Aregbesola: The Idealist As Politician | By Owei Lakemfa
WHEN I was Acting General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in 2011, we ordered workers’ strikes following disagreements on the implementation of the new Minimum Wage. Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji...
View ArticleIndia Sues Nestle For $100m Damages Over Maggi Noodles
India is suing Nestle for $100m (£64m) over “unfair trade practices”, an official has confirmed to the BBC. The complaint against Nestle is that it caused damage to consumers through misleading...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Finally Surrenders Controversial Private Email Server To...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton relented Tuesday to months of demands she relinquish the personal email server she used while secretary of state, directing the device be given to the Justice...
View ArticleMH370 Families Reject Malaysia’s Conclusion On Recovered Plane Debris
An MH370 families organisation said Wednesday it would not accept the Malaysian government’s declaration that wreckage found on an Indian Ocean island came from the ill-fated flight until more...
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Today Is The 30th Anniversary Of The Worst Plane Crash In Human History (LOOK)
Hundreds of people attended ceremonies Wednesday marking the 30th anniversary of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 people on board, the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history....
View ArticleRescued Migrants Say Up To 50 Missing After Their Boat Sinks
ROME (Reuters) – Up to 50 migrants went missing after a large rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean Sea, Italian rescuers said on Wednesday, while more than 1,500 were picked up from other vessels...
View ArticleGunfight Between Military And Boko Haram Ongoing Near Maiduguri
Online news portal, DailyPost is reporting that the Nigerian military is currently engaged in a gun battle with Boko Haram insurgents near the Borno capital, Maiduguri. It also reports that loud...
View Article‘States Who Owe WAEC Are A National Embarrassment’
Stakeholders in the education sector have described the non-release of West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) of 13 debtor states as a national embarrassment. Some respondents,...
View ArticleAngola Will Destroy 11 Million Illegally Imported Eggs
Angola will destroy 11 million eggs imported illegally into the country, the agriculture minister has said. The chicken eggs were brought in without an official health certificate, Afonso Pedro Canga...
View Article#RescueMarthaFromSAUDI: Kenyan Woman In Three Month Coma In Saudi Arabia Is...
A Kenyan woman employed as a domestic servant in Saudi Arabia is in hospital for unknown reasons and social media wants to know why. #RescueMarthaFromSAUDI is trending on Twitter in Kenya. It comes...
View ArticleUN Opens Probes Into Central Africa Peacekeeper Rape Allegations
Libreville (AFP) – The UN mission in the Central African Republic launched a probe Tuesday into allegations its soldiers had raped a 12-year-old girl and shot dead a teenager and his father. The probe...
View ArticleWednesday Was APC Chair, Oyegun’s Birthday And Buhari Was Giddy
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday described the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as “exemplary.” Buhari, in a statement by presidential spokesman,...
View ArticleCourt Stalls EFCC’s Progress On N1bn Goodie Ibru Fraud Trial
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission not to go ahead with the arraignment of the Chairman of Ikeja Hotels Plc, Mr. Goodie Ibru, on 11 counts fraud...
View ArticleLadies And Gentlemen, The Police Now Says It Wants To Recruit More Personnel
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, says the police is making moves to raise funds to recruit more people into the force. Arase made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja during a media...
View ArticleWAEC Has Finally Released Withheld Results From 13 ‘Debtor’ States
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the withheld results of candidates who sat for the 2015 May/June West African Secondary Certificate Examination, (WASSCE) in 13 states. The...
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44 Die In Massive Explosions In Chinese City Of Tianjin
The death toll in twin warehouse blasts in China rose to at least 44 people Thursday, including 12 firefighters, state media reported. China’s Xinhua news agency said the two massive explosions that...
View Article6 Killed In Tuesday Boko Haram Raid On Borno Village
At least six people were killed when suspected Boko Haram militants raided Bale Mamman, a village near Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. Reuters quotes Aderemi Opadokun, the state commissioner of...
View ArticleThe Judicial Council Just Made It Tougher To Petition Corrupt Judges [READ]
In what appears to be a calculated move to shield judges from frivolous and distracting complaints, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has introduced new and stringent conditions for complaints....
View ArticleBishop Kukah And His Peace Committee Really Need To Have A Seat | By Jude Egbas
As I understand it, the job of the National Peace Committee (which is led by a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar and whose de facto spokesperson is Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the...
View ArticleBuhari Fires Ports Authority MD
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Alhaji Sanusi Ado Bayero. A statement by presidential spokesperson, Mr. Femi...
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