Suicide bomber kills 19 at Pakistan mosques
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite Muslim mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding dozens as worshippers poured out of weekly prayers, officials said. The bomber detonated explosives packed into a motorcycle in a narrow lane containing both the Shiite and a Sunni Muslim mosque in the […]
Trespassers ‘ll be shot, survivors ‘ll be re-shot
It is human nature to be afraid of the known. Many people dread signs boldly written DANGER! Such signs come from Power Holding Company a.k.a NEPA. People would always stay away from such places for fear of death.
How pumpkin leaves prevent premature ageing
Fluted pumpkin belongs to the leafy green family. It is a valuable commercial crop grown across the low-land humid tropics of West Africa. “Ugu”, are highly nutritious and very rich in potassium, calcium, iron and some folic acid.
The old lion roars back
A RECENT news item caught my attention ‘the deposed Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki said the 36 states and 774 local governments in the country were gulping so much of the nation’s resources and under developing the country. At a news conference to mark the 47 years of the late premier of the Northern Region, […]
Fashola chides critics over ‘borrowing for dev’
GOVERNOR Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, faulted critics of the state government’s borrowing for development strategy, saying “such criticisms show that they have shallow knowledge about economics.”
Reps postpone unveiling of constitution review report
…Over alleged doctoring of report
ABUJA—THE much celebrated review of the 1999 constitution by the House of Representatives ran into troubled waters Thursday as it was alleged that the report of Emeka Ihedioha led ad-hoc committee had been doctored.
