The US is to send 1,500 more non-combat troops to Iraq to boost Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State, IS, militants. The latest deployment will more than double the US presence in Iraq. President Barack Obama authorised the deployment following a request from Iraq’s government. IS militants control large areas of Iraq and Syria but have…
Boko Haram: Emir Of Kano Calls for More Efforts from Government
Muhammad Sanusi 11, Emir of Kano has appealed to the federal government to handle the issue of insecurity in Nigeria with maximum effort. Sanusi charged the federal government to listen to the advice of statesmen from the troubled northern region since the present strategies by the government has not been fruitful. “I appeal to FG…
‘Boko Haram has been commercialised in Nigeria’ – Rochas Okorocha
Rochas Okorocha, governor, Imo State, has said that the current insecurity challenge in Nigeria can be tackled if the government engages community leaders and the people in the affected areas. He stated this yesterday in Owerri while receiving journalists who had come to Imo State for the annual Nigeria Media Merit Awards, NMMA. He urged…
INEC Extends PVC Issuance in Lagos
Adekunle Ogunmola, Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, has announced that issuance of Permanent Voter Cards, PVC in the state would be extended by one day. While addressing newsmen in Lagos, Ogunmola said the collection of the cards and Continuous Voters Registration is extended as a result of late supply of materials, which caused a delay…
Ebola: Nigeria Donates drugs, Supplies to Sierra Leone
In a bid to help its neighbours overcome the Ebola Virus Disease, the Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday announced that it has donated drugs and supplies worth more than $249,000 to Sierra Leone. This was contained in a statement released and signed by the Ministry of Health’s spokesperson, Ayo Adesugba. According to the ministry,…
TELL Holds Education Forum In Abuja
TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL magazine and Broad Street Journal, in partnership with Sojourn Global Services, an innovation organization, is set to hold a Higher Education Forum. Titled, “Innovate and Lead,” the forum, which holds between Monday, November 10 and Tuesday November, 11, 2014 at the Conference Hall, NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja, is a…
Meet Mckenzie, the shoeless man
Pete Mckenzie an English man has been walking barefooted for close to 50 years. He was in his early 20s when he started going barefoot, and despite repeated pleas from his mother to put on some shoes, he eventually stopped wearing them altogether. “I won’t put the buggers back on until the day I die,”…
Court to Decide Nyako’s Fate on Adamawa Governorship Today
A Lagos Federal High Court will today, rule in a rights enforcement suit seeking the reinstatement of Murtala Nyako, impeached Governor of Adamawa State. Olukoya Ogungbeje, a lawyer and rights activist, had filed the suit in August arguing that Nyako’s impeachment on July 15 was totally illegal. Okon Abang, the trial judge had earlier fixed…
Dino Melaye Slams FG Over Corruption
Dino Melaye, a former member of the House of Representatives, has described as disastrous and unimaginable the level of tolerance that Nigerians have shown for corruption under the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan-led administration. He added that the president has left a scar in the conscience of humanity. “GEJ has left a scar in the conscience…
Bank Robbery: Two Die In Port Harcourt
Two suspected members of an armed robbery gang have been killed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital in a shootout with police officers attached to the state’s police command. According to the statement obtained from the twitter handle of the Nigerian Police Force, the suspects had launched a robbery operation on EcoBank located on…
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