Guatemalan President, Otto Pérez Molina, is due to face prosecution, having resigned from office on Wednesday. His resignation came shortly after a court judge issued a warrant for his arrest. The warrant itself followed Tuesday’s vote by the Congress to strip the president of his immunity so as to enable him face prosecution on alleged corruption…
Fatal Accident At Ojuelegba
An unknown number of persons have been killed after an articulated vehicle fell off the flyover bridge at Ojuelegba, Surulere, Lagos around 5:00 pm on Wednesday. The dead are said to be occupants of two vehicles, a car and a sports utility vehicle, apparently caught up in traffic jam under the bridge. State officials are…
A New Online Newspaper Debuts
Untold! That’s the name of a new online investigative newspaper, which was unveiled to the public today. It is published by Jades Communications Limited, an Information Technology and Media Company. Adejuwon Soyinka, the Editor-in-Chief of Untold, said the medium comes to fill a yawning gap as the media landscape today is devoid of a truly…
100 Days Still Waiting For Buhari
Olusegun Adeosun, staff writer hardly allows challenges to overwhelm him, once set on a task. And he did contend with some in his assignment in the past weeks. For two weeks he combed Ile-Ife, in Osun State talking with and somewhat ‘stalking’ community leaders, kingmakers and princes. His mandate was to go look for those…
Adefuye, Nigeria Ambassador To The United States, Is Dead.
Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, who served as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States, died yesterday at the age of 68 at an undisclosed hospital in Washington DC. He was Nigeria’s ambassador to the US from 2010 until his death. Ambassador Adefuye was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state in 1947. He studied History at the University…
MTN and Crisis of Connectivity
More than 300 people are at Rumuola office trying to reestablish the connectivity. Many of them have been disconnected from network. The affected have been registered previously.but a persistent SMS by the MTN compels a reregistration or the subscriber would risk disconnection. The scene reminds one of the BVN and Driver’s Licence experience. This report…
Finally Buhari Appoints SGF and Chief of Staff
As he moves close to his first 100 days in office, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the secretary to the government of the federation, the chief of staff and two special advisers on national assembly matters. He also appointed the chief executives of two para-military agencies. The appointments are as follows: ▪ …
NNPC Cancels Offshore SWAP Deal
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced the cancellation of the Offshore Processing Agreements entered Into in January 2015, with three companies namely, Duke Oil Company Inc., Aiteo Energy Resources Limited and Sahara Energy Resources Limited. The deal, initiated by the Jonathan administration, saw the NNPC allocate 210,000 barrels per day of crude oil…
Usain Bolt Wins Gold At The IAAF World Championships
Usain Bolt won the 200m at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, his 10th World title, defeating Justin Gatlin and South Africa’s Anaso Jobodwana who escape with the bronze medal.
Cancer Kills ‘Dust Lady’ of 9/11
She was one of the lucky people who escaped death 14 years ago, when Al Qaeda agents attacked the world trade centre, in the United States of America. Many families who lost loved ones in that sad episode would wish she was their own, not just because her photograph made the headlines, but because she…
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