US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was worried that people left homeless or otherwise hit by superstorm Sandy might be slammed again by severe weather later this week.

Dapo Oyabanjo’s dreams are unfolding before his own eyes, he wanted to make collaborations with international acts, he got it, he wanted to be signed on an international label and be a heavy weight on the music stage, he got it, now he is the proud winner of this year’s Music of Black Origin MOBO award.

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday shot the Managing Director of Nigerian Compass,Mr. Sina Kawonise and his police orderly.

Kawonise who was former Commissioner of Information during ex-governor Gbenga Daniel was reportedly attacked by gunmen around Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State on his way back from Akwa, Anambra State

United to unveil Ferguson statue

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, Nov 6, 2012 (AFP) – Manchester United will unveil a statue of manager Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford later this month, the English Premier League giants have announced.

Ferguson, who on Tuesday celebrated his 26th anniversary as United manager following a successful spell in charge of Scottish side Aberdeen, will see the 9ft (2.74m) high bronze work by sculptor Philip Jackson unveiled on Friday, November 23.

A United statement said: “It will be placed in a prominent position near the entrance to the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand — formerly the North Stand which was renamed in his honour last year.

“The club will also be unveiling new artwork and installations in the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand concourses which will illustrate the manager’s achievements throughout his United career.”

Jackson’s work will go on public display for the first time the day before Queens Park Rangers, Ferguson’s initial opponents in his maiden home match as United manager, visit Old Trafford.

Ferguson is widely regarded as one of British football’s greatest managers, having won 12 English titles and two Champions League trophies with United among a clutch of trophies in addition to the three Scottish championships and the European Cup Winners’ Cup he brought to Aberdeen.

He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999 in recognition of his services to the game.

His statue will be the latest piece of sculpture at Old Trafford, with permanent statues of late United manager Matt Busby, who guided the club to their first European Cup title in 1968 and the “United Trinity” of 1960s stars George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton outside the ground.

New Jersey voters on Tuesday formed impatient lines amid rubble and rotting rubbish left by superstorm Sandy as election officials scrambled to be ready for the US presidential vote.

West African army chiefs met Tuesday to study a proposal drafted by international experts on how their troops could expel Islamic extremists who have occupied northern Mali for months.

Hamat Bah, the leader of the Gambian opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP), has called on Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, to step in and help Gambia start “national dialogue”, a local paper reported Monday.

Some financial experts have expressed mixed reactions to the advice by the IMF that crude oil price benchmark used for 2013 budget should not be increased above 75 dollars per barrel.

The Federal Government has concluded plans to establish a National Debate Academy which will train students on how to debate local, national, and internationally issues.

In four out of every five conversations about the American elections, the greatness of America’s democracy is touted. Never mind that this notion is purely derived from observation, the certainty with which the conclusion is reached, especially by people who most likely have never left the shores of Nigeria, speaks a great deal to America’s favour. From the spread of American culture across the world, through her impact on global technology, to the strength and might of her military; America’s position as the most advanced civilisation of the modern world is perhaps not open to contest.

The South African Reserve Bank on Tuesday rolled out new bank notes bearing the face of the country’s first black president Nelson Mandela, the latest monument to the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon.

Explosions and gunfire rocked Gashua , a town in Yobe state, Tuesday and prompted a military deployment, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, residents and the army said.

At least two people were wounded in the Kenyan capital when a bomb was set off in the Eastleigh neighbourhood of Nairobi, the latest in a string of attacks, police said Tuesday.

THE US elections today highlight the centrality of the people to a country’s politics. All the issues are about the welfare of Americans. Whether in war or peace, America is in perpetual search for resources to improve its peoples.

A 42-year old commercial motorcycle operator popularly called Okada rider, Mr. Sunday Udoh, yesterday, stripped himself when a team of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Agency Taskforce attempted to arrest him for violating the road traffic law.