Court sets Pistorius sentencing for June 13-17
South African Supreme Court said the Olympic and Paralympic gold medallist, Oscar Pistorius, would face sentencing in June following his conviction for murdering his girlfriend.
Dogara’s call for North east donor confab
THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has made calls for the convening of an international donor’s conference that would holistically tackled the economic and infrastructural needs of the northeast of Nigeria which has borne the brunt of the six-year violent uprising from adherents of the Jama’atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda’Awati Wal Jihad, known popularly as Boko Haram.
Nigeria records 3,500 cyber attacks in last one year
ABUJA— Nigeria has experienced 3,500 cyber attacks within the last one year, with over 70 per cent success rate and a loss of $450 million, Acting Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, has said.
Edo APC congress, litmus test for one-man one-vote mantra —Ogiemwonyi
A leading governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Mr Chris Ogiemwonyi, has said that the coming June congressional election will determine whether or not Edo people have truly imbibed the doctrine of “one- man one-vote,” even as he urged them to take their destinies in their hands.
APC crisis deepens, as party asks Minister to resign
The crisis of confidence in the All Progressives Congress, APC, is far from being over as the party has said it was no longer comfortable with the presence of the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, in the Federal Executive Council, FEC.
Barber, 37, rapes 7-yr-old girl
Police in Lagos have arrested a 37-year-old barber who allegedly raped a seven-year-old primary school pupil in Papa Ajao area of Mushin, Lagos, Tuesday.
