21 Nigerian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

The death toll of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia has risen to 21 from 14, a week before the Hajj rites, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
NAN quotes the National Hajj Commission’s weekly public health bulletin “No one” dated October 29, which showed that the male pilgrims

Hurricane Sandy fallout may affect Lagos –Govt

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned residents of the state to prepare for the ripple effect of Hurricane Sandy in the state.
Hurricane Sandy is a 2012 late-season violent tropical storm that has affected Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the eastern seaboard of the United States

Achebe’s civil war book, a propaganda – Gowon

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has described Prof. Chinua Achebe’s  Nigerian Civil War memoir  in his latest  book,  There was a Country, as  “a propaganda”.
Achebe in the  book,  accused the Federal Government under Gowon and the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who was then