The 8-year-old girl the lone survivor of a bus crash that killed at least 45 people in South Africa before Easter weekend has been released from hospital on Wednesday. The girl, Atlang Siako is expected to travel to her home in neighboring Botswana, from where the bus was traveling last Thursday on its way to…
7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan on Wednesday, killing four people and leaving hundreds as casualties. Taiwan’s government revealed that four people had died in the populated eastern county of Hualien near where the epicentre was, also 711 people injured. The fire department said 77 people remained trapped, some in collapsed buildings in Hualien. Taiwan television…
Trabzonspor have been ordered to play six games behind closed doors after violence broke out following last month’s Turkish Super Lig defeat by Fenerbahce. Fans ran on to the pitch and attacked Fenerbahce players and security forces at Papara Park in Trabzon. Fenerbahce players Jayden Oosterwolde and Irfan Can Egribayat were given one-game bans for…
The federal government is planning an almost 300% increase in electricity tariffs in the coming weeks in a bid to attract investment into the sector. According to the reports, unofficial sources state that electricity firms may hike tariffs for those in urban areas to N200 per kWh, up from N68. Those in urban centres represent…
The Federal Government has reiterated it’s desire l go after individuals with fake university certificates in the country. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, said this at an event in Abuja. According to him, there would be transformation in the education sector with the unveiling of a 13-pillar roadmap. The minister said for proper planning…
Criminal elements in Anambra State have suffered disastrous defeats as Joint Security Force in the State took the fights to their camps in different parts of the State. The gunmen, this time, also lost their high calibre ammunitions and their major strongholds to the joint security force. Announcing this in a press statement made available…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has declared that the era of tampering with Local Government funds in the state is over. This is as he has waded into the rift between traders at Ariaria International Market and a developer engaged by the previous administration to remodel the market. Otti said he had directed that…
Africa’s number one Table Tennis player, Quadri Aruna has called out Table Tennis governing body. World Table Tennis over the injustice meted out to him for missing two major tournaments. Aruna in a post on his social media page was quoted as saying “Two ranking penalties in two consecutive months plus monetary penalty” said such…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to Christians over its Easter message which has stirred controversy among adherents of the faith. In its Easter message to Christians in Nigeria, the FIRS had shared a flier showing a Point of Sale (PoS) machine with the caption, “Jesus paid your debt, not your taxes”. The…
Chukwuka Utazi, the immediate past senator representing Enugu North senatorial zone, has declared that only through the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ndigbo can produce a Nigerian president. Utazi, who recently defected to the ruling party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urged Ndigbo to serve in the APC to stand the chance of producing a…
