Staff of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State shut down the institution on January 23. This was due to alleged plan by the management to sack all staff that participated in a recent protest against Isaac Asuzu, the Vice Chancellor of the institution. The staff had earlier in December 2014 protested against Asuzu for reasons,…
FIFA Clears Switzerland Player Ukoh For Nigeria
The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, has cleared a former Switzerland U-20 international, Steven Archibong Effiong Ukoh to represent Nigeria at full international level. The Nigeria Football Federation announced this on Thursday. The player, described as a versatile midfielder, was born on June 19, 1991 to Nigerian parents in Berne, Switzerland, and currently plays…
South African Emerges Miss World
By Oluwabukunmi Raufu Rolene Strauss, 22, has won the Miss World 2014 beauty pageant in London on Sunday. This year’s pageant was the 64th but it was nearly marred by tragedy after a Honduran beauty queen was found shot dead in a suspected crime of passion, days before she was due to take part in…
Gunmen Attack Police Post, Kill One In Kenya
Unknown gunmen on Thursday night killed a police officer and critically injured two others during an attack on a police post in Kilifi, a coastal town in Kenya. Albert Kobia, Kilifi County Commissioner, confirmed the incident on Friday. He said the police have launched investigation into the raid on an Administration Police camp in Mombasa…
Prosecutors To Appeal Pistorius Conviction
South African prosecutors were on Wednesday given the go ahead to appeal the culpable homicide verdict given to Paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius for the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The prosecuting team would now seek a murder conviction. If convicted of murder, Pistorius would be open to a prison sentence of at least 15…
Bomb Blast Rocks Kano Central Mosque
There has been an explosion at the Central Mosque, Kano this afternoon as Muslim faithful were observing the Friday Jumat service. The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido usually leads prayers at the mosque but he was said not to have been at the mosque this afternoon. Although casualty figures were yet to be ascertained as…
Spain’s Eccentric Duchess Dies at 88
Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fritz-James Stuart, Spain’s richest duchess today passed away at her Duenas Palace home in the southern city of Seville, Spain. According to a family spokesman, the Duchess of Alba aged 88 had been moved to her home on Tuesday night from an hospital where she was being treated for pneumonia. Known…
PDP Has Majority in Rivers But…
– Lolo Ibieneye, PDP chieftain, River State What is your position when it comes to zoning of the governorship slot in Rivers State? My position is simple. There is rotation, there is zoning properly entrenched in the party constitution, recognised in the national constitution under federal character. Two things are fundamental: The position in PDP…
TELL Wins News Magazine of the Year Award Again
The year 2014 is another outstanding and rewarding one for TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL magazine, as its reporters swept 13 out of 39 awards at the just concluded 2014 Nigerian Media Merit Awards, NMMA, held in Owerri, Imo State on Saturday. TELL magazine, which won the WAMCO Prize for Newsmagazine of the year,…
Why Ex-Militants Are Battling Amaechi
It is not in doubt that governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State is having a running battle with some ex-militants from the Niger Delta region. And their no love lost relationship dates way back to a period before the Federal Government entered into a general amnesty with the militants. Amaechi was known for his tough…
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