At least 14 people, mostly children and women, were killed in two train accidents in eastern and northern India, officials said on Tuesday. A speed train hit a jeep at an unmanned crossing in Jharkhand state’s Ramgarh district, night killing 13 occupants of the vehicle, railway authority spokesman AK Rjak told newsmen. According to witnesses, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigerians must learn from the socio-political history of other countries to avoid repeating mistakes of the past.

PORT HARCOURT—THE Supreme Council of Knights of Saint Mulumba, Nigeria has said that the members are not cultists and would not hesitate to fire any member found to belong to a cult group.

FOR weeks now, the issue of Biafra agitation has been at the front burner in the polity. Every vendor’s stand has been turned into a theatre of arguments by free readers and potential customers, who spend hours analysing the fresh Biafra movement being propelled by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, via peaceful protests.

Awka – Ephraim Chukwuemeka, the Chairman, Anambra State Football Association (ASFA) Normalisation Committee has said the election into the board of the Anambra State FA would be conducted before Dec. 25. Chukwuemeka said this at the Anambra football stakeholders meeting held with members of his committee in Awka on Monday. He said the committee was […]

Apparently irked by the “Frivolous Petitions (Prohibitions, Etc.) Bill, 2015″ sponsored by Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, the Deputy Senate Leader, who represents Kebbi South Senatorial District, Nigerian social media activists on Tuesday, stormed the National Assembly, Abuja, for a rally tagged #NoToSocialMediaBill.

KWALE—YOUTHS of Ndokwa ethnic nationality in Delta State are at loggerheads over the plan by a group, Coalition of Ndokwa Youth Leaders, led by Mr. Alex Agha to recall the Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Friday Osanebi over allegations of non performance and diversion of money.

AMONG the many gifts God gave to Nigeria is an abundance of coal. Many years ago when we were told about gas, we were also told that our coal was not cokeable; was of lower quality, could not produce the high temperature needed for power plants, etc. As for gas, we were told that it […]

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will launch an appeal to South Africa’s highest court after he was convicted of his girlfriend’s murder, his lawyer told a bail hearing on Tuesday.

IKWERRE—RESIDENTS of Aluu, Rumuji, Rumuokoro, Ozuoba, Agba-Ndele and other Ikwerre communities at Obio/Akpor, Port Harcourt City, Ikwerre and Emohua Local Government Areas, Rivers State, have raised the alarm over the trouble-free manner kidnappers and armed bandits abduct, rob and kill citizens in the areas.