The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to with immediate effect, put an end to the payment of fines by Nigerians holding dual citizenship at the nation’s International Airports. The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, stated this in a statement issued by Dr MohammedContinue Reading
Police in Lagos on Friday paraded three suspects, Williams Iyeke, Julius Babasola and Olufemi Ogundare for impersonating the Inspector-General of Police, Alh Idris Abubakar and illegally attributing ownership of a land to him. A police statement made available to Flowerbud News said that exhibits recovered from the suspects included four copies of StickersContinue Reading
Otuoke-Onuebum road in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa has been taken over by flood, as vehicles now pass through Elebele road, a longer distance, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that Otuoke is the home town of former President Goodluck Jonathan. A staff of the FederalContinue Reading
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a Nigerian based in Sweden for allegedly buying a two month old baby. The NAPTIP’s Director of Investigation and Monitoring, Mr Josiah Emerole made this known in Abuja on Friday, explained that the case involved a 43-year=oldContinue Reading
Healthcare: FG pledges support for innovation guarantying quality services Mr Ife Adebayo, the Special Assistant on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government under the present administration will support any innovation that will guarantee quality services Nigerians. Adebayo stated this at the “Innovating for Health’’Continue Reading
By AFP PARIS: A French court Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the editors of gossip magazine Closer, who were fined 45,000 euros ($53,000) for publishing pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless in 2012. The court in Versailles near Paris upheld the maximum fines imposed by a lower court last year,Continue Reading
A don, Prof. Christopher Obionu on Wednesday said brain-drain had adversely affected the health sector as 50 per cent of Nigerian doctors were currently practicing abroad. Obionu made the assertion during his presentation as the at the 36th Faculty Day Lecture at the National Postgraduate College in Lagos. The themeContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commended the U.S.-based International Republican Institute (IRI) for sustained support toward a hitch free and credible elections in the country. The Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, Mr Kassim Gaidam made the commendation on Wednesday in Yola while speaking at a workshop organisedContinue Reading
Counsels representing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola Eleka, before the election petition Tribunal on the July 14 poll, on Wednesday raised the alarm, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ekiti State of not cooperating fully with them on the needContinue Reading
