Timothy Ibitoye, Ogun State resident electoral commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Monday, March 2, corrected conflicting figures as far as Personal Voters Card, PVC, is concerned in Ogun State. Ibitoye said the actual number of registered voters are 1, 795, 794, while the PVC received so far from the National Headquarters…
ISIS Threatens Twitter Over Blocked Accounts
Members of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, have threatened to kill Twitter employees and co-founder Jack Dorsey over the social network’s practice of blocking accounts associated with the group. In an Arabic post uploaded to the image-sharing site JustPaste.it, the group told Twitter “your virtual war on us will cause a real…
Namibian President Wins Best African Leader Award
Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the world’s most valuable individual award, the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. The $5m (£3.2m) award is given each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office. Pohamba, a former rebel who fought for his country’s independence, has served two terms…
Fuel Scarcity Hits Lagos, Abuja
Motorists and residents of Lagos, Abuja, Kwara and Oyo states are having hard times getting fuel at the filling stations as the nationwide strike embarked upon by oil workers has led to scarcity of fuel in some major cities in the country. Long queues are seen at different filling stations. Motorists now pay between N105…
Iraq Launches Military Operation Against ISIS
Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State. Troops and militia attacked different fronts backed by airstrikes from Iraqi fighter jets. According to the Iraqi government, military forces are advancing into the city. Tikrit is150km (95 miles) north of the capital Baghdad and was seized by IS…
Sierra Leone Vice President in Self Quarantine
Sam Sumana, the Vice President of Sierra Leone, has placed himself in quarantine, because of the recent death of one of his guards due to the Ebola Virus Disease. The Vice President took this decision just as the country introduces travel restriction as the number of cases of Ebola continues to rise. Sumana has placed…
Jonathan Urges Christian Pilgrims To Pray for Nigeria
As the federal government intensifies its campaign against the Boko Haram insurgency group, President Goodluck Jonathan has urged prospective Easter Christian pilgrims to pray for peace in the country and the total defeat of the terror group. The President who was represented by Willy Obiano the Anambra State governor, gave the advice at the launch…
Epe Council of Obas Endorse Ambode
Ahead of the April 11 governorship election in Lagos State, the Epe Council of Obas has unanimously endorsed the candidacy of Akinwunmi Ambode, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the state. The endorsement came on March 1, during a meeting between Ambode and the Obas at the Palace of the Alara of Ilara, His…
Islamic State frees 19 Kidnapped Christians
Not less than 19 members of an Assyrian Christian community kidnapped by Islamic State, IS, in north-eastern Syria have been released. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said an Assyrian commander informed about their release. The Assyrian Human Rights Network said the captives gained their freedom after a Sharia court ordered them to…
HIV/AIDS: Police Arrest Teacher for Infecting Students
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested Alhassan Adamu, a teacher at Tappare-Ganye Community Islamic centre, for allegedly raping and infecting at least one student of the centre with HIV/AIDS. Confirming the arrest, Othman Abubakar, the police spokesperson, said the suspect is in their custody and helping the police to ascertain the allegations levelled against…
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