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Monday, 20 October 2014

Breaking News: High Court Nullifies Jimoh Ibrahim Take Over Newswatch.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Monday quashed the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) which transferred ownership of Newswatch Communications Limited to Global Media Mirror Limited owned by businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim.

Ebola Virus: Here's What No One Is Telling You About Ebola.

It is a superior virus that has evolved and fine-tuned its mechanism of transmission to be near-perfect. That's why we're all so terrified. We know we can't destroy it. All we can do is try to divert it, outrun it.
I've worked in health care for a few years now. One of the first things I took advantage of was training to become FEMA-certified for hazmat ops in a hospital setting. My rationale for

Prince Jackson

Michael Jackson’s son, Prince Jackson has been under the spotlight for his dating recently, but fans are now turning their attention to his skin. The young star has allegedly been spotted with distinctive markings on his arms and some doctors are speculating that Prince Jackson has the same condition of his father. According to The Hollywood Gossip on Friday, Michael Jackson’s son could have Vitiligo.

A day after 16 died in an accident at a concert in South Korea, a man responsible for safety measures was found also dead, the

Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Michael Adedotun

Ekiti State workers have read the riot act to their new governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, asking him to desist from actions that would further plunge the state into debt.

The workers warned Fayose against

Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong have retaken streets in the Mong Kok district cleared by the authorities just a few hours earlier.

There are indications that the man with whom Nigeria’s military and presidency officials agreed a truce over the raging insurgency

ICT News: Apple Unveil A New Thinner iPad.

Apple unveiled a thinner iPad Thursday with a faster processor and

A plane reportedly arrived at JFK International Airport with a dead passenger, who entered a vomiting fit while en route to New York. The

This is Governor Ayodeele Fayose at official car during the

US-led warplanes pummelled jihadists in Syria on Friday as local forces fought the Islamic State group on the ground in

Boko Haram and the Federal Government have agreed to a ceasefire.

Carter Center Shuts Egypt Office Over Rights Concerns.

A human rights group founded by former US President Jimmy Carter has closed its office in Egypt because of the restrictions on democratic rights.

The Carter Center also said it

U.S. airstrikes have been hitting ISIS targets near Kobani for the last few days helping Kurdish fighters on the ground push back ISIS

Nigeria on Thursday sacked Stephen Keshi as national team coach, despite home win against Sudan that kept them in the running to

A major outbreak of Ebola in the US and elsewhere in the West is unlikely given the strong health systems, the World Health

The coroners inquest set up by the Lagos State Government to investigate the Synagogue Church of All Nation, SCOAN, building collapse today visited the site of the incident.
The visit is part of effort by the inquest to ascertain the cause of

The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command, Mr. Salihu Garba, on Wednesday said eight young men gang-raped a young

Nepal Blizzards Claim Lives Of At Least 21 Trekkers.

Severe snow in the Himalayas in central Nepal is reported to have killed at least 21 people, 10 of them foreigners.

The highest number of deaths - two Israelis, two Poles and eight

US health officials are seeking 132 people who flew on a plane with a Texas nurse on the day before she came down with symptoms of Ebola.

The nurse, the second

Seven Minister Resign From President Jonathan Cabinet.

It's a plot twist that even a thriller writer might have struggled to come up with during Serbia's European qualifying clash with Albania in Belgrade.

A drone flying a flag depicting the "Greater Albania" over a major international soccer game Tuesday was being controlled by the brother of the

The political crisis in Ekiti State has heightened with the Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose, calling on the residents of the state to ignore the curfew imposed by outgoing Governor Kayode Fayemi.

Hundreds of patients ran for dear life in the early hours of Wednseday, when gunmen invaded the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State.
Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen who came in through

Prosecutors are beginning to outline their case for South African athlete Oscar Pistorius to serve a jail term for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The first prosecution witness at the sentencing hearing is Reeva

Prof. Joseph Olusoga Olusanya, the deputy Vice Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, Ijagun in Odogbolu local

A second health worker in the US state of Texas has tested positive

Breaking News: U.S. Hit ISIS Hard In Kobani; Militants Keep Pushing.

ISIS fighters are continuing their brutal push to win the strategic Syrian border city of Kobani Tuesday. Columns of smoke rose as the sound of gunfire erupted.

Violence raged in Iraq, too, as two deadly car bombs exploded in Baghdad

The National Judicial Council has directed the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Ayodele Daramola, to announce the re-opening of the courts in the state following the crisis that rocked the state judiciary on September 22 and 25.

A source, who attended the meeting disclosed to

There are very strong indications that Stephen Keshi will not continue as the Super Eagles coach, on interim or permanent basis,

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong began Wednesday with a tactical upper hand, having successfully retaken a road outside

A court in India has convicted five men of the November 2010 abduction and gang rape of a call centre worker.

The 30-year-old woman was attacked in the early hours after

Oyamuyefa, son of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, has been killed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

News coming in says unknown gunmen as abducted the deputy vice chancellor Prof. Joseph .O. Olusanya of Tai Sholarin University Of Education Ogun State South West Nigeria.

Athlete Oscar Pistorius offered a large cash sum to the parents of

Popular Nigerian Gospel Musician Yinka Ayefele Loses Dad.

News just coming in now says the Popular Nigerian Gospel Musician Yinka Ayefele Loses Dad yesterday 12/10/2014. Yinka Ayefele who upload his Father picture and also caption as "My Dad is gone High Chief J.T.

A Lagos family court has ordered the remand in prison custody of a furniture maker who allegedly abducted and defiled an eight-year old girl and in the process tore her private part at

Left-wing Latin American leaders have congratulated Bolivian President Evo Morales, who has claimed victory and a third term in

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius should not go to jail over the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, his sentencing hearing has been told.

A probation officer appearing

As the preparations for the 2015 general elections gathers momentum, former president of Nigeria and ex-Chairman, Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that it is over between him and the party.

Iraq's military abandoned a strategically important base in Anbar province after heavy fighting with ISIS militants, provincial security

About 850 Nigerian soldiers on peacekeeping mission in Liberia are to be quarantined for 28 days when they return to the country in

Oscar Pistorius is a "broken man" after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp because he lost the woman he said he loved as well as his reputation, friends, income and sense of self-worth,

Liberian health officials are appealing to nurses and medical assistants not to go ahead with a national strike, as the Ebola

Robbery suspects Says I drink Cow Blood Before Operations.

A 19-year old Chadian citizen and cross-border armed robbery suspect, Jamal Nasiru, arrested by the men of the Lagos State

There are strong indications that former President Olusegun Obasanjo may have warned the All Progressives Congress not to field former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku as its flagbearer in the 2015