Reigners Church Collapse: AK NMA advocates for coroner's inquest

Arising from its fourth quarterly ordinary general meeting 2016 , the Akwa Ibom State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in statement signed by its Chairman Dr Aniekeme Uwah and Secretary Dr Nsikak Nyoyoko made the following resolutions:
1. That the government should as a matter of urgency set-up a functional Medical Emergency and

Osogbo: Police escorts shoot at Olu Falae at Ile-Oluji

Olu Falae

Osogbo –A leader of pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Olu Falae, yesterday escaped death by the whiskers when a mobile policeman along Akure-Ilesha Express way fired a gunshot at his car.

Falae, according to reports was on his way to Ile-Ife to join other members of the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere on a courtesy visit to Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi when the incident happened. A visibly disturbed former Secretary to the Federal Government, SFG, who narrated his ordeal to newsmen in Ile-Ife before the Afenifere’s meeting with Oba Ogunwusi said he narrowly escaped death in the hands of the policemen. 

NAFDAC ‎bans importation of beans into Nigeria

Minna – The Nigerian Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has announced the banning of foreign beans into the country except those screened by the Agency. 

 

The Acting Director General of the Agency‎, Mrs. Yetunde Oni who disclosed this at the awareness/Sensitization Workshop on Safe and Responsible use of Regulated Agricultural inputs for Stakeholders in the North Central Zone in Minna Wednesday emphasized that only beans screened by the Agency will be allowed into the country in order to be sure of their safety. According to her “We must recall that these banned beans produce that have been banned in the European Union (EU) are those ones that never passed through NAFDAC.

Domino’s Pizza Nigeria| Celebrates Love Month| Buy 1, Get 1 FREE Promotion

Domino’s Pizza

The month of February is definitely the month of love, as Domino’s Pizza Nigeria is set to show love to all its guests across the Nation.

Apart from constantly running attractive menu deals, starting from the 1st of February, there will be a buy one get one FREE promotion in select locations every week. From the 1st to the 3rd of February, over 1000 guests trooped into the Saka Tinubu VI and Magodo (in Lagos) and Gwarimpa restaurants (Abuja) to enjoy the love feast offered to them.

Hennessy launches first Hennessy Airport Bar in Nigeria

Hennessy Nigeria has unveiled the first ever Airport Bar in Nigeria located at the D-wing, departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. The bar was opened earlier this week on the January 24, 2016.

The Bar will offer to prospective consumers, in addition to Hennessy products, majority of the Champagne and Spirits brands within the Moet/Hennessy portfolio in a most conducive and exquisite setting befitting the high standards that the Hennessy brand is known for.

50 Years after January 15 1966 coup: When soldiers Touched the Tail of the Tiger

The military exercise was codenamed Exercise Damisa, a word drawn from the Hausa word for tiger, the largest animal in the cat family. The leader of the operation in the north was Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu whose middle name means crocodile, the aquatic foe of many tigers.

Remarkably, when Exercise Damisa fully unfolded into its real intentions in the wee hours of January 15, 1966, it left in its trail the flow of blood that can be imagined when a hungry crocodile grasps the tail of the tiger.

Hungry crocodile

Major C.K Nzeogwu…”One of the three commanders nominated for the execution of the plan”

Exercise Damisa was the cover in  the North for the first military coup staged in Nigeria. While the coup in the north with epicentre in Kaduna was largely successful despite the aversions of one Lt. Col.  Chukwuemeka Ojukwu who held sway as commanding officer of the brigade in Kano, the operation failed in the rest of the country.

The instigators were ideologically minded army officers who were fuelled by a revolutionary zeal to upturn what they saw as the social and political malaise in the land.

Foreshadowing the January 15, 1966 coup were crises in some sections of the country, particularly in the Southwest and the Middle-Belt sections of the country.

January 15 1966 coup: It was the quarrel between Mrs. Awolowo and Mrs. Akintola — Yakassai

Dr. Tanko Yakassai was an active political player in the First Republic having held several national positions in the defunct Northern Elements Peoples Union, NEPU among which were National Financial Secretary, National Youth Leader, National Organising Secretary and subsequently National Secretary of the Aminu Kano led party. In the Second Republic he shifted to the National Party of Nigeria, NPN and was the Presidential Liaison Officer to the National Assembly. He currently chairs the Northern Elders’ Council. He speaks on the factors that led to the January 15, 1966 coup and the consequences thereafter.

By Omeiza Ajayi

Tanko Yakassai

YOU were very much around in 1966. Was there any need for the coup of that year?

No, and I said it in my autobiography because, the only argument was that there were political crises in Western Nigeria between two factions of the Action Group AG -the Awolowo group and that of Akintola.

MTN takes fight over Nigerian fine to court

MTN on Thursday said it was taking the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to court over a $3.9bn fine imposed on the group for the alleged breach of rules on SIM-card registrations.
 
Its shares soared 6.31% to close at R138.20 on the JSE.
MTN was initially fined $5.2bn for not disconnecting 5.1-million unregistered subscribers as requested by the NCC. The fine has since been reduced and was due to be paid at the end of this month.

New Ooni of Ife Crowned today! Oba Ogunwusi’s Coronation

 

Today Mark the beginning of New Ooni of Ife as being Crowned.

The new Ooni of Ife was crowned in the early hour of today at the Ile Ife.

Nigeria Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft Launch Campaign, Reward Consumers

Leading IT firms, Intel, Lenovo and Microsoft, have excited customers with phones and laptops devices as part of activities to announce the launch of the "Best of Both Worlds" campaign in Nigeria.

 

The Best of Both Worlds initiative which highlights the practicability of using two in one device, thus offering the flexibility of a convenient switch between PCs and Tablets whenever and wherever, had further solidified Intel's pact with innovation and creativity in the Nigerian Information Technology industry. The latest also highlights how consumers can get more productivity, creativity and self-expression out of two in one device, for the price of one.

Buhari at Malta for France, joins world leaders at COP21

ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari was believed to have left Malta where he participated in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) for Paris, France Sunday evening to join about 150 other world leaders for the Conference of Parties 21 (COP21) on climate change.

 

The president is expected present Nigeria’s statement at the opening session today before participating in the launching of the International Solar Alliance same day, an initiative of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

Alhaji Dangote loses N1trn net worth in one year

BUJA — Nigeria’s Alhaji Aliko Dangote lost N1 trillion ($5 billion) in one year  as a result of drop in prices of shares at the stock market in Dangote cement even as he retains his position as Africa’s richest man.

 According to Forbes’ Africa 50 richest 2015 released, yesterday, Dangote is still the number one richest African for the fifth year in a row, but his $16.7 billion net worth is nearly $5 billion lower than a year ago, a result of a drop in the stock price at his Dangote Cement and a weaker Nigerian currency.

Buhari Euphoria Fades One Month in as Investors await Direction

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who was sworn-in amid hopes of unleashing the country’s economic potential is marking his one month in office with little economic policy direction and infighting among party members.

 

Lawmakers on Thursday engaged in fisticuffs in parliament, during attempts to fill principal leadership positions in both chambers of the Nigerian legislature, with the Senate announcing an adjournment till 21 July.