Wednesday, August 03, 2016

We Warned Nigerians Not To Vote Buhari —PDP |PoliFocus

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Plateau state chapter, Hon. Damishi Sango, has stated that the party warned Nigerians against electing President Muhammadu Buhari in the last presidential election.

"Most Of You Are Lazy" —Dambazau Blames Top Prison Officials For Jailbreaks |PoliFocus

The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Tuesday said top officers of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) are not doing their job efficiently.Dambazau stated this while addressing senior officers of the Service on ways to end frequent jail breaks in the country.

He said: “Quite a number of prisons have structural problems, even the most recent ones are not constructed to the standard.

GOODNEWS: Surgeons Perform Second Successful Kidney Transplant At LASUTH |PoliFocus

The Kidney Surgery Team at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja has successfully carried out its second kidney transplant on a 38-year-old unnamed male patient.

The Chief Medical Director, Prof. Adewale Oke, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos.He said the transplant was borne out of the hospital’s determination to sustain innovation in healthcare delivery in the country.

Rio 2016: Carmelo Anthony To Make History As The First US Basketball Player To Play In 4 Olympics |PoliFocus

Carmelo Anthony will become the first U.S. man to playin four Olympics and could leave as the most decorated men’s basketball player ever.

Anthony was the first player Jerry Colangelo talked to about joining a new U.S. national basketball team program.

Budget Padding: APC, Abdulmumin Jibrin Meeting Ends In Deadlock |PoliFocus

Apparently embarrassed by the alleged budget padding scandal at the House of Representatives, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday met with the man at the centre of the scandal, Hon Abdulmunin Jibrin, the immediate past chairman of the House’s appropriations committee.

NFF Unveils New Home And Away Kit For 2016/17; To Be Used Firstly On Friday In Rio |PoliFocus

The Nigerian football team will take to the pitch this week in their new Nike Football home and away kits featuring Dri-FIT technology.

The home kit is a solid green, with white ribbing around the back of the modern crew-neck collar.

See The Identity Of The Student Who Was Shot Dead By Cultists At IMSU (GRAPHIC PHOTOS) |PoliFocus

There was pandemonium on Tuesday afternoon after young man was shot dead at Imo state University, Owerri, IMSU, by suspected cultists.

Tuesday, August 02, 2016

EXCLUSIVE: Mixed Reactions Trail Pastor Adeboye's Advice To Singles |PoliFocus

Pastor E. A. Adeboye, General Overseer RCCG 
Nigerians have been reacting to the advice of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

Maribor Hit By Tragedy Before Aberdeen Tie As Two Players Die In Ghastly Motor Accident |PoliFocus

Aberdeen's Europa League opponents Maribor are mourning the deaths of two young players ahead of thesecond leg of their third qualifying round tie.

Damjan Marjanovic, 20, and 21-year-old Zoran Baljak died in a road accident, the Slovenian club revealed.

Police Refute Clash With Soldiers In Ilorin |PoliFocus

The Kwara State Police command yesterday refuted media report that its men clashed with soldiers in Ilorin, the state capital.

It said its men only waded into a reported case of disturbance of public peace at Challenge area in Ilorin where they rescued a soldier identified as David Ochile from a crowd and taken to 'A' Division police station.