Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has suggested that Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti and others kicking against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Treasury Single Account policy should return to elementary school.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Fayose others should return to elementary school
Fayose others should return to elementary school
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has suggested that Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti and others kicking against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Treasury Single Account policy should return to elementary school.
Agency confirm 274 Nigerians died in Saudi stampede
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday put the Nigerian death toll in the Saudi stampede at 274.
Forty four others are still missing while two are receiving treatment in Saudi hospitals, the agency’s Commissioner Planning, Research Statistic Information and Library Service (PRSILS) Dr Saleh Okenwa, , stated this yesterday in Abuja.
Siasia begs kidnapper to release Mother
Olympic Team coach, Samson Siasia, has begged his mother’s abductors to release her to enable him focus on the task of winning a ticket to next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Madam Ogere Siasia, 72, according to the ex-Super Eagles striker, was abducted in the village of Odoni, Bayelsa, by 3 men on motorbike.
She was the only one at home in the village, taking care of Siasia's father
Global terrorism deaths rises to 80%....Report says
The number of people killed in terrorist attacks has jumped by 80 per cent in 2014 as 11 nations suffered more than 500 deaths.
This is contained in a think tank report released on Tuesday in London by the Institute for Economics and Peace in its 2015 Global terrorism index.
It noted that the terrorists linked to Islamic State and Boko Haram accounted for 51 per cent of the deaths in 2014.
Egypt plane crash brought down by bomb....Russia
The Russian intelligence service says that a Metrojet airliner that went down over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula in October was brought down by a bomb.
The Russian Security Service said on Tuesday that traces of explosives were found among the debris, after weeks of speculation about what had caused the crash.
The state-owned Sputnik News website quoted the FSB’s chief Alexander Bortnikov
IS Threatens attack on Washington, Others
ISLAMIC State (IS) warned in a new video yesterday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France and threatened to attack in Washington.
The video, which appeared on a site used by IS to post its messages, begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday’s Paris shootings.
Fallen Heroes' Sacrifies won't be fogotten...Says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday promised that the sacrifices of Nigeria’s fallen heroes, heroines, and veterans who rose up to the security challenges facing the nation won’t go unnoticed.
He gave the assurance while launching the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal Fund at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Pro-Biafra protest, Army warns against Treason
The Nigerian Army on Monday gave Indications it will deploy soldiers to the southeast part of the country to quell the ongoing protests by pro-Biafra groups.
Although no order has been issued by President Muhammadu Buhari for the deployment of troops, the army said it will not wait for the police to be overwhelmed before performing its supporting duties in internal security.