You Can’t Sack Doctors, Court Tells FG
Though the Federal Government had explained they were not sacked, but the Lagos Division of the National Industrial Court on Monday gave an order restraining the Federal Government and its…
480 Nigerian soldiers Fleeing to Cameroon Was Tactical, says DHQ
About 480 Nigerian soldiers fled into Cameroon following fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents. They fled to Cameroon with their guns and all in the wake of the hours-long gun…
Al Qaeda Releases US Journalist After Two Years in Captivity
An American freelance journalist held captive for nearly two years by Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria was freed on Sunday in a handover to United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan…
At Last, Striking Doctors Return to Work
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has suspended its two-month old nationwide industrial action. Striking Nigerian doctors have suspended their industrial action. The confirmation to this effect was made on Sunday…
13 Female Police Trainees, 22 Male Missing After Gwoza Police School Attack
No fewer than 13 female Police trainees, and 22 male counterparts have been confirmed missing, after gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, launched a…
How Bank of America $17B Historic Fine Would be Spent, Lessons for African Banks
Bank of America is paying $16.65 billion to settle fraud claims by federal and state enforcement agencies and regulators that relate back to the financial crisis of 2008. It’s “the…
Ojukwu Replaces Mba as Police Spokesman
The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba, has appointed DCP Emmanuel Ojukwu as the new Force Public Relations Officer. Mba who occupied the position from February 2012 to August,…
Ebola: American Doctors Discharged from Hospital, Thank God and Humanity
Emotion ran high and despair turned to hope as American doctor Kent Brantly and North Carolina missionary Nancy Writebol, both of whom contracted Ebola while treating infected Liberian patients, were…
Lagos Confirms Five New Ebola Cases
Barely 24 hours after the death of a senior physician, Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, who attended to the first Ebola casualty in the country, American Patrick Sawyer, the Lagos State Government…
Britain Offers to Send Tornado Jets to Locate Chibok Girls
Nigeria’s last ditch efforts to locate and rescue the remaining 219 Chibok girls held by Boko Haram seem to be yielding fruit as Britain’s Royal Air Force has offered to…