Former German chancellor, Angela Merkel would be awarded the North Rhine Westphalian State Prize at a ceremony in Cologne on Tuesday. The President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, would give the laudatory speech. The State Prize, founded in…
Former Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel wins UN refugee agency prize over welcome of Syrians
The UN refugee agency said Tuesday it’s giving its highest award to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her efforts to welcome more than 1 million refugees – mostly from Syria – into Germany, despite some criticism both at home…
Parliament elects Olaf Scholz as Merkel’s successor after 16 years as German chancellor
Angela Merkel’s 16-reign as German Chancellor officially came to an end today as parliament elected her successor – Olaf Scholz. Lawmakers voted 395-303 to approve Scholz – Merkel’s former finance minister – as the country’s new leader, three months after…
*Ojodu Lagos boils as trailer rams into school children, killing 15 (NewsExpress)*Police arrest 3 Dowen College students over Sylvester Oromoni’s death (Leadership)
Ojodu Lagos boils as trailer rams into school children, killing 15 (NewsExpress) Not less than 15 students of Babsfafunwa Millenium Senior and Junior Secondary Schools in Ojodu area of Lagos have purportedly been killed others injured, by a trailer moving…
*Suspected drug addict beats father to death in Kogi (Guardian)*Lagos Assembly passes VAT, open grazing bills (Punch)
Suspected drug addict beats father to death in Kogi (Guardian) A 21-year-old suspected drug addict, identified as Muhammed Yusuf, has allegedly committed patricide by beating his septuagenarian father, Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf, to death. The suspect was said to have been…
*Navy intercepts 162 bags of suspected smuggled rice in Lagos offshore (Guardian)*Otedola Bridge accident kills 1, injures 2 (Nation)
Navy intercepts 162 bags of suspected smuggled rice in Lagos offshore (Guardian) The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on routine patrol recently intercepted a wooden boat with 162 bags of foreign parboiled rice off the shore of Lagos. This is…
*JAMB begins 2021 UTME registration, sets June 5 for examination, says NIN compulsory (Vanguard)*200 level Otuoke University student commits suicide over academic failure (Guardian)
JAMB begins 2021 UTME registration, sets June 5 for examination, says NIN compulsory (Vanguard) JAMB says it has started the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration. A statement issued in Bwari, FCT, by its Head,…
*Lagos community cries out over insecurity, govt’s neglect (DailyTrust)*Fulfill N2b promise to victims of Soba community, Adams urges FG, Lagos (Guardian)
Lagos community cries out over insecurity, govt’s neglect (DailyTrust) Residents of Orile Iganmu in Lagos at the weekend called on the state government, donor agencies and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs)to come to their aid over the ravaging poverty and insecurity in…
