi Egwim has been discharged from the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu after he was admitted three weeks ago. The striker was discharged on Friday after he underwent two surgeries on his leg. Egwim fractured his leg during the final Premier League game of the season against El Kanemi at […]

Manchester City’s form under Pep Guardiola is beginning to show similarities to their final season under his predecessor Manuel Pellegrini, with a fast start followed by an autumn stumble, Express Tribune reports. Last season, City won their opening five matches under Pellegrini, then fell away so badly that they only just secured England’s fourth and […]

Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The detained former Minister of State for Defence, Sen.Musiliu Obanikoro, has refunded the sum of N100m to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A top associate of the former minister, who confided in our correspondent, noted that the former minister had yet to be released after the payment of the N100m as […]

Folashade Adebayo The Founder and General Overseer, Living Faith Church Worldwide and Chancellor of  Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Bishop David Oyedepo, has reiterated his strong belief in the power of Nigerians to fix the socio-economic challenges currently confronting the nation. According to the Bishop, the fact that his church is globally recognised as the […]

Tunde Ajaja Diamond Bank says it recorded moderate growth in key financial parameters in the third quarter of 2016. At the release of its Q3 2016 performance scorecard on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday, the bank also said in the nine months under review, it recorded a growth of 16.9 per […]

Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Army uniforms on Thursday evening invaded the Ungwar Missi village in Jema’a Local Government Area, Kaduna State, killing seven persons while several others were critically injured. Among those killed by the suspected herdsmen dressed in Army uniforms were an 85-year-old District Head of the village, […]

Tunde Ajaja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday gave out his daughter, Fatima, in marriage to Malam Yau Gimba Kumo in accordance with Islamic rites. The ceremony, which held around 2:40pm, took place amid tight security in his home on Mai’adua road, Daura in Katsina State. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that there was heavy […]

Success Nwogu A former Chairman, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Haliru Yahaya, has said no fewer than 100 women die daily in Nigeria as a result of maternal/child mortality-related issues. He said that about 90 per cent of the deaths were preventable. He spoke on Friday during a sensitisation/advocacy programme organised by the […]

Hindi Livinus No fewer than 4,000 victims of insurgency in Adamawa State have received free medical care through the free medical outreach offered by the Nigeria Medical Association. Residents of Mubi and environs thronged the Mubi General Hospital as early as 7am on Thursday to await the free medical outreach embarked upon by the Adamawa […]

Adelani Adepegba The Nigeria Immigration Service has finally employed 888 applicants who met its criteria out of the 2000 aggrieved applicants who had been protesting against their dismissal from the service while undergoing training. The Comptroller-General of the NIS, Muhammed Babandede, who gave the information at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, stated that […]

Olalekan Adetayo President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, as he turns 85 on Sunday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President said he joined members of Babalola’s family, close associates, professional colleagues and the academia in celebrating the man who, he […]

John Alechenu, Samuel Awoyinfa, Ted Odogwu, Enyioha Opara, Godwin Isenyo, Peter Dada, and Hindi Livinus Northern socio-cultural and political groups have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to avoid unnecessary feud with a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, which they described as capable of destroying the ruling party. This, they said, […]