FRSC records 120 deaths
ASABA—AS Nigerians still bask in the euphoria of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, yesterday, said 120 deaths were recorded during the yuletide.
Unity: Jonathan shedding crocodile tears – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan is only shedding crocodile tears with his lamentation over the fact that Nigeria has become more divided along religious and ethnic lines today than at anytime in its history.
‘Jonathan better than Buhari’
The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri has reiterated that his principal and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is miles ahead of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari.
Presidential poll: Lawyers boost Buhari/Osinbajo ticket
The presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate and his running mate, Mohammadu Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo respectively got a boost as a group of lawyers yesterday vowed to ensure the team win the February election.
Yemen blames Qaeda for deadly police academy attack
Yemen’s top security body has blamed Al-Qaeda for a bomb blast at a police academy in Sanaa, as authorities gave a new toll Thursday of 40 killed in the attack.
Saraki calls for law on Equitable oil spill compensation
Chairman, Senate Committee of Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki has expressed the urgent need for Nigeria to have a comprehensive law that will operate in line with international best practices to ensure that oil-spill compensations are not arbitrary, but equitable for all affected parties.
German court hears nurse admitted to 30 killings – report
A court-appointed expert said Thursday that a German former male nurse had admitted killing around 30 patients at a hospital where he worked, national DPA news agency reported.
France observes minute of silence honouring attack victims
France observed a minute of silence Thursday, broken only by church bells, in honour of the 12 people killed by jihadists at a magazine known for publishing cartoons deemed offensive to Islam.
Jonathan kicks-off re-election bid
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday formally began his campaign for re-election, taking the fight to a key opposition stronghold with a mass rally.
Mourning, manhunt after French magazine massacre
French security forces were on Thursday desperately hunting two brothers suspected of gunning down 12 people in an Islamist attack on a satirical weekly, as a stunned and outraged France mourned the victims.
Several attacks against France Muslim targets since magazine killings
Muslims places of worship in two French towns were fired upon overnight, leaving no casualties, prosecutors said on Thursday.
