Police say 245 people have died in a fire which swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil. Around 200 others were injured after the blaze broke out at the Kiss club in the city of Santa Maria while a [...]
February 6, 2015
Uncategorized
China trains more than 10,000 Ebola medical personnel for West Africa – Chinese medical professionals sent to West Africa have trained 10,202 local workers to take care of Ebola patients, reported on Friday by the Health News, a newspaper affiliated with [...]
February 6, 2015
Africa, Health issues
Nigeria deploys rader, patrol vessels to watch waterways – The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has put a radar as well as deployed patrol vessels to watch and protect the country’s waterways. The Director, Shipping Development of NIMASA, Capt. [...]
FG Stops Sponsorship of Public Servants to Foreign Training and Travels – The Federal Government has stopped the sponsorship of public employees to foreign training as well as international travels from Jan. 2015, a circular issued by Mr Danladi Kifasi, Head of [...]
Father arrested for raping 11 year old daughter in Bauchi – Bauchi state police command has detained a 45 years old man for apparently raping his 11 years old biological daughter. According to the suspect Abubakar Magaji, a resident of Liman [...]
February 6, 2015
Incidents
Nigeria certifies foreign journalists to cover up elections – More than 300 international journalists who applied to cover the upcoming general elections have been accredited, ending speculation they may not be permitted to provide coverage. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, [...]
Osun university crisis to be investigated – Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has named a 5-man visitation group to investigate the crisis at the state university. Members of the panel as: Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, Chairman; Prof. Jacob Ladipo, member; Prof. Omotoye [...]
February 6, 2015
Education
Political Businessmen And Economic Decadence – My recent report entitled ‘Unusual Instances Demand Bold Leadership’ attracted significant huge attention as well as false accusation towards me. Before digging in the substantive discussion, I will want to put the record straight. Firstly, [...]
Buhari said there was no doubt Nigeria would be divided and all candidates in the general elections of that year would lose out unless justice was done to all. The former ruler sounded this grim warning in his hometown Daura [...]
Military Aircraft Leaves South Africa to Return More Bodies From Nigeria – A C130 military aircraft has left South Africa having a group of military health personnel as well as forensic pathologists to Nigeria in order to repatriate a lot more [...]