Ebola: FG to employ 490 environmental health officers to man border communities
The Federal Government has approved the employment of 490 Environmental Health Officers (EHO) to man border areas to prevent further spread of Ebola disease. The […]
Day: August 11, 2014
Wives, children stop army trucks conveying soldiers to fight Boko Haram
Hundreds of women and children weekend forcefully stopped military trucks from conveying their husbands and fathers to the Boko Haram-seized Gwoza by locking the exit […]
Outgoing Turkish PM wins presidential election
BY BBC Outgoing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won his country’s first direct presidential election, provisional results show. With almost all votes counted, […]
Iraq: Thousands of Yazidis rescued, official says
(CNN) – The U.S. military carried out a new series of airstrikes Sunday against ISIS targets in Iraq, while some 20,000 Yazidi Iraqis who had […]
U-20 World Cup: Remain focused, coaches tell Falconets
Lagos – Football coaches on Sunday urged Nigeria’s women’s squad at the ongoing Under-20 World Cup in Canada to remain focused following their 2-1 win […]
Obama Excludes Nigeria from $110m Peacekeeping Fund
IN a rather surprising fallout of the US-Africa Summit with over 40 presidents and heads of state from Africa, including President Jonathan Goodluck, in attendance, […]
Saving our commonwealth: Thoughts on Legislative Oversight
By Dakuku Peterside In 1787, the United States gave the world a unique gift. Through the famous Philadelphia Convention, Congressional Oversight came into existence as […]