Hometown legend Frank Sinatra is still the pride of Hoboken, N.J., though the crooner had little use for the town (which he reportedly once called a "sewer") and headed west, to Southern California. After dying at age 82 in 1998, he was buried in a cemetery near Palm Springs, Calif., with a bottle of Jack Daniels and a pack of Camel cigarettes two regular companions tucked into his suit. Read More...
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday visited his former political leader, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso over the death of his younger brother. Naija News reports that Rabiu’s younger brother, Inuwa Kwankwaso, died in the early hours of Monday at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital after a protracted illness. He died at the age of 64.
Visiting his predecessor at his Bompai residence on Miller road in Kano state, Ganduje condoled with Kwankwaso over the death of his brother and father, Musa Kwankwaso. Read More...
President Goodluck Jonathan has Wednesday sworn-in 4 new ministers, preliminarily cleared by the National Assembly: Ibrahim Shekarau, Stephen Oru, Adedayo Adeyeye and Abdul Bulama.
According to Premium Times, Shekarau was appointed the new Education Minister, Adeyeye - the Minister of State for Works, Oru - Minister of Niger Delta and Bulama - the Minister of Science and Technology.
The President congratulated the new ministers urging them to be active and dynamic in their actions in the office: Read More...