Thursday, October 5, 2017

World Teachers' Day: Union bemoans decline in education in Kogi

 
   The Kogi State chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) has bemoaned the decline in education fortunes in the state over the past few years.

Open Heavens 5 October 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Occupy Till He Comes

Open Heavens 5 October 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Occupy Till He Comes

OCCUPY TILL HE COMES –Thursday October 5th 2017
Memorise: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring fouth more fruit. John 15:2
Read: Luke 19:11-13 (KJV)

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Charly Boy files N500m lawsuit against Nigerian Police over 'Resume Or Resign' harassment

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     Charly Boy has filed N500m lawsuit against the Nigerian Police over the alleged harassment he faced with other protesters during his 'Resume or Resign' protest on the 8th of August in Abuja. Recall that the Area father slumped during the protest at the Unity Fountain following the effects of tear gas canister and water cannons used on the protesters by the Police, but the authorities described the musician as being overdramatic when he slumped.

In the lawsuit filed against the FCT Police Command at the FCT High Court in Maitama on Wednesday, Charly Boy is seeking  “an order compelling the Police to publish a public apology to him in five National Newspapers, and the payment of the sum of N500m as general damages.

The lawsuit culled from Vanguard reads:

Senate investigates NNPC GMD over Kachikwu’s allegations

   

   The senate has resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the allegations made by Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, against Maikanti Baru, group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Rock legend, Tom Petty dies of cardiac arrest at age 66



   Rock legend, Tom Petty died on Monday October 2, 2017 at the age of 66 after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital, according to Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.