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In an effort to end the ongoing ASUU strike, the Federal Government has said it is committed to spending N200 billion in the 2014 budget on universities in Nigeria for about three to four years until the universities are brought to world-class standard. This is in addition to the N100 ...

Unless a miracle happens, or the Federal Government urgently intervenes to fly Mrs Queeneth Owolabi abroad for treatment, she would have her toes and fingers amputated due to gangrene infection. Mrs Owolabi is a surviving cabin crew on the ill-fated Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos two weeks ago. ...

A natural disaster has occured at the famous Obudu Mountain Resort in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State rendering over 20 persons stranded at the top of the mountain. The landslide which occured early this week led the Cross River State government swinging into action by contacting different ...

Barely 48 hours after operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) killed six suspected kidnappers in Ihiala Council Area of Anambra State, a business magnate and transporter, Chief Godwin Okeke (GUO motors) escaped death by the whiskers yesterday when gunmen suspected to be hired assassins attacked his car. The ...

Sharia Law has taken a new dimension in Kano State.According to Yahoo news…Police also have orders to arrest any cabbie carrying men and women together in the confined space of the three-wheeled�taxis �The way and manner some of the commercial�tricycle�operators�engage in indecent dressing and carry men and women together is ...

Researchers in the Netherlands studied teen brains and behaviour and determined what anyone who’s seen “Mean Girls” already knows: Teenagers are self centered little a**holes. Yep, apparently teens lack certain empathy skills! Who knew? This, scientist say, is because their brains are still developing and the areas dealing with not ...

The former Senegal coach Bruno Metsu has died of cancer at the age of 59. Known as “The White Sorcerer”, Metsu was diagnosed with colon cancer in July 2012 having replaced Diego Maradona as coach of Al Wasl in Dubai. The disease is said to have spread to his lungs ...

Another air disaster was averted today Sunday as a plane belonging to IRS Airline made anemergency�landing in Kaduna.It was reported that the aircraft’s�hydraulic�system developed a problem warning, thereby forcing the pilot to take a precautionary measure by asking ground control to confirm that all gears were down and locked. �The ...

Nigeria’s first Lady, Patience Jonathan pose for pictures with President of Hansei University, Sung-Hae Kim Wife of Nigeria’s president, Patience Jonathan, on Thursday added one more Honorary Doctorate degree to her gallery after a South Korean University honoured her. It is Mrs. Jonathan’s fourth doctorate since becoming Nigeria’s First Lady. ...

There appeared to be an argument between the Captain and the First Officer of the Associated Airline aircraft which crashed on 3 October in Lagos Nigeria and killed 15 people, the aircraft’s black box has revealed. The readout of the black box, also known as Cockpit Voice Recorder, CVR, conducted ...

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the suspension of its week-long strike. The suspension of the strike is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday and signed by the association’s National Secretary, Mr Promise Adewusi. It said that the decision to suspend the strike ...

Nollywood veteran actor Pa Kasumu is presently fighting for his life as he’s currently battling heart and liver diseases. He’s been in and out of hospital since 2009 and is in dire need of N12millon to solve his heath issues. He told Goldmyne TV: Ever since this started, none of ...

A Batch C corper enroute POP met his death in a ghastly motor accident. We dont have details of the incident yet, NaijaVibe will bring you full details later. May his soul RIP

The first civilian Governor of Plateau State, and the first chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Solomon Lar, is dead. Reports say Lar passed on in a US hospital early on Wednesday, where he had been undergoing�treatment since January this year. He had been discharged from the hospital ...

It’s the stuff of disaster films – to be left on board a plane mid-flight, without anyone to fly it. John Wildey who found himself in the predicament after the pilot collapsed has been praised for taking over in the cockpit of a light plane flying over Lincolnshire. The passenger ...

A recently-elected Kenyan politician is keeping his job as a toilet attendant and “shoe-shine boy”, a report suggests. Business Administration graduate Moses Gichangi has apparently been looking after the loos in Nakuru, in the northern Rift valley, for six years. And the Daily Nation says he chose not to give ...

A female pilgrim from Bauchi State has fallen from the 11th floor of a building and died in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Vice Chairman, Bauchi State Amirul Hajj team, Alhaji Yahaya Miya, confirmed the incident in Bauchi, Monday, at Hajj camp in Games Village, while fielding questions from newsmen before the ...

After 33 years of Neglect, and the president’s visit to the Police College Ikeja, it now wears a New look. Demolition, reconstruction, refurbishment, and furnishing of the dilapidated Police college, Ikeja is completed and it will officially be opened for use in the next few days. This is good news

A 9 year old boy did the unthinkable in the US last week; he went through airport security with other passengers, and hopped on a flight to Las Vegas on his own without a plane ticket. The Transportation Security Administration officials said they are still trying to figure out how ...

There seems to be continuous case of unresolved issues with Dana Air as the Federal Government has suspended its operations three days after the Associated Airlines crash.(Their license has been suspended too) The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, said on Sunday night that Dana has been suspended for precautionary measures ...