Jonathan rules out prisoner swap for missing girls
Nigeria‘s President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the freedom of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants a month ago....
Bi- Courtney to upgrade operational equipment at MMA2
Chief Executive Officer of Bi- Courtney Aviation Services Limited, Mr. Christophe Pennick yesterday said that the company will invest over N500 million on the upgrade of operational equipment in 2014....
Pope speaks out against arms trade, refugee crises
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis spoke on Thursday of the “absurd contradiction” between the international community’s calls for peace, the proliferation of the global arms trade and the lack of...
Nigeria of resilience, helplessness and a shared identity
LEARNED helplessness wasfirst demonstrated by Martin Seligman and his colleagues. They identified conditions under which dogs would demonstrate apathetic behaviour when they were punished by means of electric shock. In...
Osun govt. bans indiscriminate use of siren
The Osun Government on Thursday banned indiscriminate use of siren in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Sunday Akere, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, announced the...
Cervical Cancer is curable- Dr. Windapo
A renowned medical practitioner Bayo Windapo of the Polybond medical services has said that cervical cancer is curable if it is detected early. The doctor made this known at the...
Death toll rises to 282 in Turkey mine explosion
Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Thursday that the death toll of Turkey’s coal mine disaster had reached 282, making it the country’ s worst industrial disaster in history. Yildiz...
Court sentences thrift collector to 11 months in prison for cheating
An Upper Area Court in Zuba, FCT, on Thursday sentenced a thrift collector, Gloria Augustine, to 11 months in prison for cheating five customers of N120,000. Augustine, 25, who resides...
NIGERIA: kidnap families want ‘unconditional’ release
Relatives of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by Boko Haram on Thursday called for their unconditional release, after Nigeria‘s government ruled out a prisoner swap with the extremists. ...
IBB Denies Being Boko Haram’s Sponsor
Few days ago news broke out on the issue of IBB sponsoring Boko Haram in Nigeria which went viral on the internet. now the spokesman of IBB PRINCE KASSIM AFEGBUA,...