Nigeria makes steady progress to stop polio
ANEW global report on polio has shown that Nigeria has made considerable progress toward polio eradication in the last 18 months.
According to the report published in the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, MMWR, , since late November 2013, no Wild PolioVirus 3 cases had been reported for more than a year.
US court rejects Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s appeal of life sentence
The life sentence of the “underwear bomber” was upheld on Monday by a federal appeals court.
Police move to forestall face-off between Muslim groups
The Plateau State Police Command has initiated a peace meeting between two Muslim groups in the state following tension over today’s Eid-Maulud celebration to mark the birthday of Prophet Mohammed which one of the groups does not believe in.
Man machetes rival to death in lover’s house
35-year-old man, Olusola Akiniwesi, has murdered his rival, Oriola Akinduko, in cold blood while having sex with his lover, Aina Afolabi, in Idanre area of Ondo State.
Everybody Wants University Place
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has decided that candidates in the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, would compulsorily register only one university, one polytechnic, one college of education and one innovative enterprise institute. It is considered a solution to challenges with admissions to higher institutions.
Senate, Reps disagree over funding of national conference
Proposals to hold a National Conference next month were yesterday in danger of derailing following disagreements between the two houses of the National Assembly over funding for the conference.
Omo Omoruyi’s children contest will in court
Barely two months after the remains of erudite Professor of Political Science and former Director- General of defunct Centre for Democratic Studies, CDS, Prof. Omo Omoruyi, was committed to mother earth, his will has become a subject of litigation, as two of his children have gone to a state High Court sitting in Benin, to contest its contents
PDP crisis: Only a convention can remove me – TUKUR
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, yesterday, brushed aside a revolt by the National Working Committee, NWC, members of the party and insisted that only the National Convention of the party can remove him from office.
Police nab mastermind of Lagos airport robberies, 4 others
The police in Lagos State, yesterday, said they have arrested a 29-year-old man, Samuel Mayegun, aka, Asiwaju, who masterminded the 2012 and 2013 robberies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
Car dealer shot dead in Ondo
A 47-year-old car dealer, Yusuf Wole Brown, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
AIC/FAAN face-off: FAAN has no regard for court order— Akande
THE face-off between the A.I.C Hotels Limited and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, yesterday, took a new twist as FAAN pulled down the fence on the disputed land between it and hotel.
