Outrageous PHCN meter
After paying for the Power Holding Company of Nigeria meter, it ought to become the property of the consumer but this is not the case. The PHCN still claims the ownership of it. Even when there is no...
View ArticleDamascus University mortar attack kills students
Mortar fire killed at least 15 students at Damascus University on Thursday, with state media blaming “terrorists,” its term for Syrian rebels, who are increasingly targeting President Bashar al-Assad’s...
View ArticleUS flies Stealth bombers over South Korea
The United States flew two Stealth bomber practice runs over South Korea on Thursday, in a second show of force to North Korea after a B52 bomber made a similar run earlier this week amid rising...
View ArticleEx-Karadzic ally in contempt
A Bosnian Serb ex-army general who led the 1995 attack on Srebrenica, one of the bloodiest episodes of the Bosnian war, has been charged with contempt after refusing to testify on behalf of former...
View ArticleMandela back in hospital with lung infection
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, renewing concerns about the health of the revered anti-apartheid leader, Reuters...
View ArticleNepalese, Indian killed in CAR airport shooting
Two men from Nepal and India were shot dead by French troops guarding the airport of the capital of the Central African Republic after a coup, the French defence ministry said Thursday. Paris had...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda-linked Salafists threaten Tunisia’s Islamist govt
Supporters of fugitive Salafist leader Abu Iyadh, wanted over a deadly attack on the US embassy last September, threatened Thursday to topple Tunisia’s government led by moderate Islamist party...
View ArticleKC donates Things Fall Apart to 1,000 pupils
The management of King’s College, Lagos, on Thursday, gave out free copies of Things Fall Apart, authored by late Prof. Chinua Achebe, to 1,000 SS1 and SS2 pupils of the school. The Principal, Mr. Dele...
View Article‘Free education will end domestic servant syndrome’
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, has said that with the qualitative free education policy in the state, the era of using its youths as stewards is over. Speaking through the Commissioner for...
View ArticleAbsenteeism by public school teachers worries council boss
Authorities in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State are worried over the spate of absenteeism by public school teachers in the area. Chairman of the LGA, Mr. Denis Nkiri, who on Wednesday...
View ArticleWoman jailed for refusing to present child for paternity test
Mr. Lukmon Fatoki had earlier asked the Agege Customary Court to grant him the custody of his child, who lives with his mother, Mrs. Latifat Olaosunwon. The case was adjourned till April 25, 2013. But...
View ArticleScientists identify genetic causes for cancer
More than 80 genome regions that can raise a person’s risk of developing prostate, breast and ovarian cancers, have been identified in a huge study led by scientists from the University of Cambridge...
View ArticleF’Eagles win bronze
Nigeria on Friday beat Mali 2-1 to claim bronze at the Algeria 2013 Africa Youth Championship which ends on Sunday with Egypt taking on Ghana in the final. Aminu Umar completed his brace in the...
View ArticleEaster: Ademowo urges leaders to be selfless
Bishop Emeritus, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Adebola Ademowo, has urged leaders at all levels of governance to imbibe the spirit of selflessness as demonstrated by Jesus Christ....
View ArticlePDP primaries: Jonathan, govs to run as sole aspirants
The Peoples Democratic Party is discreetly planning a consensus arrangement that is likely to see President Goodluck Jonathan emerging as its sole aspirant in the presidential primaries for the 2015...
View ArticleAPC leaders meet Thursday on constitution
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress are expected to meet in Lagos on Thursday to discuss the sharing of posts in the newly formed group as well as its constitution. Saturday PUNCH learnt that the...
View ArticleMy father not responsible for CAC crisis – Obadare’s son
Eldest son of Prophet Timothy Obadare, the late founder of the World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry, Dr. Paul Obadare, on Friday, stated that his father neither caused the crisis within the Christ...
View ArticleNAFDAC arrests brothers, impounds N25m fake ‘Alomo Bitters’
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has arrested two brothers, Henry and Ekene Ezeani for the illegal manufacture and sale of fake alcoholic beverage, “The Prince...
View ArticleMimiko advises N’Delta ministry on projects
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Friday advised the management of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to concentrate on mega projects and allow other agencies under its supervision to embark...
View ArticleBombings, killings may consume Nigeria – Gov Aliyu
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has warned that if sufficient measures are not taken to tackle the insecurity plaguing the nation, Nigeria will be consumed by the crises. He said the level of...
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