Police arrest luxury bus driver, conductor over death of passenger
A 56-year-old luxury bus driver, who allegedly crushed one of his passengers to death during a scuffle Monday in Ojota area of Lagos, has been arrested along side his bus conductor, one Okwudili Odo.
Platini wants to “formally resign” at September 14 UEFA congress
Michel Platini, currently serving a four-year ban from all football, wants to “formally resign” as UEFA president at the organisation’s elective congress on September 14 when his successor will be named, the Frenchman said Wednesday.
FG’ll make 2,000km of road motorable this year — Fashola
The Federal Government says its target in 2016 is to make about 2,000 kilometres of road network motorable.
UN arrives Nigeria to assess humanitarian crisis in North East
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, has arrived in Nigeria on a two-day visit, to assess the humanitarian crisis created by Boko Haram insurgency. The Head, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), Ms Kate Pond, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
Malaysia bars government critics from travelling abroad
Malaysian Government has empowered its Immigration Department to bar any citizen who criticises or ridicules the government from traveling abroad. A report from government on Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur said the department could enforce a travel ban of up to three years on government critics at the request of an enforcement agency, including the police.
Photo: See rescued Chibok girl with ‘conflicting’ names
Confusion on Wednesday, trailed the real identity (name) of one of the Chibok girls rescued Tuesday night by the Civilian Joint Task Force, in Sambisa forest.
