UN ready to battle DR Congo rebels with ‘offensive’ peacekeeping
The UN Security Council has unanimously approved the first-ever "offensive" UN peacekeeping brigade to battle rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which on Friday hailed the move as a turning point for its restive east.
We’ll compensate Nigerians with a bronze, says Obuh
Flying Eagles chief coach, John Obuh has sworn that his team cannot afford to lose two matches in quick succession, particularly, as the Flying Eagles will be battling for the bronze medal today with Mali, the team that first handed them a 1-0 defeat in Group B ‘s opening match.
Court bars NBA from collecting practising fee
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, restrained the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, from collecting the newly introduced practising fee for lawyers in the country.
Don’t defect to opposition parties, PDP youths beg govs
NATIONAL co-ordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth Vanguard, Ambassador Ibrahim Bala Aboki, yesterday pleaded with governors elected on the platform of the party, especially those rumoured with plans to dump the PDP, to jettison the idea.
No plans to remove subsidy – Presidency
The Presidency, yesterday, said it had no plans to remove oil subsidy. Presidential Spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, in a statement in Abuja, said despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent remark concerning subsidy, the administration, as a matter of policy, had no plans in that direction.
Police/NSCDC clash: Jonathan directs DSS to take over investigation
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, directed the Department of State Security, DSS, to investigate Wednesday’s clash between the Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ikorodu area of Lagos, which resulted in the death of two NSCDC personnel.
