White House to turn pink for breast cancer research
In what has become an annual event, the White House will be lit in pink Thursday night to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So will Vice President Biden's residence...
Wildfire smoke becoming a serious health hazard
Climate change will intensify U.S. wildfires, and the smoky air will cause respiratory problems in areas far beyond those burned, reports an environmental group Thursday that listed how each state...
China trying to stop patients from killing doctors
BEIJING – China plans to beef up security in its hospitals to prevent the deaths of doctors and nurses in attacks by patients' relatives outraged over the cost and quality...
Growing list of countries protest U.S. spying
Edward Snowden is changing both American intelligence gathering and American foreign policy. Germany is only the latest country to protest U.S. surveillance tactics, the result of news reports based...
Teaching assistant who e-mailed nude pics reassigned
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa teaching assistant who accidentally e-mailed nude pictures of herself to math students is no longer assigned to their class. University...
New PDP Set to Receive 5 More PDP Governors, Appeals Court Ruling
The New Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has filed a notice of appeal over last week’s ruling by a Federal High Court, Abuja,...
Car Scandal: Oduah Jets Out as Jonathan Orders Probe
Despite the raging controversy over the purchase of two BMW armoured cars for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, has left...
…Aviation Minister Writes to President: We Followed Due Process
Beleaguered Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, who is under fire following the procurement of two bulletproof cars, valued at N255 million, for her use, has written to President Goodluck...
Aliyu Advocates 910 Delegates for National Dialogue
The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, has suggested that the proposed National Conference by the federal government should have a maximum of 910 delegates....
Tinubu: Nigeria at the Threshold of Greatness and Failure
A leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, Wednesday said the nation was at the threshold of greatness and failure, observing that...