Dutch PM asks Ukraine to stop fighting near crash site
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Tuesday to ask Ukrainian forces to stop fighting around the MH17 crash site, a government spokesman said.
Oyeyemi reads riot act to reckless drivers
The new Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, has read riot act to motorists on reckless driving, saying that tougher sanctions await reckless motorists who goes against the rules.
Gunmen kidnap ex-gov Sylva’s uncle
YENAGOA — Unknown armed men have kidnapped the 86-year-old uncle of Chief Timipre Sylva, the immediate past governor of Bayelsa State.
Amalaha targets Rio Olympics gold
Chika Amalaha, Nigeria’s 2014 Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medallist, said in Glasgow, Scotland that her target was to win at the 2016 Olympics scheduled for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pressure mounts on Obi to dump APGA for PDP
There is intense pressure on the former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, to decamp from the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Works on ports’ access roads to end in two months — FG
The Federal Government has said repair works on access roads to the nation’s ports especially Apapa, will be completed in two months while awaiting the execution of the main contracts to .cushion the effect of the gridlock on the busy Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.
