#BringBackOurGirls: Youths, students give Jonathan 40 days ultimatum
Youths and Students in Borno state led by Comrade Yusuf Tom and Miss Fatima Zanna Maliki has given government 40 days from the day of the abduction of the female students in Chibok, Government Secondary School (April 14, 2014) by suspected members of the Boko Haram Insurgents, which is expected to lapse on May 24, 2014, stating that, if by then the girls were not released they are going to mobiles students nationwide and gathered at the Ramat Square in Maiduguri, where they hope to go on hunger strike until government do everything within it's power to release the abducted students.
75% Nigerians to access potable water in 2015 – Minister
The Federal Government says 75 per cent of Nigerians will have access to potable drinking water by 2015 as part of effort to meet the Millennium Development Goal seven target (MDG7).
Online media and abuse of Press freedom
THE notion of a free press emanated after resilient agitation against the early authoritarian stance towards the press in the society. It is pertinent to say that nations have developed from the philosophy of absolutism where both private and public owned media existed to service the government of the day, to a more rational and free society where media can check the excesses of government.
Jonathan keeps Nigerians guessing over his future
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday kept Nigeria guessing over whether or not he will seek re-election, saying the issue was not important at the present time.
Eagles have good chance of excelling at Brazil 2014, says Turkish ambassador
Turkey’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Mustafa Pulat, on Sunday in Abuja said Nigeria’s Super Eagles have “a good chance’’ of excelling at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil in June.
Abduction: WAEC chief indicts Borno government officials
The Head of National Office of WAEC, Mr Charles Eguridu, says the Borno government officials should be blamed for the abduction of school girls in Chibok.
BringBackOurGirls: Jonathan decries Shettima wife’s absence at stakeholders meeting
irst lady Patience Jonathan on Monday expressed displeasure at the absence of Hajiya Nana Shettima, wife of the Borno governor, at a second enlarged stakeholders’ meeting on the abducted school girls.
Security to the fore as Nigeria hosts ‘Africa’s Davos
Nigeria hosts the World Economic Forum on Africa summit this week under tight security after two deadly car bomb attacks raised fears about a possible spread of Islamist militant violence.
Cargo ship sinks, 11 missing near Hong Kong: officials
Authorities launched an air and sea rescue operation Monday to find 11 crew members from a Chinese cargo ship after it collided with another vessel and sank just outside Hong Kong’s teeming waters.
Muslim students call for national fasting over Chibok girls
The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSS), yesterday urged Nigerians to embark on fasting and prayer for the safe return of the students abducted in Chibok, Borno, on April 14.
Police search for killers of beheaded 40-yr-old woman in Bayelsa
The police in Bayelsa State have intensified search for the killers of a 40-year-old woman found last week with her head cut off in a bush behind the state owned palm estate in the Azikoro area of Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
