President Goodluck Jonathan has commended David Mark, Senate President for his remarkable contributions to national development over the years. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced in a statement that the President extolled the Senate President’s outstanding accomplishments in the service of his country. This, he said, is contained in…
ISIS Releases 216 Yazidi Captives
The dreaded terrorist sect, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Syria, ISIS, on Wednesday released 216 Yazidi captives in Iraq’s Kirkuk province. Nuri Osman, an official with northern Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government, KRG, disclosed this today noting that what motivated the release was not immediately clear. Osman said Kurdish Peshmerga forces received the released captives, majority…
US: Father, Seven Children Found Dead At Home
A man and his seven children have been found dead at their home in Princess Anne, Maryland, US, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning. According to the stepfather of the deceased, the 36-year-old, Rodney Todd, was trying to keep his family warm with a generator after the power was cut off due to an unpaid bill…
Pipeline Explosion Kills Four In Delta
A fire outbreak resulting from pipeline explosion has killed a yet-to-be identified woman and her three daughters in Odidi community of Delta State. The tragedy occurred on Monday in the oil rich state due to oil spillage from expired pipelines belonging to the Nigeria Petroleum Development Corporation, NPDC. The incident, which was attributed to refusal…
Oba of Lagos Did Not Speak for Us – Tinubu
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has declared that the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu is neither a member of the APC nor does he have the right to speak for the party. As reactions continued to trail the recent remarks of the Oba of Lagos regarding his support for…
Malaysia Passes Controversial Anti-Terror Bill
Malaysia has passed a controversial anti-terrorism bill, which the government says is necessary to tackle the threat from Islamist extremists. The bill reintroduces indefinite detention without trial, which the Prime Minister had repealed in 2012. Human Rights Watch called the move “a giant step backwards for human rights.” The bill passed hours after police authorities…
The World Celebrates World Health Day
The World Health Organization, WHO, celebrates its annual World Health Day on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with food safety under the slogan, “from farm to plate, make food safe.” According to the WHO, the harm caused by food borne illnesses indicate the global threats posed by unsafe foods, and…
Ade Love Resurrects for Ambode
As the Saturday April 11 governorship and House of Assembly election draws near, Kunle Afolayan, multiple award-winning actor and filmmaker, has endorsed Akinwunmi Ambode, the All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate in Lagos State with a new production. Afolayan’s endorsement comes through a new smash-hit television commercial in Yoruba language, in which the celebrated filmmaker…
Germanwings: 2nd Black Box Confirms Co-pilot Accelerated Descent
Data retrieved from the second ‘black box’ of the Germanwings plane that crashed in France confirmed that the co-pilot deliberately accelerated the plane’s descent, French investigators say. They said Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot modified the automatic pilot system several times to increase the speed of descent. The information the investigators recovered also confirms…
Kano REC, Family Killed in Fire Mishap
Mikhail Abdullahi, Resident Electoral Commissioner of Kano State and three other members of his family have died in a mysterious fire that allegedly started early Friday morning. Abdullahi died alongside his wife and two children when fire gutted their home situated in Nassarawa GRA, Kano State, around 4:00am on Friday. Eyewitnesses reported that…
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