FG confirms Ebola death in Lagos, warns citizens to be vigilant
Federal Government Friday confirmed the Ebola Virus death that claimed one Mr. Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian man suspected to have imported the deadly Ebola virus into Lagos.
IG orders tight security in violence prone states
Forty-eight hours after the twin Kaduna Bomb blast nearly claimed the lives of former military head of state, General Mohammadu Buhari and Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has set up a high powered team to investigate the terrorist acts.
60 students escape death as Enugu Shuttle bus goes up in flames
No fewer than 60 students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), yesterday, narrowly. escaped death following a mysterious fire that engulfed the Coal City Shuttle bus conveying them from the
permanent site of the institution in Agbani, Nkanu West council to city centre.
Jonathan reassures international community on credible polls in 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday night reassured the international community of his administration’s commitment to credible and peaceful elections in 2015.
Bridges and the cost of democracy
ON January 4, 1966, the then Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966) commissioned the Onitsha/AsabaBridge popularly called the Niger Bridge. It was his last engagement outside Lagos.
Hopes shatter as no one survives Air Algerie plane crash
France announced on Friday there were no survivors among the 116 people on board the Air Algerie flight that crashed over Mali, saying bad weather was the likely cause of the disaster.
Job creation: The Abia example
Recently at Bende headquarters of Bende council area in Abia State, the state governor, Chief Theodore Orji in continuation of his government’s youth empowerment programme gave out 200 vehicles to unemployed youths, and N2 million each to 13 unemployed graduates.
Sallah : Police ready to provide security, says AIG
Alhaji Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector General of Police ( AIG) In charge of Zone10, said in Sokoto on Thursday that elaborate security measures had been put in place to ensure hitch-free Sallah celebration.
Fears as man falls ill with Ebola-like symptoms in Lagos
A Liberian man has been hospitalised in Lagos with Ebola-like symptoms, but it is not yet clear if he is infected with the killer virus, Nigerian officials said Thursday.
Politicians buy human parts from me, says suspect
ILORIN —The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, Mr Ambrose Aisabor, yesterday, paraded two suspects, among others, for dealing in human parts.
IBB flays attack on Buhari, says this bloodletting must stop
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has condemned the attempt to kill his predecessor, General Muhammadu Buhari, describing the attack as portraying Nigeria as a terrorist nation.
