Return of Letter Bombs: Six killed in China
Six people were killed on Wednesday when 15 letter bombs exploded in southern China, state media reported, with blasts reported in more than ten locations including government offices. Dozens more were injured by the explosives apparently placed in express delivery packages, the official Xinhua news agency said of the blasts on the eve of China's national day holiday.
20 families homeless as fire razes makeshift buildings in Lagos
LAGOS—An early morning fire yesterday, razed several makeshift buildings in the densely populated Ijora Badia area of Lagos, rendering over 20 families homeless.
Oliseh names 19 for CHAN qualifying fixture
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, has released a list of 19 home–based professionals who will start a camp in Port Harcourt on Monday, ahead of a 4th African Nations Championship final
qualifying fixture against Burkina Faso next month.
PSC reinstates 15 police officers, dismisses 2
ABUJA—The Police Service Commission, PSC, has reinstated 15 police officers, while another nine were recalled and retired after the board of the commission considered petitions and appeals from 65 officers, who felt their rights were trampled upon.
Nigeria in the year 2030: A new narrative
OUR obsession with the drama and intrigue of politics has relegated discourse on policy and national development to the background. We all know what Saraki is accused of but how many of us can detail his agenda as Senate president? What were his plans to reform a body which in the eyes of the average Nigerian, is merely a retirement home for former governors or for privileged, would-be influential Nigerians, all barely present (or awake when they are physically present)?
Aisha Buhari speaks at African First Ladies summit
African first ladies across the world are in New York to assess and modify effective means of contributing to the Millenium Development Goals and new perspectives on HIV & AIDS.
