Singapore has started a seven-day national mourning after the death of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. Lee, who died at 91, led Singapore’s transformation from a small port city to one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Many world leaders have paid tribute to Lee, who served as the city-state’s prime minister for…
Terror Attack: Tunisian Prime Minister Fires Police Chief
Habib Essid, the Tunisian Prime minister has fired six police commanders on Monday, including the head of tourist security, after a militant attack on the national museum last week in which 20 tourists were killed. Mofdi Mssedi, spokesman for the Prime Minister’s office said the six also include an intelligence brigade chief, the Tunis district…
Rivers Deputy Governor Dumps APC for PDP
Tele Ikuru, deputy governor of Rivers State, has dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing the APC “as a party of rebels, insurgents and anarchists, clothed in robes of pretence and deceit.” In a statement released on Sunday, Ikuru said he joined the APC in December 2013, out of…
Egypt: German Tourist Killed In Shark Attack
The Egyptian Police has confirmed the death of a German tourist in the country. He was killed in a rare shark attack off the Red Sea resort on Sunday. The shark reportedly bit off the 52-year-old man’s leg at the knee. The attack, which took place off the coastal city al-Qusair, is the first of…
Falana Calls For Genuine Change in Nigeria
Femi Falana, rights activist and lawyer has stressed the need for all Nigerians irrespective of affiliations to be part of the instruments for genuine change in the country. He said this while delivering a keynote address titled, Beyond 2015 General Election: Delivering On Election Promise, at the 2015 Social Weekend organised by the Life Theological…
Catholic Bishop of Bauchi Is Dead
Most Rev. Malachy John Goltok, Bishop of Bauchi Diocese is dead. He was aged 50. He died in the early hours of March 21, 2015 at Our Lady of Apostle’s Hospital, Jos, Plateau State after a brief illness. Born on July 12, 1965 in Bauchi, Bishop Malachy attended St. Peter’s Primary School and later changed…
Jonathan Congratulates Israeli Prime Minister
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister over his victory at Israel’s general elections. President Jonathan sent his congratulatory message in a statement issued by Reuben Abati, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. The president said he looks forward to continuing to work with Netanyahu to further strengthen the existing…
My Husband Will Sanitise Nigeria – Aisha Buhari
Aisha Buhari, the wife of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Mohammed Buhari, has allayed fears that her husband would be a religious bigot or a ruthless dictator if elected on March 28. While speaking to women and APC supporters at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, Edo State, she said her husband was…
EFCC Nabs Reps Candidate Over N142 million Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Oluwametomi Adetokunbo, a House of Representatives candidate on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N142,029,000 (One Hundred and Forty- Two Million, Twenty- Nine Thousand Naira) fraudulently. The anti-graft agency alleged that the 37 year–old politician obtained the money…
Election: Police Minister Support Card Readers
Jelili Adesiyan, the minister of Police Affairs, has given his support for the use of electronic card readers in the coming polls on the condition that the motive is not to rig the elections or disenfranchise some voters. Speaking during a campaign rally in Osogbo on Thursday, the police minister said the introduction of the…
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