PENSION: Lagos State Disburses N742m For August.

The Lagos State Government has disbursed N742 million pension payments for the month of August.

Update on The Female Student Who Was Found Dead in Her Room

The female student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University whose decomposing corpse was found on Saturday, August 12 in her apertment in Awka Around Abakaliki Street at the back of Winners Chapel, is said to be buried today.

Service Member Missing, Five Rescued While U S Military Helicopter Crashes

 A U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the southern coast of Yemen while training its crew, leaving one service member missing, officials said.

Hurricane Harvey Intensified Rapidly Into a Category 4 Storm

Residents of the Gulf Coast hunkered down late Friday amid dire warnings of a major natural disaster as Hurricane Harvey, having intensified rapidly into a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds, roared ashore just to the northeast of this South Texas city.

Israel has opposed Al Jazeera

Israel is often described as "the only democracy in the Middle East." But in recent weeks it has drawn criticism from human rights organizations by taking steps to ban the pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera.