The Public Affairs Section of the United States Consulate General, Lagos, has reiterated its commitment to continuously empower more Nigerian women and make them self-reliant. Rhonda Watson, Public Diplomacy officer of the section stated this on Tuesday during an information and communications technology, ICT, workshop organised for Nigerian small and medium scale businesswomen. Titled, Entrepreneurship…
Election: Ballot Papers Arrive States On Wednesday
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said ballot papers to be used for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections are to be moved from Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN vaults from tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25. Kayode Idowu, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said all non-sensitive materials have already been sent to locations…
China Executes Three Over Kunming Knife Attack
Three men convicted of involvement in the Kunming knife attack have been executed, a China court says. The men, Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were found guilty in September 2014 of murder and terrorism acts. The Kunming knife station attack in March 2014, left 31 people dead and more than 140 injured. Authorities…
Indian Court Strikes Out Online Arrest Law
An Indian Supreme Court has struck out a controversial law which allowed police to arrest people for comments considered offensive on social networks and other internet sites. The court ruled that section 66A of the Information Technology Act was unconstitutional. Several people have been arrested in the past for their comments n Facebook or Twitter.…
Elections: APC Warns PDP Against Ekiti Rigging Style
Less than a week to the Presidential and National Assembly election in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP led federal government not to manipulate the elections, using “what we call the Modified Ekiti Rigging Strategy.” An online media had published a video purportedly released by one Captain Sagir…
I Have Not Defected From APC- Senator Obende
Domingo Obende, the All Progressives Congress, APC Senator representing Edo North District has rubbished reports that he dumped the party for the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Obende stated this while reacting to reports that he led some members of the APC to defect to the SDP in a ceremony in South-Ibie of the Etsako West…
Election: PDP Asks Supporters to Monitor Their Votes
Ahmadu Alli, Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, has urged PDP faithful to stay at polling booths after casting their votes during the forthcoming elections. This has come contrary to the directive given by the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Suleiman Abba, asking Nigerians to return home once they have cast their…
Singapore Begins 7-day Mourning For Founding Father
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…
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