The actor's death was later confirmed on his Facebook page.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
R.I.P: Fast and Furious actor, Paul Walker dies
The actor's death was later confirmed on his Facebook page.
Metro-North passenger train derails in NYC, Falls Into River.
A Metro-North passenger train has derailed in the Bronx area of New York City, with a number of injuries being reported. Several cars plunged into the river, authorities said.
UPDATE: At least two died, a New York City police source familiar with the investigation and rescue told our source
Reports
are emerging that 30 people have been injured following the derailment
in the Bronx, but this information has not yet been confirmed. A
passenger who was on the train, Frank Tatulli, told Eyewitness News he
takes the train every Sunday morning, and that it was travelling at a
higher rate of speed than it normally does.
East Africa Integration, A welcome development: 5 Five East African countries agree to common currency.
The five member of the East African Community (EAC) economic group have agreed to adopt a single currency.
The
leaders of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi signed a
protocol in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Saturday for the adoption of a
common currency in 10 years.
"We now have the framework required to unlock the promise of integration," Kenyan President and EAC head Uhuru Kenyatta said in a statement.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
A court in Ukraine's capital Kiev Bans Mass rallies in the city's center from December 1 till January 7.
A court in Ukraine's capital Kiev has banned rallies in the city's center from December 1 till January 7. This is what lawyer Evgeniya Zakrevskaya, who represented the interests of the defendant, said to the Russian RIA-Novosti news agency.
The complainant was the city administration of Kiev. The court fully satisfied the complainant's claim, Ms. Zakrevskaya says.
I have no candidate for 2015 — Buhari
A former military Head of State,
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has said he has no appointed
candidate for any political position in the country. Buhari, also a chieftain of the All
Progressive Congress, said this on Saturday in Kano at a sensitisation
workshop, organised by the Kano APC Forum for Peace and Equity. The former head of state said he had no candidate and urged anybody who wanted to aspire to any post to feel free to do so.
“Buhari has not anointed anybody as a candidate, so whoever people want is his candidate.
“Whoever emerges for the party as the people’s candidate at the local, state or presidential level is Buhari’s candidate. So Buhari’s candidate is the people’s candidate,” he said.
₦100m Suit: Etisalat replies comedian Julius Agwu
Telecommunication giant, Etisalat Nigeria, has reacted to Julius Agwu’s seven day ultimatum to the company that it should compensate him with the sum of N100 million or risk legal action over “alleged unlawful and unjustified blocking and/or swapping” of his Etisalat GSM phone number 08189555555.
Agwu demanded the compensation through his lawyer, Festus Keyamo, due to what he termed lost of business opportunities and the inconvenience experienced by him during the period.
ASUU strike,no longer a trade dispute but a subversive action. - Pres. Jonathan
President
Goodluck Jonathan says the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff
Union of Universities since July 1, 2013 because of the non-implementation
of 2009 agreement with the Federal Government is no longer a trade
dispute but a subversive action.
Jonathan
said this at the Peoples Democratic Party had caucus meeting at the
Government House, Yenagoa. The meeting, presided over by the party
chairman in their state, Col. Samuel Inokoba (retd), started late on
Friday and ended on Saturday.
Ridiculously Embarrassing!!! How 409 Nigerians Are Being Discriminated in South African Prisons.
The House of Representatives has emerge to condemn the ill-treatment and discrimination against Nigerians residing in South Africa, stressing that over 409 convicts were currently serving jail terms there. Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewam, the Chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora, disclosed this in a statement issued after the committee's trip to two prisons in South Africa.
Thai Protests: Two killed, 45 wounded in Thai political violence
Two people have been killed and 45 wounded during political violence in the Thai capital, emergency services said Sunday, as the opposition vowed a final push to overthrow the government.
"The confirmed toll is now two dead and 45 injured," an official at the city's Erawan emergency centre told AFP.
Anambra Governorship Election: Obiano declared winner
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| ADHOC STAFF WAITING FOR VOTERS DURING ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION AT CHUKWURA PRIMARY SCHOOL II, ABATETE IN IDEMILI NORTH LOCAL COUNCIL AREA OF THE STATE ON SATURDAY |
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Willie Obiano, has been declared winner of the governorship election in Anambra State. The returning officer, Prof James Epoke said Obiano satisfied all the requirements of the law “and is hereby declared winner. ”
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Sakawa: Woman Reveals Secrets
The phenomenon is gradually gaining grounds in the major city centres at the time the president is making frantic effort in fighting the canker through the various security agencies.
Nigerian Pastor Joshua Esosa jailed for Hard drugs in Austria is acquitted
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Why Professor Jega Must Go ––Buhari, Akande, Tinubu
Leading the way were former Head of State Muhammadu Buhari, APC Chairman Chief Bisi Akande, former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) former chairman Chief Ogbonnaya Onu and many others.
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Riots in Ukraine. LIVE UPDATES
About 200 supporters of Ukraine's
European integration, who had been pushed away from the Kyiv's central
square Maidan Nezalezhnosti, barricaded themselves in the territory of
St. Michael's Cathedral. Dozens members of the parliamentary opposition
are in a Mikhailovskaya square next to the St. Michael's Cathedral.
Check out the contestants for the Exquisite Face of Universe pageant
It’s
the
first time the global pageant is coming to Nigeria, with past editions
mainly in Ghana. Continue to see the beautiful contestants after the break ...
ASUU leaders adamant on strike.
Following threats from the Federal Government, leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday relocated from Abuja to their various campuses in readiness for expected crackdown.
It was gathered that President Goodluck Jonathan might no longer be directly involved in negotiation with the lecturers because he is angry with ASUU leaders for three reasons, namely their contempt for the office of the President, their decision to issue new conditions and their alleged backing by some external forces.
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