Unidentified gunmen on Friday night barged into the premises of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Training School, Ikeja, Lagos, raping some female students in the hostels and dispossessing others of their belongings. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said that the Friday incident was the third time armed men would be attacking the school.…
US urge Nigeria to Help Other West African Countries tackle Ebola Outbreak
The United States government has implored Nigerian Government to send assistance to the three other countries in the West African sub-region that are affected by the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak. The Secretary of State on African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who stated this in an interview with journalists on Thursday during a courtesy visit to the…
House of Reps Asks Giwa to Vacate NFF Seat
The House of Representatives Committee on Sports has asked Chris Giwa, factional president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to leave the NFF offices in Abuja in accordance to the FIFA directive issued to Nigeria on Wednesday. The Committee had held several meetings with different factions of the crisis in the football house through the…
Tanker Drivers Threaten Strike Action
Petroleum Tanker Drivers branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has threatened to embark on a strike action if the Eleme Junction Road leading to the Port Harcourt Refinery, Rivers State, is not repaired. Salimon Oladiti, National President of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers on September 3 in Lagos said that some…
US Fast Food Workers Protest Low Wages
Fast-food workers in the United States, US on September 4, staged another day of protests in more than 150 US cities as they seek a doubling in hourly pay to $15 and the right to form a union. Organizers of the protest say it is the biggest protest to date, with fast-food workers from McDonald’s,…
Al-Qaeda Spreads Its Wing to South Asia
Al-Qaeda, a militant group, has extended its terror operations to India, South Asia. Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the group, announced that the group would raise its jihad flag across South Asia.“Al-Qaeda is an entity that was formed to promulgate the call of the reviving imam, Sheikh Osama Bin Laden. May Allah have mercy upon him.…
Ebola: Another Patient Dies In Port Harcourt
Onyebuchi Chukwu, the minister of health, has confirmed the death of another patient due to the Ebola Virus Disease in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday. The deceased, who is an elderly woman, was said to have shared the same room with the late Iyke Enemuo, a medical doctor, who treated Koye Olu-Ibukun, Nigerian ECOWAS…
FG Releases Unity Schools’ Admission List
The federal government has announced the release of the 2014 admission list into Federal Unity Colleges across the country. Announcing the result, Nyesom Wike, Minister of Education directed all prospective candidates to check their admission status online at http://www.fmeinterviewtest.com. The Minister stated that merit would henceforth be a major requirement in admitting students into the…
Two US Citizens found not guilty after 30 years In Jail
Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, two North Carolina men were declared innocent and ordered freed on Tuesday after more than 30 years in prison for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl that recent DNA tests linked to another man. Mentally disabled half brothers McCollum, 50, and Brown, 46, were teenagers when they were…
Ebola: NHRC To Prosecute Anyone Flouting Schools Resumption Date
Ben Angwe, Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has said that the Commission would ensure that appropriate punishment is imposed on persons, particularly private school proprietors who defy the Federal government’s directive that schools remain shut till October 13. The directive came on the heels of fears over the need to curtain…
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