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Day: July 19, 2019

29 years after, Algeria claims 2nd AFCON trophy against Senegal (Watch the Highlights)

Algeria claimed its second Africa Cup of Nations trophy, 19 years after their first Algeria defeated 1-0 Senegal this Friday. Baghdad Bounedjah’s shot took huge deflection and looped in for Algeria. Senegal have never won Africa Cup of Nations

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Suicide or stunt? Man who jumps on plane wing during takeoff at Lagos Airport has been arrested (Photos & video)

A man whose name is yet to be identified and who on Friday climbed onto the wing of a plane during takeoff at the Lagos airport has been arrested, authorities said. The incident happened Friday morning at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International airport in Lagos. It was gathered that the man walked…

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Immigration: aggrieved senior officers sends SOS to Babandede, PCC over denial of promotion

Some aggrieved officials of the Nigerian immigration Sevices (NIS) have sent a Save-Our-Soul message to the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Services(NIS), Mohammed Babandede, the Public Complaints Commission, Head of Service of the Federation, Minister of Interior and several other relevant bodies to express their displeasure at alleged plan to rob them of what they claimed…

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Funke Olakunri’s Killing: NBA proposes community policing as best panacea

From WOLE BALOGUN, Ado Ekiti The Nigeria Bar Association(NBA), has told the Federal government to quickly concede to the agitation for community policing as a way to rescue the nation out of the wanton killings being experienced across the nation. The body insisted that it will be difficult for the NBA proposes community policing to…

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Makinde has no plan to scrap SGB’s policy by Ajimobi, says SUBEB chairman

Oyo state government on Friday disclosed that it had no plan to proscribe the School Governing Boards (SGBs) policy of the Abiola Ajimobi led administration in public schools, but had worked on reviewing the mode of operation of the initiative. This disclosed by the Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran who…

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Makinde lied! debt incurred by Ajimobi is N90b not N150b, says Ajimobi’s appointees (See details in the story)

Political appointees who worked under the immediate past administration of ex-Governor Abiola Ajimobi in Oyo State, on Friday tackled Governor Seyi Makinde over his claim that the Ajimobi administration left a debt of N150bn. This was gathered by Newspeakonline during an address by the appointees led by a former Commissioner for Education, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela,…

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