At least five people were killed when unidentified armed men attacked Kasakakairu, a Kenyan village, before dawn today. According to eyewitness accounts, the men who were armed with guns and machetes invaded the city centre shooting and hacking residents to death. They later moved to Kasakakairu village and hacked targeted residents to death moving from…
Dozens Killed in Syria Car Explosion
At least 34 persons were killed and over 50 injured after a car bomb exploded in a government-controlled village in Central Hama Province, Syria. According to Sana, Syria’s state-run news agency, the car exploded in Horrah village, in the countryside near the central city of Hama early today. Sana said rebels who have been fighting…
Kefee, Award-winning Gospel Singer Is Dead
Kefee Obareki-Don Momoh, Nigerian Gospel singer is dead. The multiple awards winning musician who is reportedly pregnant died in the early hours of today after being unconscious for weeks in an undisclosed American hospital. Kefee went into a coma after collapsing on a Chicago-bound flight two weeks ago on her way to attend an event…
German Minister Lauds Ogun’s Development Projects
Geah Mueller, German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development has commended the development policies of the Ibikunle Amosun-led administration in Ogun State saying this has attracted his country to the state. Mueller disclosed this when he led a high-profile delegation on a courtesy visit to Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun State Governor in his office at Oke-Mosan,…
Armed Militants Free 1,000 Iraqi Prisoners
Not less than 1,000 inmates of the Iraqi Central Prison were freed today as hundreds of militants took forceful control of key portions in Mosul, Northern Iraqi city. Senior police officials said the gunmen who are believed to be members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, also took control of the Mosul…
Depositors Stranded as Royal Trust Bank Defaults
Depositors were on Thursday, stranded at the Iju Ishaga, Lagos office of Royal Trust Micro finance bank after the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN revoked the operating license of the financial institution. Some of the depositors who spoke with TELL complained that the bank management were only talking to a few of the customers who…
“Jonathan Runs the Most Corrupt Government in Nigeria’s History” -Dino Melaye
Dino Melaye, former member of the House of Representatives, has described the present administration under the leadership of Goodluck Jonathan as the worst the country has ever had. Melaye stated this on Wednesday at an anti-corruption symposium organised by Gani Fawehinmi Students’ Chambers held at Julius Berger hall, University of Lagos. He cited…
“Circumstantial Leaders Constitute Problems for Nigeria”- Shola Owoeye
“The problems facing Nigeria is complicated by circumstantial leaders; people who never prepared to rule neighborhoods, not to talk of ruling states or a nation.” These were the words of Shola Owoeye, Youth Evangelist for North western Nigeria Division of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. Speaking today at the leadership summit of the…
Jonathan Mourns Emir of Gombe, Mariama Kutigi
President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with Ibrahim Dankwanbo, Gombe State Governor and the people of Gombe State in general over the death of Sheu Abubakar, Emir of Gombe who died in London yesterday. Speaking through Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, the president described Abubakar as a leader who has…
Egypt Holds Presidential Polls
Amidst tight security mounted by the police and the military, millions of Egyptian voters are casting presidential ballots across the nation. The election, which is the second in two years, was scheduled to hold on Monday and Tuesday and has just two candidates contesting for the presidential seat. One is Abdul Fattah al-sisi, a former…
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