Truck seige: Lagosians lament losses
Traffic in Lagos in the past week defied all predictions and permutations as there was no getting away from it. For Lagosians, it was a week of stress and strife. Major roads,…
Islamic State kills about 100 in southwest Syria
Islamic State militants killed dozens of people in a series of attacks on government-held parts of southwestern Syria on Wednesday (July 25), including multiple suicide blasts in Sweida city, official sources said.…
Buhari writes Senate, seeks confirmation of Owasanoye as ICPC chair, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to confirm Bolaji Owasanoye as chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).…
Lawmaker dismisses claim of state not being able to fund police
A bill seeking an amendment to the Nigerian Constitution to accommodate state and community policing was read for the second time at the House of Representatives on Tuesday.…
Rapid response has ended Congo’s Ebola outbreak
Thirty-three people were believed killed by the most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But rapid response by authorities and an experimental vaccine are credited with stopping a repeat…