Ebola drug trial shows limited promise
Early results from an Ebola trial using the experimental drug Avigan (favipiravir) showed Monday it was somewhat effective at saving lives if given early in the illness, but not later.
PROLOGUE: 10 most dangerous communities in South-South
It is notorious information that residents snooze with their two eyes open at some communities in the South-South region of the country, as gangsters manifestly unleash terror on the ill-starred people.
Pirates turn Southern Ijaw, Ogbia waterways to battlefield
The governor in the statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, explained that the task force was expected to liaise with the Operation Doo Akpor-Marine component, which is to be headed by a Naval Officer.
APC accuses Jonathan of allowing Boko Haram to fester, hails military
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan bears a huge moral responsibility that will hunt him for a long time to come for deliberately allowing the Boko Haram insurgency to fester, leading to the deaths of over 15,000 Nigerians and the displacement of over 3 million others in the past six years.
In Kokori, you can be kidnapped for N5,000 ransom
KOKORI—With the seizure of suspected kidnap and armed robbery kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah , in 2013, it was assumed that Kokori, his country-home in Ethiope-East Local Government Area, Delta State, will gain some breather, but contrary is the case.
Gunman, nine others dead in gun rampage at Czech restaurant
An apparently unstable armed man burst into a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday, killing eight people before reportedly committing suicide, police and local officials said. Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said eight people had been killed in the rampage at the “Friendship” restaurant in the town of Uhersky Brod and that the gunman was also dead.
Buhari felicitates with Shagari at 90
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former President Shehu Shagari on his 90th birthday anniversary.
30 injured after train hits vehicle in southern California
A commuter train in southern California derailed early Tuesday after plowing into a truck on the tracks, injuring at least 30 people, US media reports said.
10 killed, 5 injured as 2 suicide bombers hit Kano
Ten people were killed and more than five injured as two male suicide bombers blew themselves up in Kano.
IS jihadists kidnap 90 Christians in Syria: monitor
Jihadists from the Islamic State group have kidnapped at least 90 Assyrian Christians in northeast Syria, after overrunning two villages, a monitor said Tuesday.
Court orders EFCC to release Fani-Kayode’s passport
By Onozure Dania Lagos- A Federal High Court, Judge has ordered the Economic and Finance Crime Commission, EFCC, to release the international travelling passport of Femi Fani-Kayode, the former minister of Aviation and the Chief Media Officer of the Presidential Organisation. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia gave the order Tuesday while delivering a ruling in the application […]
