Electricity workers threaten shut down of power supply
Fears that workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, may not get severance benefits before the assets of PHCN are handed over to the new owners heightened yesterday as the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, accused the Federal Government of deploying troops to PHCN facilities ahead of the November 1 planned hand-over to new owners.
Brazil’s sports minister to resign before 2014 World Cup
Brazil’s Sports Minister, Aldo Rebelo, is to stand down in December just six months before the country’s hosting of the 2014 World Cup.
Police arraign 40-yr-old driver for manslaughter
The police on Thursday arraigned a driver, Adewale Adesanya, 40, before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on a two-count charge of manslaughter and reckless driving.
We have to defend our style of play, values – Wenger
LONDON (AFP) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday that his club will not abandon their principles despite beginning to make their presence felt in the transfer market. Buoyed by the club-record £42.4 million ($66 million, 50 million euros) purchase of Mesut Ozil, Arsenal won five of their first seven Premier League games and […]
ICC has never targeted any African country: president
BUCHAREST (AFP) – The president of the International Criminal Court said Thursday it has never “targeted any African country”, claiming any such criticism was “regrettable”. “We never chased any African country, we didn’t do anything in this respect, they brought their own situation to us,” Korean judge Sang-Hyun Song told AFP in Bucharest.
Suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq village
A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle rigged with explosives in a village in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing 15 people, while two died in other attacks, officials said.
