Friday, 23 January 2015

It Is Illegal For Place of Worship To Make HIV/AIDS Test Mandatory Before Marriage In Ekiti- Doherty

According to Vanguard, it is now an offence in Ekiti State for places of worship like churches and mosques to compel prospective couples to take mandatory HIV/AIDS tests before joining them in marriage.

It is equally an offence to expose results of such tests to other

11 OAU Students Escape Death In Bus Fire

 

Eleven Obafemi Awolowo University students today escaped death when one of the University campus buses plying the school caught fire. The incident happened at the school gate and luckily no one was hurt. Fire fighters were also immediately called to the scene to put a stop to the fire. See another photo after the cut

INEC: Nigeria’s National Security Adviser Wants Elections Postponed

Nigeria’s national security adviser, Col. Sambo Dansuki today during a question and answer session at a conference in London suggested next month’s presidential and parliamentary elections should be postponed because not all voter cards had been distributed. Dansuki said this has been his advice to INEC, but the chairman keeps insisting everyone will have one before elections, but he doubts if that can be so. Hear him;

“We said (to the Independent National Electoral Commission), look, there is a

GEJ Visits Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, Seeks Emir's Support

While in Kano State yesterday, for the continuation of his presidential campaign, President Goodluck Jonathan visited sacked CBN Governor, who is now the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, in his palace seeking hisblessing in his re-election bid.

Jonathan congratulated Sanusi on his installation and condoled with him and the people of the emirate on Bayero’s demise. He told the monarch he was in his palace to formally introduce himself, Vice President Namadi Sambo and other PDP candidates in the election.

“I am here to seek your royal blessing and to reassure the people of Kano that the PDP is totally committed to developing the country,” the president said while addressing the monarch.