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Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Nelson Mandela dead at 95
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Nelson Mandela, the revered South African anti-apartheid icon who spent 27 years in prison, led his country to democracy and became its first black president, died Thursday at home. He was 95.
"He is now resting," said South African President Jacob Zuma. "He is now at peace."
"Our nation as lost his greatest son," he continued. "Our people have lost their father."
A state funeral will be held, and Zuma called for mourners...
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Police arrest another baby factory operator in Imo, rescues 16 pregnant teenagers
Some of the pregnant teenage girls being rescued by the police
… Rescue 16 pregnant teenagers
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri
Imo State Police Command yesterday arrested one Dr. Ezuma for alleged human trafficking, operating under the guise of a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Ezuma, a native of Ndiokeke Ndiakunwanta in Arondizogu in Ideato Local Government Area of Imo State, was arrested in his residence at Egbu Road, Owerri...
Military panel recommends trial of 500 suspected B’Haram members
Members of the boko haram sect
The Joint Investigation Team, constituted by the military high command, has recommended the immediate arraignment of no fewer than 500 suspected Boko Haram members arrested in the North Eastern part of the country.
The Defence headquarters alleged that the suspects were arrested in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states during raids by security agencies in the states, which have been under emergency rule for three months.
Director,...
Catholics battle Okotie over comment
This is a ‘complicated’ season for popular Lagos Pastor, Rev. Chris Okotie, even as he prepares to honour the first female one-star General in the Nigerian Airforce, Air Commodore Habiba Garba.
She is the winner of Okotie’s Household of God Church’s Karis Award for the year and she will be honoured on Sunday at the Church in Lagos.
Damning widespread criticisms continue to hit a statement credited to the controversial...
FUTO sacks all academic staff, For failure to return to classroom
For failure to return to classrooms, the Senate of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has sacked all academic staff on its payroll with immediate effect. The sack order was made known by the Public Relations Officers (PRO) of the institution, Mr Chike Ezenwa, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune in Owerri, through telephone.According to him, the senate of the university had declared all the positions of academic staff in the...
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Obama's health law finally gets real for America
WASHINGTON (AP) — Now is when Americans start figuring out that President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond political talk, and really does affect them and people they know.
With a cranky federal website complicating access to new coverage and some consumers being notified their existing plans are going away, the potential for winners and losers is creating anxiety and confusion.
"I've had questions like, 'Are they going to put me in jail...
Massacre in Borno:B’Haram attacks wedding convoy, kills groom, 29 others
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members have ambushed a convoy of vehicles conveying people returning from a wedding ceremony, killing scores of them, including the groom in Bulakuri village, Borno State.
The fate of the bride and her family members was unknown as of Sunday when Adamawa State Government Spokesman, Ahmad Sajoh, confirmed the incident to the Associated Press.
Although Sajoh said...
Jonathan meets ASUU today, union warns against force
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will meet the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday (today), apparently with a view to resolve the Federal Government-ASUU face-off that has left varsity gates shut since July 1.
But the union said it had got wind of Presidency’s plan to direct that universities be reopened, saying such directive without amicable resolution of the current strike would deepen the crisis.
Chairman...
Friday, 1 November 2013
Kim & Kanye Throw Down Lawsuit Over Leaked Engagement Footage
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West plan to live happily ever after, but right now they are quite unhappy … with the behavior of a guest at their engagement celebration.The power couple has filed a lawsuit against YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, who posted video of the proposal — which took place at AT&T Field in San Francisco on Oct. 21 — on his new website venture, MixBit.
[Related: New Kimye Wedding Details Emerge — Hint: There Will Be Jets]
In...
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Nigeria & Hungary to sign cooperation agreement
Nigeria and Hungary are to strengthen their bilateral ties with the signing of an Economic Cooperation Agreement (ECA) currently being written up by both countries.
Mr Samuel Ortom, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment and Mr Peter Szijjarto, the Hungarian State Secretary of Foreign and External Economic Affairs, stated this at a meeting on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Szijjarto is in Nigeria...
Anti-corruption protesters want Oduah jailed
Members of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders protesting at the Independent Corrupt Practices and other-Related Offences Commission office in Ikoyi, Lagos ... on Wednesday.
Protesters on Wednesday stormed the Lagos Office of the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission, requesting that the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, be tried and jailed if found guilty.
The protesters, who stormed...
Forbes names Dangote Africa’s most powerful man
Alhaji Aliko Dangote
The President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has been named the most powerful man in Africa and 64th in the world by the Forbes magazine.
Dangote, who Forbes says is by far Africa’s richest man with a net worth of $16.1bn as of March 2013, was ranked ahead of the likes of Fifa President, Sepp Blatter (69); Speaker, United States House of Representatives, John Boehner (66); and Founder, Mo Ibrahim Foundation,...
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Jonathan places Oduah on ‘tactical suspension
Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah
President Goodluck Jonathan may have placed the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, on “tactical suspension,” findings by The PUNCH have revealed.
A reliable Presidency source said Jonathan decided on the “tactical suspension,” hours before the signing of the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between Nigeria and Israel on Monday.
The Permanent Secretary,...
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