Tata Motors says managing director dies after fall
India’s Tata Motors managing director Karl Slym died on Sunday after apparently falling at a hotel in Bangkok where he was attending a board meeting, a company spokeswoman and reports said. “Tata...
View ArticleCHAN 2014: My players disappointed me says Moroccan coach
Atlas Lions of Morocco Coach, Hassan Benabicha, said his players disappointed him during the quarter-final match with the Super Eagles in the ongoing Africa Nations Championship (CHAN). The Lions lost...
View ArticleGay Marriage: Nigeria Should Not Succumb To International Pressure – Uduaghan
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said signing anti-gay law by President Goodluck Jonathan was not the end of the struggle and urged religious leaders in the country not to relent in the...
View ArticleAPGA petitions Jega, begins contempt proceedings against Umeh
Erstwhile national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, has been accused of undermining the judgment of Abuja High Court that sacked him from office. As a result of the...
View ArticleEkiti 2014: Fayemi to re-contest, names campaign team
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has formally expressed his intention to seek re-election as the governor following the release of the elections timetable by the Independent National Electoral...
View ArticleUBEB renovates, constructs 300 classroom blocks in Enugu
The Enugu state Universal Basic Education Board, UBEB said that the Board has embarked on massive construction and renovation of over 300 classroom buildings for both primary and junior secondary...
View ArticleKogi partners Vietnam experts on new techniques in agriculture
Gov.Idris Wada of Kogi on Monday said that agricultural experts from Vietnam would arrive in the state next week to teach its farmers new techniques of cultivating cashew and cassava. Wada said at a...
View ArticleThieves steal Pope John Paul’s blood from Italy church
Thieves broke into a small church in the mountains, east of Rome over the weekend and stole a reliquary with the blood of late Pope John Paul II. Some of John Paul’s blood was saved after an...
View ArticleU.S. strike killed al Shabaab commander – Somali officials
A U.S. missile strike in southern Somalia has killed a senior al Shabaab commander who had masterminded suicide attacks by the al Qaeda-linked militant group. This is disclosed by two Somali security...
View ArticleFuel subsidy murder trial: Judge blasts prosecutor for failing to produce...
Justice Olabisi Akinlade, the trial judge handling the case of the dismissed Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Yaya-Abatan Police Station, Lagos, Mr. Segun Fabunmi, charged for shooting Adedamola...
View ArticleINEC releases timetable for Ekiti, Osun guber polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday announced June 21 and August 9 respectively for the 2014 governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states. The INEC Secretary, Mrs. Augusta...
View ArticleG-5 Governors, INEC shun court proceedings in PDP suit against defectors
The five governors who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress on Monday shunned a suit filed by the PDP in a bid to remove them from office. The Independent...
View ArticleAU lifts suspension, re-admits Madagascar after power handover
The African Union (AU) has lifted its suspension of Madagascar’s membership on Monday after a new president took office, following the island’s first election since a coup five years ago. Madagascar...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills 70 in fresh onslaughts in Adamawa, Borno
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect have killed about 70 persons in two separate attacks in Adamawa and Borno States. In one incident, some men armed with guns and explosives...
View ArticlePDP stalwart urges women to support each other in politics
A PDP women leader and ex-officio member in the North West, Naomi Waziri, has cautioned women against “petty envy and little gossips’’ capable of affecting their political growth. “Women are usually...
View ArticleAbia govt to sponsor 320 youths to understudy Songhai centre
The Abia Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Kenneth Nwosu, has said that the state government would sponsor 320 youths to the Songhai centre in Benin Republic to learn modern agricultural technology....
View ArticleComplaint Commission in 2013 resolved 301 cases in Jos
The Public Complaints Commission resolved 301 cases and recovered N82 million for complainants in Plateau last year, the commission said in a statement in Jos on Tuesday. The statement, signed by its...
View ArticleFraud case against Ajudua transferred to another judge
The trial of a one-time Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, before an Ikeja High Court has been transferred to a new judge. Ajudua and one Charles Orie are being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding two Dutch...
View ArticleNasarawa govt disqualifies over 80 youths from empowerment training
No fewer than 80 applicants have been disqualified from the on-going training of the Nasarawa state youth empowerment programme. Malam Murtala Adogi, Special Assistant on Youth Empowerment to Gov....
View ArticlePower failure disrupts Enugu House session on budget
Power failure on Tuesday disrupted the budget session of the Enugu State House of Assembly , forcing the lawmakers to adjourn their sitting to Thursday, Jan. 30. The blackout commenced about 20...
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