Five injured, eight trailers burnt in separate accidents
Five persons sustained injury in an accident that occured in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, Friday when an 18- seater Toyota Hiace Hummer bus somersaulted and ran into a fence. Also in another incident, not less than eight trucks got burnt in a fire incident that gutted the premises of the Gateway Portland Cement factory at K6, Abeokuta-Lagos road
Odemwingie stands ground over transfer farce
Striker Peter Odemwingie has dismissed criticism from his club West Bromwich Albion over his bizarre attempt to force through a transfer to Queens Park Rangers on Thursday.
Afcon: Musician Gyan strikes right notes for Ghana
Ghana skipper and part-time musician Asamoah Gyan has hit the right notes leading up to Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against Cape Verde here.
Two guards killed in blast outside US embassy in Turkey
Two security guards were killed in a blast outside the US embassy in Ankara on Friday, local television reported, amid speculation it was a suicide attack.
Farouk Lawan, Emenalo arraigned, remanded in prison
The Chairman of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Adhoc Committee for the probe of the oil subsidy, Hon. Lawan Farouk and the Committee’s Secretary, Hon. Boniface Emenalo were on Friday arraigned before an Abuja High Court on a seven count charge for allegedly soliciting for and obtaining the sum of $620,000 from the chairman of Zenon Oil, Mr Femi Otedola.
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 […]
Ghost worker: Delta suspends e-payment of salary
The Delta Government announced on Thursday the suspension of e-payment of workers’ salaries with effect from January.
Robbers kill choir master in Adamawa
Suspected armed robbers on Thursday shot dead the choir master of Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) in Girei, headquarters of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa.
Snapped cable electrocutes PHCN staff, security guard in Lagos
Tragedy struck, yesterday, in Ikosi area of Lagos, after a high tension wire snapped off a pole, electrocuting a staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria Limited, PHCN, and a security guard.
Justice Talba not to blame for pension judgment – SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Jibrin Okutepa, said on Thursday that Justice Abdulsalam Talba was not to blame for the judgment passed on John Yusuf over the theft of police pension funds.
Afcon: Mikel warns Eagles
Chelsea forward John Obi Mikel has warned his Eagles teammate reckons Nigeria should nott fear Ivory Coast ahead of Sunday’s epic quarter-final clash, with team-mate Emmanuel Emenike in agreement.
