Celebrities on Valentine’s Day
‘No Mr. Right to hang out with’ I really don’t have a plan on how my Val will be celebrated because I don’t have a boy friend to hang out with. So, it might just be an indoor thing unless that Mr. Right decide to show up today which I am eagerly waiting for, and very expecting."—Nazareth Jesse
Carroll out with knee injury
West Ham striker Andy Carroll will be out of action for up to six weeks after tearing a ligament in his knee, manager Sam Allardyce confirmed.
Assad ‘part of the solution’ in Syria— UN envoy
Any peaceful solution to the fighting in Syria must involve President Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said Friday.
Dozens of Myanmar troops killed fighting northern rebels
Heavy fighting between Myanmar’s army and rebels has killed 47 soldiers, state media said Friday, sending a flood of people across the border with China and overshadowing hopes for a national ceasefire as a crucial election looms.
Poll delay saves Valentine’s Day
“No Elections Till March! So Let’s Drink and Dine, This Valentine,” screams a bright red flier decorated with hearts from an upmarket restaurant in Nigeria’s financial capital, Lagos.
10 killed as militants storm Pakistan Shiite mosque
Heavily armed gunmen went from room to room at the army-run school gunning down more than 150 people, most of them children, in an attack that horrified the world.
Don’t vote a mediocre as president – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned Nigerians not to vote for a mediocre performer as president.
You’ve no power to sack Jega, CSOs tell Jonathan
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Nigeria, yesterday, maintained that President Goodluck Jonathan has no constitutional power or authority to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega.
PDP declares confidence in INEC to conduct free polls
THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu yesterday reiterated the party’s total confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, under Prof. Attahiru Jega’s stewardship to conduct a free and fair election.
What election shift means for Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan’s denial of having prior information on the shift of the election date would be hard to believe among many stakeholders who believe that his party and his government worked to ensure the new election dates for their benefit. What does the shift mean for the president and his team?
Customs officer dies test-driving power bike
TRAGEDY struck yesterday as a Customs Officer attached to the Port and Multi-Purpose Terminal Services, PTML, command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, rode his boss’ power bike under a moving petroleum tanker and died immediately.
