Two dead in Brazil World Cup stadium accident
Two people were killed and another injured Wednesday by the collapse of a crane on the site of a Sao Paulo stadium that will host the opening game of next year's World Cup, authorities said.
Count PDP out of Anambra supplementary poll —Nwoye
THE governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Anambra gubernatorial election, Mr. Tony Nwoye said yesterday that his party will not be part of the supplementary election in 211 polling units as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for next Saturday, November 30.
Defection of G7 govs: Hope has been rekindled – Peterside
YESTERDAY’S decamping of most G-7 governors and members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) to the All Peoples Congress (APC) elicited mixed reactions in the polity.
Presidency dismisses defection of G7 govs as non-issue
The Special Ad-viser to the President on Political Affairs, Ahmed Gulak, has dismissed the defection of some G-7 governors from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressive Congress, APC, saying their action does not pose any threat to the ruling party.
Man, 45, allegedly rapes 75-yr-old woman in Ekiti
A 45-year-old farmer, Lawrence Adedapo, is now in Police custody for allegedly forcibly having carnal knowledge of a 75-year-old woman, Grace Asaolu, at Ogbese Camp, Ise-Ekiti in Ise-Orun Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
Tackling poverty in Nigeria
Once again, the Federal Government came out hotly in self-defence over charges of worsening poverty rate in Nigeria.
