The Lagos Chapter of the Nigeria Union Of Journalists, NUJ annual Games will hold from Monday, September 7 to Saturday, September 12 at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. The events would include Football competition, athletics, “Ayo”, Chess, Draughts, Marathon, Scrabble, Table Tennis and Tug of war. The football event would involve 16 teams drawn into four…
EU Commission seeks solutions to Migration crisis
The current migrant crisis rocking Europe has assumed another dimension, as Hungarian government has stopped migrants headed for Germany and other European countries from proceeding in their journey. Instead, the government camped them at Budapest’s Keleti train station, where they had purchased tickets to continue with their journey. This development has led to a wave…
Adefuye, Nigeria Ambassador To The United States, Is Dead.
Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, who served as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States, died yesterday at the age of 68 at an undisclosed hospital in Washington DC. He was Nigeria’s ambassador to the US from 2010 until his death. Ambassador Adefuye was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state in 1947. He studied History at the University…
NNPC Cancels Offshore SWAP Deal
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced the cancellation of the Offshore Processing Agreements entered Into in January 2015, with three companies namely, Duke Oil Company Inc., Aiteo Energy Resources Limited and Sahara Energy Resources Limited. The deal, initiated by the Jonathan administration, saw the NNPC allocate 210,000 barrels per day of crude oil…
The Longest Birthday Ever
Sven Hagemeier, from Leipzig, Germany, recently received a 26th birthday gift he will never forget. After flying across three countries in different time zones within 14 hours in last August, which ended up prolonging his birthday by 46 hours, Hagemeier received a Guinness World Record prize for the ‘longest birthday ever.’ His attempt beat the…
Future Awards Africa Call for Entries
The next edition of The Future Awards Africa, one of Africa’s youth awards, will hold in December this year. This was contained in a press statement by the organisers, The Future Project. This year’s event, the tenth in the series, will be preceded by town hall meetings in 10 African cities: Durban, Johannesburg, Dakar, Accra,…
Monsoon Floods Displace Thousands In Southern Asia
Heavy rainfall has resulted in devastating floods in many parts of Asia over the past few weeks. The countries affected are China, Pakistan, India and Myanmar. Because of its devastating effect on Myanmar, the government has declared a state of emergency in four regions as flood worsens across the country. Over the past month, heavy…
Ebola Vaccine Discovered?
Its trial, if eventually found to be safe and effective, will go a long way to help . It will also be the breakthrough researchers are aiming at in proving a vaccine that would help curb the devastating effect of Ebola on human lives. Recently, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston,…
Bobbi Kristina Brown Dies After Months In Coma
It was another tragedy yesterday for the Houston-Brown family, as the only daughter of late superstar Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, Bobby Kristina Brown died Sunday at the age of 22. The family posted a photo of Whitney with Bobby Kristina as a baby on whitneyhouston.com with the message: “It is hard to say…
Students protest UNILAG 250 cut off mark
Aggrieved parents and students who are applying for the 2015/2016 post UTME exams this morning gathered at the entrance gate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, in a peaceful protest for their ineligibility to register for the post UTME exam. The university has just recently opened sales of her post UTME exam…
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