Twenty-one people are dead and 21 missing after a crowded double-decker passenger ferry sinked on Friday night in Myanmar, the southeast Asian nation. Myanmar’s Ministry of Information said in a statement that the ship capsized due to bad weather conditions, around the coastal city of
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A tropical cyclone killed at least eight people in Vanuatu, UNICEF has confirmed the first casualties from one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall. Almost no tree could stand straight after Tropical Cyclone Pam hit across the Pacific island nation. Aid workers fear that there are more fatalities. The confirmed deaths […]
Gunmen have kidnapped three Chinese workers in central Nigeria, the latest such incident in the region, a senior police officer told AFP on Saturday. “Three Chinese nationals were abducted by some unknown gunmen within the early hours of Friday,” he said. The police said, the gunmen stormed a quarry outside Lokoja, the capital of Kogi […]
Ahead of the March 28, 2015 presidential election, the National Association of Sabbatarian Youths numbering about 1.8 million have adopted President Goodluck Jonathan. The adoption of President Jonathan was informed by their belief that his programmes would favour the Nigerian youths, going by what his administration has done so far, according to the executive members […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said that out of the 68,833,476 million registered voters for the polls, as at March 12, it has distributed about 55,904,272 million permanent voter cards (PVCs), representing 81.22 percent. In a statement signed by the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, a breakdown of […]
One person is confirmed dead, while eight others were injured in Friday’s protest by ex-militants in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital against Governor Henry Seriake Dickson over his alleged plans to hijack the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) surveillance contract for the state owned security outfit, Izon Ebi. Ex-militant leaders from other Niger Delta states
The founder and leader of a controversial Atlanta-based megachurchis seeking for 200,000 people to each donate ‘$300 or more’ to purchase a $65 million G650 private jet. The figures were presented Friday in a nearly six-minute video on the Creflo Dollar Ministries website (the video was not viewable Friday night) and total more than $60 […]
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State Of Biafra (MASSOB) has demanded that INEC chairman, Professor Atahiru Jega, be sacked. The group alleged that Prof. Jega is bias and partisanship in the forthcoming 2015 elections. The group, numbering about 1, 000, staged a peaceful protest in Umuahia, Abia State capital, marching through major street […]
Boko Haram are not having things their way under the combined pressure of forces from Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria. The Nigerian army has been celebrating the recapture of the town of Baga, part of an ongoing offensive in the north of the country. Air strikes are also providing effective support in pushing back Boko Haram […]
On Thursday, President Barack Obama was a guest at Jimmy Kimmel Live and the host told Obama that Kanye once said that he (Obama) has his home phone number. In a statement, Kanye said that he’s had the ability to build relationships with amazing people and speak with amazing people. He then said he […]
The world’s first successful penis transplant has been reported by a surgical team in South Africa, BBC reports. The 21-year-old recipient, whose identify is being protected, lost his penis in a botched circumcision. Doctors in Cape Town said the operation was a success and the patient was happy and healthy. The team said there was […]
Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, on Friday distributed empowerment materials worth millions of naira to 720 women in Sokoto -south local government of the state. Speaking during the distribution of the materials in Sokoto, Wamakko disclosed that the assorted materials were donated by some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the local […]
The Presidency has described as irresponsible, the statement by the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola that Jonathan was responsible for the recent armed robbery incident in the state that left three policemen dead. Governor Fashola had on Thursday night at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos, blamed the presidency for the incident. According to Fashola, the president’s
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has charged the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to be steadfast in the face of distractions as the Commission would settle for nothing but the best elections. Prof Jega gave the charge on Friday at a meeting with RECs, at the Commission’s headquarters. Jega said, […]
The British government, Friday, said no weapons from the United Kingdom are being used in the ongoing war in the north east of Nigeria. Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission to Nigeria in Abuja Mr. Simon Shercliff said this on Friday at a press conference organized by the West African Action on Small […]
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, has berated Governor Babatunde Fashola over his recent comments stating that the Lekki robbery succeeded, due to the presence of President Goodluck Jonathan in the state. Governor Babatunde Fashola had on Friday during his visit to the robbery scene in Lekki […]
The Defence headquarters said troops have discovered terrorist bomb a making factory in Buni Yadi, Gujba local government area of Yobe State. In a statement by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade on Friday, a large quantity of improvised explosive devices (IEDs0 including those commonly used by suicide bombers was recovered from […]
No fewer than five persons, including a riot police officer and a woman, died in an auto crash at NICON junction, Berger road, Abuja on Friday, when a red Nissan Sunny was crushed by a blue truck carrying sand chippings. Seven others who also sustained injuries during the incident were rushed to various hospitals while […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being political in giving N5 million to each family that lost a relative in the Immigration recruitment exercise after one year. In a statement in Lagos issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, it wondered why it took the […]
A former president of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, (MHWUN), Aliyu Wabba, has been elected president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Wabba was elected early Saturday at the rescheduled delegates’ conference in Abuja today, Saurday, March 15. The new NLC President will replace Abdulwaheed Omar, whose tenure expired recently. Details later
