Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, rtd.; yesterday owned up to fathering a love child with the late public relations expert, Princess Edith Ike Okongwu, bringing to an end the 48-year-old paternity dispute over Musa Gowon. Musa, who returned to Nigeria at the end of last year, after about 23 years in a… Read More Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon rtd. finally accepts his son
In a bid to end the present fuel scarcity, NNPC said it has released 228 truckloads of petroleum products to various locations in Abuja and its environs. According to a statement signed and released by Isreal Edjeren, the spokesperson of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, the marketing and distribution subsidiary of the corporation,… Read More NNPC dispends 228 trucks to Abuja, environs
It is highly disappointing that Nigeria politics has created a despicable vacuum between Nigerians. According to my findings, Politics has played a major role in the current dis-unity in Nigeria as Politicians had often abduct Ethnic/Religious sentiments during campaigns to score cheap political points and to further divide the Unity we have been Enjoying over… Read More Politics: Victims Vs Victors, By Prince Uc Augustine
One labourer died and three were admitted to hospital after they were buried under a pile of debris at a construction site on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) campus. The incident happened around 12:30 pm on Wednesday at the hospital’s Mother and Child Block that is under construction. Four labourers were dug… Read More All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) construction site collapse leaves one dead, three injured
A Florida woman known for a strong pro-gun stance was shot, accidentally, by her 4-year-old son, authorities said. Jamie Gilt, 31, was taken to a hospital after the Tuesday shooting, and is believed to be in stable condition. A Putnam County Sheriff’s deputy was on patrol when he noticed a truck stopped partially in the… Read More Pro-gun activist shot by four-year-old son
About five people have been killed in a shooting near Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, officials say. Two gunmen fired at a backyard barbecue party in Wilkinsburg, injuring at least three others. Four of the dead were women, and the suspects are still at large, local media report. A series of mass shootings… Read More Barbecue party shooting in Pennsylvania leaves at least five dead and three injured
A remote community is in unrest while support agencies are searching for answers after the apparent suicide of an Indigenous ten-year-old Australian girl. The girl’s body was found at Looma in the Kimberly region on Sunday. It is the 19th Indigenous suicide in Western Australia state since December. Looma Police said the death of the… Read More Unrest as ten-year-old Australian girl commits suicide
Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, who embarked on a strike action following an unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by the Minister for State, Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachiukwu has called… Read More NNPC workers call off strike action
