Lao Airlines plane crashes into river

 

A Lao Airlines plane crashed today Wednesday October 16th killing all 44 passengers and five crew members on board. The twin-engine turbo plane was on a domestic flight from the capital Vientiane to the airport in the Champasak province in the Southern Asian country when it plunged into the river as it tried to

Nigeria, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania and Chile virtually certain to join UN Security Council

The U.N. General Assembly elects five new members to the Security Council on Thursday and the winners are virtually certain because there are no contested races — Nigeria, Chad, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania and Chile.
Chad, Saudi Arabia and Lithuania have never served on the U.N.'s most powerful body while

Resume work, get paid, Shema tells varsity lecturers

Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has said that unless academic staff of the Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Katsina  (UMYUK) resume lectures, they will not be paid their salaries.

Delivering his annual Sallah message at Hawan Bariki yesterday, Governor Shema said Katsina government cannot continue paying lecturers their salaries while they remain on strike.

Nigerian students must go, federal government says

Two federal cabinet ministers have thrown cold water on efforts to stop two University of Regina students from being deported.
Victoria Ordu and Ihuoma Amadi are from Nigeria, and have taken sanctuary in a Regina church for several months because they're afraid they'll be deported.
They have student visas which allow them to work, but only on campus.
They claim they did not know of the restriction and worked for a short time at a Wal-Mart store, but stopped as soon as they learned of the rules.

UCH Ibadan performs first open heart surgery

The first open heart surgery in a teaching hospital in Nigeria has been successfully carried out at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Oyo State.

The feat was carried out by surgeons at the UCH in conjunction with a team of surgeons from Tri-State Cardiovascular Delaware, USA. (The surgical team that performed the feat pictured above)

A statement by the institution’s Head of Information Unit, Mr. Toye Akinrinola, disclosed that the

Woman Arrested For Breastfeeding

39-year-old Zimbabwean woman, Annie Mpariwa who is HIV positive has been arrested for breastfeeding a neighbour’s baby without her consent. The case which is already in court has been set for further hearing on the 24th of October  for an HIV test to

Snoop doggy Changes His Name To Snoopzilla For New LP

The Doggfather has teamed up with Dam-Funk on collaborative album...

Just when we got used to calling Snoop Dogg his new moniker Snoop Lion, the rapper has now announced he's changing his name… again!
The Doggfather has revealed he will be known as Snoopzilla on new collaborative album with singer Dam-Funk, 7 Days of Funk.
Snoopzilla said in a statement: "We're the babies of the Mothership. I've had funk influences in my music my whole career.