House investigates Otodo-Gbame Community demolition
Lagos State House of Assembly has set up special Committee to investigate the claims by residents of Otodo-Gbame Community in Ikate Elegushi Local Council Development Area, Lekki Area of the state over demolition of their properties by agents of the state government.
African rats trained to sniff out landmines, detect tuberculosis in humans
Nairobi – Africa’s giant rats have been trained to sniff out landmines and detect tuberculosis in humans, and soon they could turn their superior noses to protecting other animals by finding illegal wildlife trophies being smuggled out of African ports. Kirsty Brebner, whose organisation Endangered Wildlife Trust had the idea of putting rats to work […]
Ondo: Jegede calls for calm over A/Court decision, heads to S/Court
Governorship Hopeful under the Platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 26 2016 Governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede SAN has called for calm among his supporters following the indefinite adjournment of the case by the Appeal Court justices sitting on the party’s governorship candidate tussle earlier scheduled for today. He also said he would be heading to the Supreme Court to regain his mandate.
2-year-old boy burnt in Abakaliki inferno
An inferno on Thursday burnt a 2 year-old boy and property worth millions of naira at Ekuluobia Street Kpiripiri in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital.
Buhari signs 8 Bills into law
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assented to 8 bills passed by the National Assembly into law.
WHO secures $15m funds for Africa pilots of world’s first malaria vaccine
London, Nov The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has secured 15 million dollars funding for phase one of pilot deployments of the world’s first malaria vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa. Pedro Alonso, Director of WHO’s Global Malaria Programme, said in London that the go-ahead came after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria […]
