Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Angola Denies Banning Islam, Demolishing Of Mosques

Angolan government representatives have rejected reports that Angola had become the first country in the world to ban Islam and Muslims as false. According to Connor Adams Sheets, a senior reporter with the International Business Times, an official at the Angolan embassy in Washington DC said the reports were erroneous.

Mysterious River With Healing Water Appears In Enugu

Wonders are happening in Nachi, a community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, as mysterious healing water, already named “Orimiri Jordan”, (River Jordan), appears in its territory. The journalists, who visited the community on Tuesday, report that it has indeed become a Pilgrimage Centre, playing host to people from all parts of Nigeria.

National Confab Should Not Be Funded With State Resources; ASUU Strike’s Legitimate And Patriotic, Says Aturu

A human rights campaigner and lawyer, Mr Bamidele Aturu, on Tuesday urged that the proposed national conference should not be organised with state resources. Aturu made the statement at a news conference in Lagos. He advised that groups and nationalities interested in participation should sponsor themselves to make the conference genuine.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

FG Condemns ASUU’s Conditions For Calling Off Strike

The Federal Government, yesterday, condemned the new conditions which Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, insists must be met before it could call off its five-month-old strike. Members of the union had on Friday met in Kano for the National Executive Council, NEC,

Angola Becomes First Country to Ban Islam, Shuts Down All Mosques

Shouldn't there be freedom of religion to every citizen of a country, so how can Angola do this? If reports are to be believed then the Southern African country has become the first country in the world to ban the Islamic religion. According to multiple reports coming from Angola, Mosques in the country have been closed down and some even destroyed.

Plane Crash In Ilorin; trainees from aviation school escape death

Three crew members on board a training aircraft of International Aviation College, Ilorin, escaped death as the plane crashed during a routine exercise. The incident occurred at about 11.33 a.m. yesterday within the vicinity of Ilorin International Airport.

ASUU Agrees To Suspend Strike After Secret Meeting, Gives Jonathan Three Conditions

University lecturers in Nigeria have agreed to end the five-month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if the federal government agrees to three conditions, according to the Nigerian Eye. The three conditions are expected to be made known to President Goodluck Jonathan today, after which the strike will be called off and if an agreement is reached.