Taraba: Transformation Ambassadors donate items to victims of insurgency

Transformation Ambassador of Nigeria (TAN) has donated items worthmillions of naira to the Taraba State Government for onward distribution to victims of insurgency and communal conflicts currently taking refuge in Jalingo.
The gift items, which were presented at Nukkai Primary School, Jalingo  was received on behalf of the government by the Head of Service, Government House, Jalingo, Mallam Aminu Jika, who appreciated the gesture, and used the occasion to harp on the need for unity and peace in Nigeria for sustainable development.

Teenager electrocuted in Kano

A 13-year-old boy, Bashir Auwalu, was on Sunday electrocuted at Na’ibawa Tsakia quarters in Kano metropolis.

The Sun Award 2014: I’m pleased with this honour – Azudialu

The Chief Executive Officer, NESTOil, Chief Ernest Azudialu, has described The Sun Business Person of the Year Award 2014 conferred on him as not only important to him and his company, but also something most cherished.

Blast kills 1 at Yobe football field

A bomb targeted at footballers at a playing field in Yobe town has killed one, witnesses said.
Explosive devices suspected to have been planted at a football field in Potiskum, a commercial town in Yobe on Sunday went off at about 6.30pm, killing a sugar-cane seller, a source said.

Jet at bottom of sea, says search and rescue agency

…As rescuers expand search
The search for a missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 with 162 people aboard was expanded yesterday, the Indonesian government announced.

Cameroon launches first air strike on Boko Haram

Cameroon sent warplanes into action on Sunday against Boko Haram fighters for the first time, after the large force of militants crossed the border and seized a military camp, the government said yesterday.

Obama: US 'less racially divided' than in 2009

Protesters march toward a New York police station after a man was killed by police in Brooklyn 

President Barack Obama has said race relations in the US are better now than when he took office, despite nationwide protests over police actions.

Mr Obama told broadcaster NPR in a wide-ranging interview that he thinks "the issue has surfaced in a way that probably is healthy".