The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday decided to throw open the race for its Presidential ticket ahead of the 2015 general elections. This was announced by the national publicity secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh, in a statement issued in Abuja. Metuh said all the aspirants who had paid for the…
2015: Aderanti Meets Lagos Political Stakeholders
Ahead of the 2015 General elections, the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has announced that it will meet with stakeholders of all registered political parties in the state on Tuesday, November 4. In a statement signed and released to reporters on Monday by Ken Nwosu, spokesman of the command, the police said…
How Three Norwegians traveled 19 Countries in A Day
Three friends from Norway; Gunnar Garfors, 39, Tay-young Pak, 42, and Oystein Djupvik, 40 have set a new world record for visiting the most number of countries in a day. They made it to 19 different countries across Europe in only 24 hours, beating the 2012 world record of 17 countries. Throughout the journey, they…
Edo Lawmaker Dies Of Kidney Failure
Peter Aliu, a member of the Edo State House of Assembly, representing Etsako East constituency, is dead. Aliu, 61, died in the morning of Monday, November 3 after a protracted illness traced to kidney failure. Until his death, the lawyer was the Chairman, House committee on appropriation and project monitoring. He was elected on the…
How to Decode A Dog’s Body Language
Researchers in North Carolina State University have created a dog harness outfitted with technology designed to ease interspecies communication with canines. The team of researchers said the harness includes technologies aimed at interpreting the body language signals used by dogs, as well as technologies designed to translate human language into signals the dogs will understand.…
Police Re-arrests 12 Prison Escapees
Men of the Nigeria Prison Service, NPS have re-arrested 12 out of the 144 inmates who escaped from the Koton-Karfe Prisons, Kogi State on Sunday, November 3. At about 9.30 pm on Sunday, unknown gunmen reportedly invaded the prison premises and released the 144 inmates from the facility where 26 convicts and 119 inmates awaiting…
ICPC Warns Against Fake Tax Clearance Certificates
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has sounded a note of warning to business organizations and private citizens who use fake tax clearance certificate, TCC, and audit reports to apply for contracts. In a statement released in Abuja, the ICPC said it is committed to bringing to book public officials who…
‘Women Should Also Serve In Politics’- Awosika
Abiola Awosika, professor of entrepreneurship, Olawoyin Awosika School of Innovative Studies, speaking at the annual Millennium Development Goal, MDG, awards, on Saturday, November 1, emphasised the need for women’s active participation in today’s Nigeria politics. “We serve men as daughters, as mothers, and as wives, so we also ought to be able to serve them…
First Heart Surgery on Foetus Performed in India
Doctors at a hospital in the southern city of Hyderabad have reportedly performed a heart surgery on a foetus in a 25-year-old woman’s womb. Nageswara Rao, the cardiac surgeon, said in Hyderabad that in a medical feat, the surgery was the first to be carried out in India. The doctors at Care Hospital said that…
FG Sacks Four PTDF Managers
The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources today, sacked four management staff of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF. Kalu Otisi, PTDF’s Head of Press and External Relations said in a brief statement that the affected persons were managers and no reasons have been given for their sack. Otisi said the notice was issued following a…
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