69 journalists killed globally in 2015 —C’ttee to Protect Journalists
Sixty-nine journalists were killed on the job around the world in 2015. Twenty-eight of them were slain by Islamic militant groups, including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
FIFA ex-VP, Figueredo ‘took $50,000 a month in bribes’
Fallen FIFA vice president Eugenio Figueredo received $50,000 a month in “improper payments” from sports marketing companies, authorities in his native Uruguay alleged Tuesday in an indictment.
Kogi needs redemption, Ogunlana tells Yahaya Bello
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, Zainab Yusuf Ogunlana has charged the Governor-Elect of the State, Alh. Yahaya Adoza Bello to hit the ground running, saying the state is in dire need of total redemption.
Kogi conundrum, the tsetse fly on the scrotum
One of the most intriguing proverbs of the Okun Yoruba people of Kogi State is that of the fact in killing the tsetse fly on the scrotum. The fly can’t be killed with a dispatched anger and it must not remain there too for long.
Boko Haram: Despite security we are still jittery, say residents
Residents of northeastern Nigeria were gripped by fear and anxiety on Tuesday after two days of bloodshed blamed on Boko Haram, pouring scorn on government claims the jihadist group was “largely defeated”.
Couple found guilty of planning London terror attack
Tuesday convicted a husband and wife of planning a terror attack on the 10th anniversary of the London suicide bombings earlier this year.
