Thursday, 11 February 2016

No local government under Boko Haram’s control – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared that none of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria is under the control of the insurgents, Boko Haram.

National News Headlines-11/2/2016

VANGUARD
●Savings from fuel subsidy removal rise to N647m daily
●Claims on Wike's S-Court victory false
●Owerri Prisons now house over 3,000 inmates'DCP
●Anambra hospital performs 5 open heart surgeries
●YABATECH students on rampage over colleague's death
□Oshiomhole commissioned interventionists' projects at AAU, Orbih insists

Retired female LUTH doctor killed in inferno

An octogenarian, Dr Katherine Rewane, has been killed after fire gutted her apartment on Tola Adewunmi Close, Wasinmi, Maryland, Lagos State.

23 million bank customers enrolled for BVN

A total of 23,345,964 million bank customers had obtained their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) as at February 7, 2016.

YABATECH students on rampage over colleague’s death

Students of Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, Lagos, yesterday, went on rampage, protesting the death of a final year student at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Ebutte-Meta.

Nelson Madela’s Grandson Converts To Islam Just To Marry fourth Wife

The 42-year-old grandson of Nelson Mandela, Mandla Mandela, is at the centre of controversy after he converted to Islam, and married for a fourth time. Here's a brief look at his marital life.

Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Boko Haram kills more than 60 in Borno IDP camp

More than 60 people were killed by a twin suicide bomb attack at a camp in Dikwa town, northern Nigeria for people displaced by an insurgency of the jihadist Boko Haram group, a military and emergency official said on Wednesday.

Nigerian couple arraigned in US for enslaving nanny, withholding documents

A Nigerian couple resident in Katy, Texas, has been arraigned before U.S Attorney, Kenneth Magidson, for maltreating their live-in nanny and making her a slave. This follows the filing of a criminal complaint alleging, ‘withholding of documents, visa fraud, forced labor and conspiracy to harbor an illegal alien.

Kano sponsors 250 indigenes into army

Kano State Guidance and Counseling Board have revealed that it has facilitated the training of two hundred and fifty indigenes into the Nigerian Army in the period of nine months.

Justin Bieber covers the March 2016 Issue of GQ Magazine

Singer Justin Bieber opens up to GQ about a range of topics,