Fashola Urges Lagosians To Stop Drinking Free Beer

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged residents in Nigeria’s economic city to be cautions of drinking freely declared alcohol at social centres by unknown persons.

The governor called for the caution while addressing security bodies, transport union and community development groups in the state on the recent growing security threats in the state.

He urged people to always ask any unknown…

Sack Lamido Sanusi Now, NLC Urges FG

Group Urges Jonathan to Ignore Obasanjo In Tackling Boko Haram

Tobi Soniyi in Abuja

The Southern Mandate, a coalition of socio-political groups in the South-west, South-south and South-east geopolitical zones of the country, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore the hardline posture canvassed by former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in tackling the Boko Haram insurgency.

It also berated Obasanjo over his  comments…

ACN urges Jonathan to sack Okupe

Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, yesterday, insisted that Dr Doyin Okupe, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, is not fit to hold the position given his alleged past corruption and criminal conversion of state funds and warns the…

Elrufai Urges Pastor Adeboye to Retire

Elrufai Urges Pastor Adeboye to Retire

Foot in Mouth suffering controversial former minister of the FCT, Malam Nasir Elrufai, has given an unusual birthday gift to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The controversial minister is asking Pastor Adeboye to resign in a post on his twitter profile.

Sambo urges Boko Haram to dialogue with FG

Written by Chris Agbambu, Abuja Sunday, 20 May 2012

Vice President, Architect Mohammed Nemadi Sambo on Saturday urged well meaning Nigerians, Islamic clerics and eminent Nigerians, including top government officials, to ask the Boko Haram sect to drop their arms and embrace…

Take a leaf from Second Republic president…NUJ chair urges politicians

Political office holders’ in the country have been told to emulate the leadership qualities of the second republic President Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari who rendered selfless service for the development of the country without amassing wealth.

He said the elderstatesman’s maturity…

Robben urges Bayern to seize chance for Champions League glory

Arjen Robben believes that Bayern Munich must seize the chance to win the Champions League final against Chelsea on Saturday.The Dutchman believes that making it to the final of Europe’s most elite club competition is an immense achievement, and is eager to come out victorious this time around after losing the 2010 showpiece 2-0 to…

Okonkwo urges Obi to conduct council polls

Senator Annie Okonkwo, who represented Anambra Central in the Sixth Senate, has urged Governor Peter Obi to ensure that local government elections are conducted soon.

He said the absence of democratically elected executives to manage the affairs of the councils has stalled…

Nigeria parliament urges fuel subsidy graft arrests

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s lower house of parliament approved a report on Wednesday recommending senior officials be prosecuted for their part in the corrupt fuel subsidy scheme that lawmakers said cost the country $ 6.8 billion over three years.

The probe…