Street clashes, gunfire erupt again in Burundi
Government officials and politicians in Burundi have confirmed that protesters have again rejected President Pierre Nkurunziza, but have called for calm in the country. They said another round of street clashes and gunfire erupted again on Thursday in Bujumbura. Meanwhile, Nkurunziza in a state broadcast on Wednesday night, stressed the need for national unity, saying that Burundi's bloody past, including a civil war that only ended in 2005 after the death of 300,000 people, could not be ignored.
Oil prices gain on upbeat US stockpiles report
Oil prices rose in Asia Thursday after a decline in US petroleum stockpiles and production boosted hopes of an easing in the global supply glut, analysts said.
Gunmen kidnap woman driving kids to school in Aba
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a woman on her way to drop off her kids at school in Aba, Abia state.
Community hands over Anti-aircraft gun captured from terrorist to STF Jos
The Sayawa Community in Tafawa Balewa Local government area of Bauchi state has handed over sophisticated arms called Anti- aircraft gun allegedly captured from terrorists by the youths of the community on the 30the March of 2015 to the Special Task Force Command Jos.
FUPRE students to fly Africa’s flag in US, Netherlands’ Global engineering contest
STUDENTS at the Federal University of Petroleum, Effurun, FUPRE, Delta state will in September, compete for laurels for the the African continent in the United States of America (Huston, Texas) for the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE 2015).
Security guard dies after winning drinking, smoking bet
A security man, simply identified as Thompson, has died after drinking a bottle of a popular alcoholic drink and smoking five sticks of cigarette in two minutes, which were the terms of a bet he entered into with others he met at a joint.
