FOREIGN: Putin’s ex-media chief died in D.C. Hotel of blows to head, autopsy reveals

  Vladimir Putin’s media supremo Mikhail Lesin, who was found dead in a Washington hotel room last year, died of blunt force injuries to the head, U.S. authorities said on Thursday. Lesin, the man who did more than anyone else to bring Russia’s unruly private media back under state control after Vladimir Putin became president…

OPINION BY SOTONYE IJUYE-DAGOGO: Re-APC’s Politicization of Insecurity in Rivers State: When a monkey’s hand stays too long in the soup

  By SOTONYE IJUYE-DAGOGO I am compelled to react to Mr Oraye St. Franklyn’s latest piece on the violent political/cult killings in Rivers State captioned “APC’s politicisation of insecurity in Rivers State: Unpatriotic and bad for development” in which he tried frantically albeit unsuccessfully to absolve Governor Nyesom Wike of blame on the numerous violent…

Peterside: A square peg in a square hole as NIMASA DG – Rivers APC

  *commends Buhari, Amaechi for a worthy appointment By PRECIOUS BINABO DAVIDS, Port Harcourt The appointment of Dr. Dakuku Peterside the Rivers APC flag-Bearer in the 2015 general elections as the new Director General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been hailed by the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress…

Read what Amosun plans to do to Ogun workers who fail to call off strike by Monday

  By KIKELOMO SHONIBARE, Lagos The Ogun State Government has invoked the ‘no work no pay’ rule of the Trade Dispute Act in relation to the ongoing industrial action by its workforce. Consequently, the State Government has directed all workers to be at their duty posts from Monday, March 14, 2016. According to a statement…

Ambode restates commitment to civil service reforms

By KIKELOMO SHONIBARE, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday restated his administration’s commitment to reforms in the state civil service, saying that only a viable workforce can drive the policies and programmes of any government. The Governor who spoke when he received the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita,…

JUST IN: Boko Haram pretending to be welder blown off by own Bomb

By AUSTIN OWOICHO, Abuja A Boko Haram member who was pretending to be a welder has been blown off to pieces by his own bomb. This was exclusively disclosed to AUTHENTIC News Daily by the acting Director Army Public Relations, Col Sani Kukasheka Usman. He disclosed this while refuting reports that there was an attack…

Kaduna residents groan as fuel scarcity bites

  *gallon sold for N1,500 *prices of commodities on steady rise By PHILIBUS DAUDA, Kaduna Residents of Kaduna metropolis are going through untold hardship, resulting from the persistent fuel scarcity that has affected the metropolis. A gallon of premium motor spirit (PMS) popularly referred to as fuel is selling at a record high of 300…

BREAKING! 18 roasted, several others suffer burns as explosion rocks Calabar CBN

No fewer than 18 persons were roasted, while several others were seriously burnt  when an explosion rocked the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Calabar on Friday. Eyewitnesses said that it occurred some few minutes after 12noon. AUTHENTIC News Daily can authoritatively report that as at time of filing this report, the fire…

BREAKING! Boko Haram attack on Damaturu leaves 3 soldiers dead, several injured

By CHRIS SULEIMAN, Abuja Three Soldiers of the Nigerian Army lost their lives in a fresh Boko Haram attack on Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. AUTHENTIC News Daily gathered from a credible source that the attack took place on Thursday behind the state owned university. “Boko Haram struck yesterday afternoon in Damaturu behind the state…

Wike moves to save FOREX for Nigeria, invests in agriculture, SMEs

By PRECIOUS IBINABO DAVIDS, Port Harcourt The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has vowed that his plans to invest heavily in agriculture and Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will not only boost the economy of his state, but would benefit the entire country through revenue saved from food and other products that would have been…