The Senate president, Bukola Saraki has confirmed that he has received the ministerial list from President Muhammadu Buhari. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Senate president Saraki receiving the ministerial list The list has now been officially submitted to the Senate. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Saraki receives the list The list was conveyed by chief of staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari and Sen. Ita Inang, the senior special assistant to the president on National Assembly matters (Senate). Share on Facebook Share on Twitter...CONTINUE READING

SHARE THIS Thirteen people including eleven soldiers and two civilians were brutally killed in a daring armed robbery on a salary convoy. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Armed robbers brutally killed many in CongoFile photo Eleven soldiers and two civilians escorting the salary convoy transporting $40,000 were killed by unidentified armed robbers in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday. The money were meant to pay salaries for civil servants. The attack occurred on Sunday afternoon in the Uvira area of South Kivu....CONTINUE READING

SHARE THIS 13-year-old Harendra Singh Chauhan got a check for 500,000 rupees (approximately $7,500) from the Uttar Pradesh government after a photo of him studying on the ground outside the Noida City Centre metro station in Noida, India, went viral on Facebook. Harendra was photographed outside the metro station with his notebooks and a scale where he was studying and at the same time weighing passers-by to make small money. The post was shared by Vikas Sharda, who called on people at the...CONTINUE READING

SHARE THIS A Police Inspector identified as Samuel Timothy was today sentenced to death by hanging by a Rivers state High Court for shooting and killing a sachet water dealer, Onyekachi Nwasouba at No. 34, Old Aba Road, Port Harcourt on November 10th 2010. According to court documents, the deceased who is a graduate of Industrial Chemistry was wrongfully shot at and killed by a team of police officers led by Inspector Timothy after they wrongfully branded the deceased an armed robber. They...CONTINUE READING

SHARE THIS 12-year-old Elijah Zachary Lamaiyan Sime, a student at Lamaiyan Academy in Nairobi received a standing ovation from hundreds of delegates after delivering the opening remarks at a United Nations conference on Aids on Sunday. "We are children, we have rights, we have a future,". Elijah told the UN event on Ending AIDS by 2030 that was co-chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta. "Presidents, thank you for making the promise to end Aids by 2030. Please keep your promise," he said. Elijah added...CONTINUE READING

SHARE THIS Every Catholic Priest who sexually abuses children will be punished henceforth. This is according to Pope Francis, who, on Monday, admitted that Catholic Church hierarchies tried to cover up for priests with sex crime tendencies. Pope Francis encouraged officials not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples According to a report on Vanguard, the Pope who spoke to reporters on the return flight from Philadelphia to Rome, at the end of his pilgrimage to Cuba and the United States, noted that abusing children...CONTINUE READING

SHARE THIS Two men allegedly beat a woman to death then hid her body in a wardrobe while they partied for two days, it was reported. Kyle Starkey is accused of killing his girlfriend Mandy Gottschalk with the help of friend Ryan McBride in what prosecutors described as "one of the most brutal beatings and murders" ever seen. Starkey allegedly battered 36-year-old Gottschalk to death at the home they shared in Ashtabula, Ohio, while McBride watched, the New York Daily News reported. The...CONTINUE READING

SHARE THIS The sacked GEDs are said to have been replaced. The newly appointed head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has reportedly fired eight Group Executive Directors (GED) of the corporation. According to Vanguard, a source at the NNPC said the sacked GEDs have already been replaced with new officers. Names of the sacked GEDs were given as; Ian Udoh, Group Executive Director, Refining & Petrochemicals, Adebayo Ibirogba, Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technical; Dr David Ige, Group Executive Director, Gas and Power...CONTINUE READING