Patience Jonathan to address forum of first ladies at UN General Assembly
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, will participate at the High Level Forum for First Ladies at the 68th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Police lied about my rescue – Archbishop Kattey
ARCHBISHOP of Niger Delta Province of Nigerian Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Ignatius Kattey, yesterday, accused the Nigeria Police of lying over their claim that they secured his release from the kidnappers who abducted him penultimate Friday.
Stay away from NASS, Reps warn Tukur
MEMBERs of the House of Representatives, yesterday, declared the National Assembly a no go area for chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur.
23 killed, 100 houses, shops burnt in Borno
Barely a day after the military authorities claimed that its troops had killed more than 150 Boko Haram terrorists and lost 16 of its personnel in an encounter in Maiduguri, no fewer than 23 persons were, yesterday, slaughtered in separate attacks in Kaga town, headquarters of Beneshiek Local Government Area of Borno State, as well as along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road by suspected Boko Haram terrorists who disguised in military camouflage uniforms.
Alleged N10.6m fraud: Police declare Anambra commissioner wanted
The Special Fraud Unit, SFU of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, has declared the Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Vincent Ejikeme Ezewajiaku wanted for allegedly obtaining the sum of N10. 6 Million by false pretense and forgery.
HIV/AIDS kills 300,000 Nigerians, orphans 1.5m children annually
Over 300,000 Nigerians die annually from complications arising from HIV/AIDS, while no fewer than 1.5 million children are orphaned yearly by the deadly virus in the country.
