Blackout As Power Grid Suffers Total Collapse Twice In Four Hours
The nation’s power grid experienced a total collapse twice in four hours, plunging consumers across the country into blackout. The grid, which is being managed by government-owned Transmission Company of…
Terrorists Surrender As Troops Intensify Operations
The Nigerian Army yesterday said increased raids, clearance patrols, sting operations, cordon and search operations as well as mortar and artillery bombardment of identified insurgents and bandits’ hideouts within the…
Taliban Car Bomb killed Two , Injured Three in Afghanistan
One Afghan security force member and a militant were killed and three people wounded in a Taliban insurgents’ suicide car bomb blast at a military camp in southern Kandahar province…
U.S. Scientists Identify New HIV Strain
A team of U.S. researchers have identified a new strain of HIV, the first time a new subtype of HIV-1 has been identified in nearly 20 years. The study published…
IGP Redeploys Senior Police Officers
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Mohammed Adamu has ordered the redeployment of the recently promoted Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors General (AIG). The Force Public…
Brazil’s Former President Lula da Silva Sets Free From Prison
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was released from prison in Curitiba, southern Brazil, on Friday afternoon. The ex-president was serving his sentence in the Federal Police headquarters…
NGF, FG Plan To Move 24m Nigerians Out Of Poverty By 2030
By Bimbo Ogunnaike The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Federal Government have started a Human Capital Development (HCD) plan towards moving 24 million Nigerians out of poverty before 2030.…
Bayern Chairman Called Me If I Am Interested In Club Job-Wenger
Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has spoken out on the conversation he had with Bayern Munich’s hierarchy this week. Wenger is one of the names linked with the Bundesliga champions,…
13m Out-Of-School Children In Nigeria, A Time Bomb
The Life Builders Initiative (LBI), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has raised alarm over the 13 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, saying it is a time bomb that could consume the country…
Another Petrol Tanker Falls In Anambra
There was tension on Saturday morning in Awka, Anambra state when a long tanker conveying petrol to one of the filling stations fell to a gutter. Residents and passersby are…
