Following Tuesday’s fire incident at its Johannesburg, South Africa studios, organizers of the popular Big Brother Africa, BBA, television reality show have announced the suspension of this years’ edition of the show. M-Net and Endemol, the South African producers of the programme, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of this year’s edition of the reality show.…
British Deputy High Commissioner Dies in Lagos
Carter Leslie, the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, has died of a heart attack after he collapsed at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos. Leslie reportedly slumped on arrival in Nigeria aboard a Delta Airlines on his way from Atlanta, Georgia. A mild drama occurred at the airport when Leslie fell, as many feared…
US to Verify Journalist’s Beheading Video
Officials of the United States said intelligence experts are working to determine the authenticity of a video released on Tuesday portraying the beheading of another US journalist. Two weeks after the gruesome murder of James Foley, American war reporter by members of the ISIS insurgency, it appears the group has lived up to its threat…
Panic In LUTH As Patient With Ebola Symptoms Dies
The death of a patient suspected to have contracted the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD has caused panic among doctors and patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos. A doctor at the teaching hospital, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the development on Tuesday. The doctor said that the patient was brought into the hospital…
NUJ Media Games: TELL Triumphs Over NAN
Tell Communications Limited football team on Tuesday recorded a second match victory at the ongoing 2014 MedView/Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Media Games. The TELL team defeated the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN team by a lone goal scored by Aleem Murtala to qualify for the quarter finals of the competition making their third…
FG introduces e-curriculum for schools
The Federal Government has introduced e-curriculum for senior secondary school education as part of efforts to reform and strengthen the quality of education in the country. While briefing newsmen at a news conference ahead of the formal launching of the e-teaching and learning platform on Tuesday, Professor Godswill Obioma, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian…
Frankfurt court Bans Uber in Germany
Uber, a car pick-up service has been banned across Germany after a court in Frankfurt ruled that the firm lacked the necessary legal credentials to operate under German law. The legal battle began last week when the firm was told that its “low-cost” UberPop service could no longer take passengers and will face a fine…
‘My Election Is Irreversible’ – Giwa
Christopher Giwa, factional chairman, Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has said that the election that brought him into office on Tuesday August 26 in Abuja was irreversible. While speaking to journalists at the NFF secretariat in Abuja, Giwa assured that there would not be a repeat election on September 4 as has been widely speculated by…
NFF Crisis: Giwa Sacks League Management Committee
Chris Giwa, the new chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Monday night, sacked the League Management Committee, LMC for allegedly sabotaging the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football League season. In a communiqué read by Obinna Ogba, first Vice Chairman of the NFF, after the maiden meeting of the board held in Abuja on Monday…
Impeached Enugu Deputy Governor Redeployed
The government of Enugu State has redeployed Sunday Onyebuchi, impeached deputy Governor, to the state civil service. This came as Sullivan Chime, the state governor swore in Raphael Ifeanyi Nwoye as the new Deputy Governor on Monday. Chime in his speech announced the redeployment of the impeached Deputy Governor to the State Civil Service as…
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