Monday, March 24, 2014
No FG directive to refund applicants’ money - Immigration Service
Kenya Attack: Gunmen Open Fire at Church Service in Mombasa
Four people in Kenya have been killed and fifteen others wounded after two gunmen stormed a church near the coastal city of Mombasa and opened fire on worshipers The tragedy happened this morning after suspected Al-shabaab terrorists appeared at Joy Jesus Church in the Kenyan mainland town of Likoni.
Video: Thousands of African migrants protest Israel detention policy
Thousands of African migrants protest Israel detention policy
Thousands of African migrants, many holding banners demanding freedom for compatriots jailed as illegal job-seekers by Israel, protested on in Tel Aviv against a new open-ended detention law.Human rights groups say more than 300 people have been arrested since the law, which allows authorities to detain migrants without valid visas indefinitely, was passed by Israel’s parliament two weeks ago.
US police kill more innocents than terrorists despite sinking crime rates
Police officers in the United States killed an estimated 587 people in 2012 alone, tallying more than 5,000 over the course of the past decade, an activist non-for-profit called Justice Policy Institute has revealed. The death toll caused by police brutality, they say, is far higher than the number of people who died in roughly the same span as a result of events classified by Washington as terrorism.
Actor James Rebhorn dead at 65; a familiar face in character roles (Photos)
While you may not know his name, Rebhorn's face may be familiar as the arrogant headmaster in Al Pacino's "Scent of a Woman" or the scheming secretary of defense in "Independence Day."
Think back to the series finale of TV's "Seinfeld" in 1998. Rebhorn played the district attorney.
More recently, he was Frank Matheson in eight episodes of "Homeland."
Rebhorn was one of those busy actors sometimes referred to as "that guy." Tall and gangly, he had a face that served him well as a villain or corrupt politician.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
National Conference: North shelves plan to walk out
The umbrella body of northern Nigeria, Arewa Consultative Forum, has said the North has buried its initial plan to walk out of the National Conference, if the agenda of the conference does not address issues that affect the North.
A communiqué issued by the Northern Elders’ Forum after its two-day meeting in Kano on March 11, 2014, had asked delegates to the conference to stage a walkout whenever it became clear that their interest was at stake.
The northern elders had also dismissed the national conference saying, it “lacks a constitutional basis or any form of legitimacy or authority to speak for the people of the North or other Nigerians.”
I’ll donate ₦12m confab allowance to charity — Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has said he would donate his Federal Government allowance for the ongoing National Conference, totalling N12m, to charity.
He said he would not reject the allowances like some of his colleagues but would give it to the needy. He said this was to prevent a possible diversion of the money.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria is the third out of the 492 delegates at the conference to decline spending the money. Others are Pastor Tunde Bakare, and a former President, Nigeria Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba, also a SAN.
Pres. Jonathan meets Pope, justifies anti-gay law
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday met with Pope Francis and the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Monsignor Pietro Parolin, in Rome. Christian pilgrims from Anambra, Kaduna and the Federal Capital Territory, were part of the President’s delegation to the Vatican City but they remained at the courtyard while the papal audience lasted.
No FG directive to return applicants’ money — Immigration
The Federal Government may not refund the N1,000 application fee that was paid by each of the 693,000 applicants that participated in the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment on March 15.
The FG had on Wednesday cancelled the recruitment exercise, which claimed 18 applicants’ lives.
The Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Mr. Emeka Obua, told SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday that the service had not received any directive on the refund of the money.
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Saturday, March 22, 2014
Special Forces nail B'Haram Leader In Secret Operation; Scores Killed
The campaign against terrorists in the North-East intensified with the capture of a top leader of Boko Haram and the killing of about 70 insurgents at the sect’s stronghold in the notorious Gwoza Hills, Borno State.
"On Thursday, soldiers arrested a top member of the Boko Haram around the Gwoza Hills after the battle of Wednesday night when troop took over the hills.
"The Boko Haram member must be a very high ranking member of the group if not the head because he had several Toyota Land Cruiser jeeps in his escort when he was captured.
"Another thing is that they didn’t want anybody to know his identity; the commanders immediately flew the man to Abuja; as we are talking, the man is being interrogated there."
(WARNING: GRAPHIC PIX): Girl Mutilates Rival Over Love Affair With Her Man
When she was rushed to the hospital on Saturday, March 15, 2014 Haliya, not many believed that she would make it. Haliya, 15, lives with her parents at Shomore, on Ilogbo area of Oyingbo in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of the state.
Inside Innoson’s industrial revolution, Nigeria's first automobile firm.
By EMMANUEL AZIKEN, Political Editor
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, who calls Mr. Innocent Chukwuma ‘my son’ is obviously not the only proud Nigerian excited about the entrepreneurial skills of the 53 year old Nnewi born billionaire. Just about any Nigerian that would tour any of Chukwuma’s factories in Nnewi, Anambra State or Enugu, Enugu State would show a kindred spirit to a man who has used sheer ingenuity, robust energy and what some associates say unusual honesty, in positioning Nigeria at the threshold of an industrial revolution. Chukwuma in 2011 put Nigeria in the league of vehicle producing countries after his Nnewi factory rolled out the first truly made in Nigeria vehicles.
Russia Multi Millionaire beats Wife, deforms her Through Beating (Pictured)
Pavel Ushanov, 33, who is CEO of the Russian communications company Devino Telecom, had been dating model Alexandra Sereda for two years when she told him that she wanted to end their relationship.
Hoodlums attack Senate Presidents Convoy in Imo
A Woman Claims She Saw Missing Malaysian Plane Sinking
"It looked like an airplane . . . I took a closer look and was shocked to see what looked like the tail and wing of an aircraft on the water," she told the Malaysia's Star Online. "I had seen several shipping liners and islands from my window earlier. Then, I saw the silvery object."..
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