Argentine officials are investigating the collision between two helicopters that killed eight French nationals and two Argentine pilots on Monday. The officials are to be joined by French experts at the site of the crash near Villa Castelli, La Rioja province. Three French sport stars were among the victims of the collision during the filming…
AD Adopts Goodluck Jonathan
The Alliance for Democracy, AD, has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its flag bearer for the March 28 Presidential election. The party also said its National Executive Council, NEC, has suspended Rafiu Salau, its former national secretary, stating that the NEC ratified the report of disciplinary committee that found Salau culpable of anti-party activities. Addressing…
Jonathan Sacks SURE-P Chairman
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked General Martin-Luther Agwai as the head of his government’s intervention unit, SURE-P. Agwai is a respected former Defence Chief, who led United Nation missions in Sudan, amidst other career successes. Agwai was appointed by Jonathan to head SURE-P, a department created by the government to deploy saved fuel subsidy money…
Group Renews Call For Peaceful Elections
The need to have peaceful polls, forestall crisis both during and after the 2015 general elections and ensure the continuity of a united Nigeria continues to generate concerns among stakeholders in the Nigerian project. The latest call is coming from Project Nigeria Movement, a body comprising several civil society organisations, led by eminent jurist and…
Artistes Walk Against Rape
Actresses Annie Idibia, Ini Edo and Kehinde Bankole as well as singer Lami Phillips, Emmanuel Ikubese and Mr. Nigeria joined others to participate in the 5th edition of the War Against Rape, WAR, in Lagos on Tuesday, March 10. The walk kicked off from the Archbishop Vinning Memorial Church Ground GRA, Ikeja to Alausa Secretariat.…
Candidate Sues Lagos PDP Chairman
A Peoples Democratic Party’s House of Representatives aspirant, Abdulkabir Lawal, has sued the PDP Lagos chairman, Captain Olatunji Shelle, alleging that he transferred his mandate to Adebola Gbabijo. Lawal’s claim is that Shelle has given the party’s mandate to Gbabijo, who he claimed lost to him by a single vote. Lawal grossed 29 votes. The…
Presidential Election: Niger Delta Group Assures of Peace if Jonathan Loses
A group of ex-militants from the Niger-Delta region has assured that there will be no crisis if President Goodluck Jonathan loses in the forthcoming Presidential election. The youth who spoke on the platform of Niger-Delta Coalition, NDC and Delta Coalition for Change DCC, also pledged their support to whoever wins the Presidential election, assuring that…
Simpsons’ Co-creator Dies At 59
The co-creator of the hit animated series, The Simpsons, has died, aged 59. Sam Simon had been battling colon cancer, his agent said on Monday. Simon won seven Emmy awards for his work as a writer, director and executive producer for the longest-running sitcom on American television. The Simpsons, which details the life of a…
Brazil Enacts Law to Prevent Women Abuse
Barely two days after the world celebrated the International Women’s Day, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has signed a new law which sets tough new penalties for the killing of women and girls in the country. Murders linked to domestic violence will carry sentences of between 12 and 30 years. The president said the new…
Gbagbo Sentenced to 20 years Imprisonment
An Abidjan court has sentenced Simone Gbagbo, former First Lady of Ivory Coast to 20 years in jail following her role in the violence that followed the country’s 2010 elections. The 65-year-old Gbagbo, had been charged with undermining state security. Laurent Gbagbo, her husband, and former Ivorian President is also awaiting trial at the International…
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