2015 Polls: We Proved Doomsday Wrong – Jega

 

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has declared that the fair, credible and peaceful conduct of the 2015 general elections has proved doomsday predictors, in some international media organisations, wrong.

2 Houses Set Ablaze After Passenger Slaps ‘Okada’ Rider To Death

A mob set two buildings ablaze after a motorcycle passenger reportedly slapped the rider to death with an object suspected to be charms at Iyana Ira, in Ijanikin area of Lagos State.

12,000 Women Contracted VVF In Nigeria – Dr Sadauki

The project manager of the USAID Fistula care plus project, Dr. Habibu Sadauki, has disclosed that Kano State records over 12,000 cases of fistula every year.

Dr. Sadauki told reporters in Kano on Thursday that over 5,000 cases have been repaired while the fundamental cause of VVF is prolonged child labour, early pregnancy and culture, poverty and illiteracy among the communities and this is prevalent mostly in northern part of the country.

0ML 42: Stakeholders List Gains from Ceding Operatorship to Nigerian Companies

 

Chika Amanze-Nwachuku

Stakeholders in the Nigerian oil and gas industry have said the grant of operatorship of divested oil blocks  to indigenous companies will boost local participation in the sector,
stem corruption and increase the nation’s oil revenue.

Buhari, Osinbajo Present as Oshiomhole Remarries

It was a gathering of Nigeria’s political A-List as Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State exchanged marital vows with his heartthrob, former Miss Iara Fortes, on Friday.

Nigerian restaurant shut down for ‘serving human flesh’

A restaurant in south-eastern Nigeria is shut down for allegedly serving human flesh after bags containing heads were discovered in the kitchen 

 

A Nigerian restaurant has reportedly been shut down after being accused of serving human flesh following the discovery of bags containing human heads in the kitchen.

Bayelsa PDP: Containing trouble

Governor Serikae Dickson is doing everything to keep trouble at bay. However, the effort of the former law enforcer and lawmaker in maintaining party discipline is brewing trouble of its own.