20% of Kogi teachers speak bad English, can’t write own names

Lokoja -  Mr Ndamadu Ali, the Kogi Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs said on Wednesday that more than  20 per cent of public primary school teachers in the state speak bad English.

Ali made the disclosure while submitting the report of the Committee on biometric data and Certificate verification of the teaching and non-teaching staff to Gov. Idris Wada in Lokoja.

Andy Uba, Tony Nwoye return to court today for PDP ticket

HEARING in the suit over who gets the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket between Tony Nwoye and Andy Uba for the November 16, 2013 governorship election in Anambra State continues today at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The Ejike Oguebego’s faction of the PDP in Anambra State, which elected Chief Andy Uba as the party’s candidate is in court to challenge the decision of the National Working Committee, NWC, to recognise Ken Emeakayi’s faction which produced Mr. Tony Nwoye as the flagbearer.

Tension over alleged killing of 3 by vigilante group

THERE was apprehension in Owhase community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State over the alleged kidnap and killing  of three citizens by members of the Ovwian vigilante group.

The victims, an apprentice welder with Omote Fabrication Company, Enerhen, 28-year-old Onome Emakpor; 27-year-old shoe mender with workshop at Ekete Inland, Ekete,

Cultists rape woman, kill husband, three others during clash

Rival cultists, Tuesday night, clashed in Somolu and Ketu areas of Lagos, leaving four persons dead and several others injured.

In  Ajelogo area of Ketu, it was gathered that suspected members of Eiye confraternity stormed a suspected rival’s home identified simply as Seyi in  the wee hours of Monday.

Winner Of The 'Best Behind' In Afro Model 2013 Awards

 Sultry Simone is a US model, dancer and star of the Bubble Butt and Twerk It music videos. She was crowned the 2013 Best Behind at the Afro Model Awards Show held some months ago in the UK

A 27 year old Boy Raped a 60 year Old Woman

The Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court in Ekiti State, yesterday, remanded one Akintunde Omotehinde, 27, in prison custody for allegedly raping his 60-year-old mother.

Prosecutor Ebenezer Ewuola told the court that the accused committed the offence on August 23, in Ajebamidele Area of Ado-Ekiti.

He claimed that the accused ‘forcefully and unlawfully’ had carnal knowledge of his mother, which led to her being hospitalised.

what is wrong in making stowaway boy hero?

National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, has criticised the award of scholarship to stowaway teenager, Daniel Oikhena, by the Governor Rauf Aregbesola Foundation.

The association contended , yesterday, that it was wrong to make hero out of the boy.

It will be recalled that on Saturday, August 24, 2013, the teenager successfully breached the security of the Benin Airport, operated by Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, and managed to stowaway at the wheel well of an Arik aircraft on a flight from Benin to Lagos.

The boy was apprehended when he came out of the wheel well on landing in Lagos.

Ebonyi govt stops payment of CONHESS to corps members

ABAKALIKI—CONTRARY to insinuations in some quarters that the Ministry of Agriculture has stopped the payment of Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS, to National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members posted to the Ministry because it wanted monetary inducements from them, the state government last weekend declared that the stoppage was done because of lack of approval.

No ‘Ogiame,’ no Atuwatse II – In warri Delta state

WARRI — THE Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, ILoT, yesterday, asked the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse II, to renounce his new edict, rejecting the ‘Ogiame’ title of the Warri monarch.

China's industrial output growth adds to recovery hopes

China's industrial production rose by more than expected in August, the latest sign that the world's second-largest economy may be on the mend

Factory output climbed by 10.4% from a year earlier. Most analysts had forecast a figure closer to 9.9%.

A Cambodian Boy living by suckling a Neighbor's Cow after Parents Dies

 HEART BREAKING: A Cambodian Boy living by suckling a Neighbor's Cow after Parents Passed Away Um Oeung said Friday the cow doesn't mind the boy suckling but he is worried about his grandson's health if he continues.However the man's neighbours are not happy about the boy suckling from the cow, and that they say the child will be "ashamed when he grows up.

Syria's Assad says US has no proof of chemical weapons use

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told a US broadcaster there is "no evidence" that his government has used chemical weapons.

In the interview with PBS, to be aired on Monday, he also suggested his allies would retaliate if the West attacked.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has been lobbying hard for military action against Mr Assad during talks with EU and Arab foreign ministers in Europe.

Police arrest five for kidnap, raping of teenager

Men of the Benue State Police Command have arrested a three-man gang, which allegedly kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

Also nabbed by the command was a two-man robbery gang, which specialised in dispossessing their victims of their Ipads and computers.

Robert Robson, the Lowry artistic director dies at 58

Mr Robson had been artistic director at the venue, which houses theatres and galleries, since 2003.

The Lowry chief executive Julia Fawcett said he died suddenly on Friday.

"He was respected across the industry, and will be greatly missed by his colleagues here at The Lowry and the people he worked with and supported across the country," she said.

Female Fans Grab Paul Of P Square's Manhood In a party

This must surely be a night to remember for Paul and Peter Okoye, of P Square. After becoming honorary Calgarians, the duo took the stage by storm with their performance in the city and trust me a lot of things happened