India’s government has ordered an investigation into the gang rape of a 23-year-old student while on a bus in the capital, Delhi, earlier this month. A retired judge will “identify the lapses” on the part of authorities and “fix responsibility” a minister said. The student’s condition has “improved marginally”, doctors say, although she remains on […]
The former South African president, Nelson Mandela, has been discharged from hospital, the South African presidency says. Mr Mandela will continue to receive treatment at his home in Johannesburg until he has fully recovered, according to a statement from President Jacob Zuma’s office. Mr Mandela, 94, was admitted to hospital 18 days ago. He was […]
Women in Swaziland risk arrest if they wear mini-skirts or tops which expose part of their stomach, a police spokeswoman has said. Wendy Hleta said police would enforce an 1889 law which bans “immoral” dressing if they receive a complaint. She also said women in the deeply conservative kingdom make it easier for rapists by […]
By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT- NIGERIANS in Austria have petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan over alleged indifference by the country’s Ambassador to that country, Mrs. Maria Laose, to the plight of Nigerians, following various ill-treatment they suffer in the hands of the host government. Expressing their frustrations in a chat with Vanguard in Port Harcourt, Rivers […]
DECEMBER 26, 2012 BY DAYO OKETOLA Mobile network operators have concluded plans to seek compensation from the Federal Government for losses incurred from terrorist attacks on their installations. The Executive Secretary, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, Mr. Gbolahan Awonuga, confirmed to our correspondent on Tuesday that MTN, Globacom, Airtel, Etisalat, and the CDMA […]
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Wednesday visited Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Lagos to spend Boxing Day with the prisoners and guards. The respected cleric, who stated this 0n Twitter, said it was to show that Jesus Christ came to the world to save all mankind and […]
At least two crashes have been reported as Nigerians mark Boxing Day amid an economic crunch and fuel scarcity. The Federal Road Safety Commission reports on its Facebook page that a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number XE 950 RSH, conveying five males and 10 females, crashed at Banda on Lokoja-Abuja Expressway. One male passenger […]
POPE Benedict XVI on Tuesday called for an end to “savage acts of terrorism” in Nigeria and the slaughter of the “defenceless” in Syria. Delivering the Vatican traditional Christmas Day message from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the pontiff also called for the return of peace to Mali. Delivering Christmas greetings in 65 […]
NO fewer than 12 worshippers were killed in Potiskum, Yobe State and Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Monday when gunmen suspected to be members of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, attacked two churches in the Northern Nigeria towns, police said. CNN quoted the police to have said one assault occurred at the Church of Christ […]
Nigerian Immigration Service on Tuesday said the vacant posts in the agency were not advertised because it wanted to avoid a repeat of the rush during the 2006 recruitment exercise when many applicants died. The service also denied that it allotted some vacancy slots to the President’s wife, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, saying the report was […]
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