Opposition parties can defeat PDP – Utomi, Ewuga
FORMER presidential candidate of African Democratic Party, Professor Pat Utomi and Senator Solomon Ewuga representing Nasarawa North, yesterday, maintained that if opposition parties in Nigeria closed ranks and presented a viable alternative they could defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) come 2015.
Igbo traders protest in Benin, calls for Maj.Loye’s sack
BARELY one week after he was sworn in as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment by Governor Adams Oshiomhole, thousands of Igbo traders at Mission Road, Benin City, Monday, protested to the state Government House calling for the removal of Maj.Lawrence Loye, over what they described as unwarranted closure of their shops in the area.
Flag waving crowd awaits Obama inaugural address
Barack Obama arrived at the US Capitol building Monday as an expectant flag-waving crowd of hundreds of thousands of people awaited his inauguration as American president for a second term.
Banks close shop over bomb scare in Kano
Banks in Kano, Monday afternoon, hurriedly closed shop following the recovery and detonation of high caliber Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs) planted in one of the first generation banks located within the Kano Business District.
Computer model helps researchers pinpoint cancer ‘fingerprints’
A new computer model created by researchers at the U.K.-based Wellcome rust Sanger Institute’s cancer genome project will help researchers to more accurately determine the various causes of cancer development, according to a study published this month in the journal Cell Reports.
Visit to Police College: ACN faults Jonathan on comments
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that while President Goodluck Jonathan’s surprise visit to the Police College in Ikeja last week, to see the decrepit state of the training institution, is commendable, the President again dropped the ball by his comments during the visit.
