The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declare its candidate and incumbent governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, as the winner of November 21 governorship polls in the State after the death of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Thursday, November 26, 2015
PDP wants Wada to be declared as winner of Kogi Guber polls
FIFA donate 48 confiscated watches to charity
Nearly 50 luxury watches confiscated from football officials who had received them as “gifts” ahead of the World Cup in Brazil have been donated to charity, FIFA’s ethics committee said Thursday.
The watches, estimated to be worth 25,000 Swiss francs ($24,400, 23,000 euros) apiece, were given to streetfootballworld, an international network of groups which uses football to help young people.
18 people killed in boko haram attack in Niger
Eighteen people were killed and 100 homes torched in an attack in the dead of night by Nigeria’s Boko Haram fighters on a village near southeastern Bosso, local authorities told AFP today.
“The toll is 18 dead, 11 hurt, almost 100 homes burned down” in the village of Wogom late Wednesday, the mayor of Bosso, Bako Mamadou, told AFP.
A humanitarian worker said the Islamists came from Nigeria
EPL FIXTURES
Sat 28 Nov 2015
Aston Villa v Watford 15:00
Bournemouth v Everton 15:00
Crystal Palace v Newcastle 15:00
Man City v Southampton 15:00
Sunderland v Stoke 15:00
Leicester v Man Utd 17:30
Sun 29 Nov 2015
Spurs v Chelsea 12:00
West Ham v West Brom 14:05
Liverpool v Swansea 16:15
Norwich v Arsenal 16:15
FG confirms payment of N5000 stipend to unemployed youth next year
The All Progressives Congress, APC, led Federal Government yesterday said that the payment of the N5000 stipend to the unemployed Nigerians will commence next year.
Fayose faults INEC's decision on Kogi election
GOVERNOR Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has faulted the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the Kogi State governorship election, accusing the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, of influencing the commission’s move to proceed with the supplementary election on December 5.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
UCL RESULT
FT BATE Borisov 1 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen
FT Barcelona 6 - 1 Roma
FT Arsenal 3 - 0 Dinamo Zagreb
FT Bayern Munich 4 - 0 Olympiakos
FT FC Porto 0 - 2 Dynamo Kyiv
FT Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 - 4 Chelsea
FT Zenit St. Petersburg 2 - 0 Valencia
FT Lyon 1 - 2 Gent
Senate rejects calls to summon president buhari over fuel scarcity
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday rejected calls to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address the Senate in his capacity as Petroleum Minister over the lingering problem of petroleum scarcity.
I have no doubt HID is in Heaven
The GO The RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Tuesday declared that he is confident that the matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, is resting with the Lord.
Adeboye who spoke while holding a private prayer session with the family inside their Ikenne country home, said “By the special grace of God and because of my interactions with Mama I know that she's in heaven