The management of University of Jos on Monday took steps to avert another strike by the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

An explosion rocked the Rivers State High Court, Ahoda, premises, in the early hours of yesterday, though no casualty was recorded in the blast. The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, building was partially affected in the incident.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has debunked rumors making the round that he was fatally injured in an auto accident accident at Ewu, in Esan Central Local Government Area of the state on December 28, necessitating his being flown abroad for treatment.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a cruel irony the accusation of inconsistency and double standards levelled against its leaders by the presidency, saying an incompetent and flip flopping administration has no moral authority to point an accusing finger at anyone, least of all the patriotic and
respectable APC leadership.

Fourteen people, some of them children, were killed and 10 injured in a stampede that broke out as food was being distributed at a mosque in China’s Ningxia region, state media reported Monday.

APC hunts for presidential candidate

Edo State Government has expressed concern over what it described as the disturbing activities of unauthorised land speculators in the state and promised to deal decisively with the situation this year

All security agencies are involved in the probe of the allegation of training of snipers to deal with 1,000 Nigerians on a watch-list, it was learnt.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, stoked his campaign against perceived enemies of the country, saying that Nigeria “must be liberated from evil people”.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday in Abuja decried the misappropriation of the cabotage vessel financing funds.

Tambuwal made this observation at an investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee to investigate the application of the cabotage vessels financing fund.