Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean President, and Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister who was on a visit to Zimbabwe on Tuesday condemned the West-led sanctions on the two countries as the leaders launched a $4billion joint platinum mine venture that is to become the largest in Zimbabwe. Speaking at a joint press briefing after their meeting at…
Ebola: Rivers to Shut Down Schools Without Pipe-Borne Water
The Rivers State Government has warned that it would shut down all primary and secondary schools that lack pipe borne water across the state. Alice Nemi, the State Commissioner for Education gave the warning in Port Harcourt during a sensitisation workshop on Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. Speaking at the workshop, which was jointly organised by…
Collapsed Building: Synagogue Church and CCTV Recording
Four days after the unfortunate collapse of a building inside the premises of the Synagogue Church of all Nations, Ejigbo, Lagos, the church has continued to insist on its argument that a ‘mysterious’ aircraft was responsible for the collapse of the building. Although this claim is still being investigated by the appropriate authorities, including the…
Champagne to challenge Blatter for FIFA Presidency
Frenchman Jerome Champagne has confirmed his plans to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA Presidency. The 56-year-old former diplomat had worked for FIFA for 11 years as an executive before leaving in 2010. “I have just written to the FIFA Ad-hoc Electoral Committee and its president, Domenico Scala, to confirm my intention to run for…
Ukraine rebels get self-rule and amnesty
Rebel-controlled regions of eastern Ukraine have been granted self-rule and fighters given an amnesty, under a new law adopted by the parliament. The actions are in line with the September 5 ceasefire agreement signed by President Petro Poroshenko. The amnesty affects rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but does not cover the shooting down of…
Ebola: Nigeria, Liberia to receive 20m pairs of gloves
Najib Razak, Malaysia Prime Minister said Nigeria and four African countries would receive 20 million pairs of medical gloves to fight Ebola. The other benefiting countries are Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He said that the donation was in response to the complaints by the medical experts, that the shortage…
US to send troops to fight Ebola in West Africa
Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, is to announce plans on Tuesday to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to help in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. It is understood that the US military will oversee the building of new treatment centres and help train medical staff. There has been…
Mutiny: Military Court sentence twelve soldiers to death
A military court sitting in Abuja on Monday found 13 out of the 18 soldiers standing trial for mutiny and other offences guilty, sentencing 12 to death, 5 were discharged and acquitted while the remaining one was jailed for 28 days with hard labour. The soldiers had on May 14, 2014 fired shots at the…
Synagogue Church Death Toll Hits 60
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has said that the death toll at the collapsed building of Synagogue Church of All Nations now stands at 60 with 131 survivors.
“We have an idea of where missing jet could be” – Amosu, Chief of AirStaff
The Nigerian Air force, on Monday, said it has an idea of the location of its Alpha fighter jet that went missing after a military operation in Konduga, Borno State. Adesola Amosu, the Chief of Air Staff disclosed this in an interviewwith journalists after meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice, Namadi Sambo, on…
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