Indonesian officials have announced that divers have retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501. Officials further said the divers may have also located the cockpit voice recorder, the second part of the black box, but that divers are yet to recover it. AirAsia flight QZ8501 disappeared in bad weather on December 28…
Croatia Elects First Female President
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, a politically conservative member of the Croatian Democratic Union, has become the first female president of Croatia. The 46-year-old secured 50.5 per cent of the vote with 99 per cent of ballots counted, while incumbent Ivo Josipovic was close behind on 49.5 per cent. Grabar-Kitarovic’s win is a sign that Croatia may be…
Atiku Challenges Jonathan On Corruption Fight
President Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to provide explanation into what he did to ensure companies and individuals accused of embezzling subsidy funds in Nigeria are brought to justice. Atiku Abubakar, former vice president who made the comment on his twitter handle on Saturday also said the President should tell Nigerians what happened to the…
How Ambode Plans to Transform Lagos
From all indications, Akinwunmi Ambode, the All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State is not only desirous of taking over the mantle of leadership from Babatunde Fashola, the current governor of the state come May 29, 2015, but he is also ready for leadership. To achieve this lofty dream, the former Accountant General…
Andrae Crouch Dies At 72
Iconic gospel artist, Andrae Crouch, has passed away. He died on Thursday at Northridge Hospital Medical Centre, Los Angeles, where he was hospitalised after he suffered a heart attack. The seven-time Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee was popularly referred to as the “father of modern gospel music” for his fusion of the worlds…
Police Teargas APC Rally in Ondo
A rally of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Akure, Ondo State capital was on Friday, initially disrupted by the police. Eyewitness said policemen initially teargassed the rally shortly after it was addressed by the Ondo State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Smart Omodunbi Jnr, administrative secretary of APC in Ondo State, said…
Yaya Toure Emerges African Player of the Year
Yaya Toure, the Ivorian sensational midfielder, was on Thursday named the 2014 GLO/CAF African Footballer of the Year at the annual award ceremony which held at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Toure beat Nigeria’s Vincent Enyeama and Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to clinch the award. The award means Toure, who also plays for…
Australian Actor, Rod Taylor Dies at 84
Rod Taylor, Australian actor who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, The Birds and George Pal’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, has died, aged 84. Taylor, who lived in the United States, is said to have died at his home in Los Angeles after a dinner party on Wednesday. He came into prominence in…
Jackie Chan’s son jailed for Drug Offence
Jaycee Chan, the son of action film star, Jackie Chan, has been jailed for six months for a drug offence. He was also fined 2,000 yuan (US$322) after he pleaded guilty to all charges. Chan, pleaded guilty in Beijing’s Dongcheng District Court to “sheltering others to use drugs”. Chan told the court on Friday that…
Fashola Chides Jonathan
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has criticized President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for what he described as his failure to articulate his plans for Nigeria during the presidential campaign rally held in Lagos on Thursday. Fashola spoke on Thursday evening at a political forum in Benin City, Edo State capital, organized by the ruling All…
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