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Girl, mother, grandmother perish in Port Harcourt fire

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, August 15th, 2014

Tragedy sruck in Port Harcourt yesterday as four persons were burnt to death and scores wounded in an early morning fire that gutted residential houses in the Rivers State capital. The incident, which occurred in Agip-Rumueme-Mgbuoshimili area of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state, claimed the lives of a five-year-old girl, her mother and […]

FIFA orders Maigari’s return (The return of incompetence)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, August 15th, 2014

World soccer governing body, FIFA has again ordered the return of the impeached president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari. FIFA in a letter ad- dressed to NFF scribe (which Daily Sunsports is in possession of) stated that the sacked NFF boss must preside over the August 26 congress. While regretting the […]

ebola-death-toll-increases Kwara closes private hospital over suspected Ebola victim

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, State News Friday, August 15th, 2014

The Kwara State Government yesterday, announced the immediate closure of a private hospital in the metropolis over a suspected Ebola virus contamination. Announcing the closure of the hospital, the Senior Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Public Health, Professor Sunday Opabola, and his counterpart on Secondary Health, Dr Ibrahim Gambari, said the seven […]

Guard rapes 9-yr-old to death in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Friday, August 15th, 2014

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old security guard, identified as Gideon Musa, for raping a nine-year-old girl to death in the state capital. According to reports, the suspect, who is a guard near the victim’s house, took the teenager to a nearby bush and raped her to death. However, father of the […]

Enugu: The story of the chicken impeachment

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Friday, August 15th, 2014

By Tony Edike, Enugu A section of those in the Enugu State governemnt are determined to see the back of the incumbent deputy governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi. Their scheme has been dubbed the Chicken Impeachment given the extent the antagonsits of the deputy governor have gone to fetch charges against him. THE ongoing impeachment proceeding […]

2014 WAEC: Our students’ failure is our nation’s failure —Atiku –

Posted by admin Latest Politics Friday, August 15th, 2014

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — FORMER Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, attributed mass failure recorded by Nigerian students in the May/June 2014 West African Examinations Council to the non-chalant attitude of government to education from primary to university level. He described failure of the students as the nation’s failure. According to him, the failure of […]

Nigerian Students Need to be Disciplined: Interview with The Guardian – By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 13, 2014 – I recently granted an interview to The Guardian Newspapers to express my views on some aspects of student unionism and activism in the current political dispensation and socio-political environment. The interview was published on Sunday, 03 August 2014, written by GREGORY AUSTIN NWAKUNOR […]

Confab: Northern delegates reject draft constitution

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman of the conference, retired Justice Idris Kutigi | credits: File copy Northern delegates attending the ongoing National Conference have dissociated themselves from the “New Draft Constitution” made available to all the delegates by the leadership of the conference in Abuja on Monday. The northerners said that they […]

Ebola: FG bans inter-state movement of corpses

Posted by admin Latest Politics, State News Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

Ebola: FG bans inter-state movement of corpses | credits: AFP The National Council on Health has banned the transport of corpses and critically ill persons on both local and international routes with immediate effect. It said only dead bodies with waivers granted by the Federal Ministry of Health would be transported within and into […]

Robbery pays more than our jobs, say suspects

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

•The suspected robbers | credits: Photo: Olaleye Aluko Two suspected armed robbers, Sikiru Oyebamiji and Afeez Salami, arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, said robbing people was more profitable than their legal job. The duo was arrested in the Mushin area of Lagos and also found with a locally-made pistol. They were nabbed […]