N. Korea to restart reactor to fuel atomic weapons programme
North Korea said Tuesday it would restart a nuclear reactor to feed its atomic weapons programme, in its clearest rebuff yet of UN sanctions at the heart of soaring tensions...
NIGERIA: Uduaghan fortifies waterways against kidnappers, oil thieves
WITH the wave of kidnapping in Delta State and his refusal to sign into law the death penalty bill on kidnappers, passed by the state House of Assembly, not a...
CHINA: 92-yr-old woman delivers ‘stone baby’ after 60 yrs pregnancy
Huang Yijun, aged 92, is from southern China and she recently made news after delivering a baby known as a lithopedion, aka ‘Stone Baby’. Huang Yijun told the press she...
NIGERIA: We’ll support NIMASA to achieve its goals – Kefas
THE Federal Government through the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar last month inaugurated the boards of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency...
NIGERIA: Community halts Shell gas project
The people of Otumara Community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, have asked the Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited, SPDC, to halt a proposed gas plant project in...
NIGERIA: Rage in PDP over failure to constitute FG boards
Stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are angry over the failure of President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute boards of parastatals and agencies of the Federal Government 17 months after...
NIGERIA: Stop using Boko Haram to blackmail us – Northern leaders to Jonathan
Northern leaders, yesterday, frowned at what they described as a desperate attempt by President Goodluck Jonathan and his administration to blame the rising wave of insecurity in the north on...
NIGERIA: : Governor Chime’s cancer did not go away, swelling appears on his face
President Goodluck Jonathan arrived to commission a church in Enugu state today. The church reportedly built by the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu had ailing governor, Sullivan Chime welcoming Mr....
NIGERIA: Abandoned Buildings, Terrorists’ Hideouts
MUCH has been made about the discovery of improvised explosive devices, bombs, and guns in an abandoned Lagos building belonging to the Bayelsa State Government that the impression could be...
NIGERIA: 19 killed, four villages sacked over death of two cows
The alleged killing of two cows through poisoning in Mafan village, Fadan Atakar Chiefdom of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, set off an orgy that led to the...