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Military will not cede any part of Nigeria to terrorists (Talk is cheap)

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

By Our Reporter on August 12, 2014 · COVER The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday reiterated the military would not cede any part of the country to insurgents. Olukolade made this known in Abuja when he reacted to the claim that terrorists […]

Nurses chase suspected Ebola patient out of hospital

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

The suspect, a lady, was said to have been instantly chased out of the hospital by nurses on duty. Sources in the hospital told journalists that the frail looking lady had blood oozing from her nostrils and mouth. The discovery led to commotion in the area as the lady was told to go to the […]

Wike dares Jonathan (Growing wings?)

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Sebagen Henry Noboh Monday, August 11, 201 Re: Wike dares Jonathan advertisement “When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.” – J. William […]

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup: Falconets hit Edmonton for England

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

By MONICA IHEAKAM on August 12, 2014 · Sports Ahead of their August 13 last group game against England, Nigeria’s Falconets on Monday arrived Edmonton, one of the cities hosting the Canada 2014 FIFA U-20 women’s world Cup. The team, which flew aboard a Canada North Airline, is camped at the Delta Edmonton South Hotels […]

Soldiers’ wives protest movement of spouses in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

By TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri on August 12, 2014 · National Wives of army personnel in Borno State have protested against the movement of their husbands from Maiduguri barracks to an upgraded army formation in the state. The women, who gathered at the 21 Armoured Brigade (Giwa Barracks) in Maiduguri yesterday morning for the peaceful demonstration, […]

Police arrest man over murder, sex with dead women in Ebonyi

Posted by admin Ebonyi, Headlines, State News Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

By Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Abakaliki Monday, August 11, 2014 Police have arrested a 20-year-old man, Chukwuma (surname withheld), who allegedly specialised in killing women and having sex with their dead bodies in Ebonyi State.The suspect allegedly killed three women along farm pathways in the area and had sex with them. The state Police Public Relations […]

Jonathan describes late Patrick Sawyer actions as pure ‘madness.”

Posted by admin Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Monday, August 11th, 2014

BY; VICTORIA OJEME ABUJA – President Goodluck Jonathan Monday described late Patrick Sawyer actions as pure ‘madness’ and craziness. Jonathan made the statement at the annual Interfaith Conference in Abuja. The president who expressed his disappointment with the way and manner Sawyer brought Ebola to Nigeria assured citizens that government is ready to stop the disease. “As […]

In pictures: Ebola: Nigerians go comical?

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, August 11th, 2014

THE scourge of the Ebola virus in Nigeria has thrown up a lot of issues. Aside government’s spirited efforts to contain the spread of the virus, there have been a rise in weird and comical angles to it on the social media. DAMOLA ADEOYE picks up some of them. WITH […]

Disturbing Picture: My wife infected me with HIV – Killer husband

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, August 11th, 2014

Katongu, stiches of the self-inflicted injury | credits: Olaleye Aluko The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Phillip Katongu, for allegedly stabbing his wife to death. Katongu, who hails from Wamba, Nasarawa State, was apprehended by operatives of the Department of Criminal Investigations, Yaba, Lagos. The police said the victim, Justina, was […]

We can assist to fight Boko Haram –Legionnaires (Where real soldiers can’t perform…)

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Monday, August 11th, 2014

Nigerian Legion | credits: http://1.bp.blogspot.com The Bayelsa State chapter of the Nigerian Legion has asked the Federal Government to allow them to assist in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. The Chairman of the Nigerian Legion in the state, Igirigi Effiong, said this in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Saturday […]