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Impeachment: Probe panel defies Nyako, begins sitting

Posted by admin Adamawa, Headlines, State News Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

Despite the public holiday declared by the Adamawa State Governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako (retd.), the seven-man panel set up by the outgoing Acting Chief Judge, Justice Ambrose Mammadi, began sitting in Yola on Monday. Though the public holiday announced by Nyako was to cover Monday and Tuesday (today), but members of the panel commenced sitting […]

We’ve taken over Boko Haram base, says military

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

[print] Boko Haram 5 | credits: @DefenceInfoNG Troops have cleared and taken over Balmo Forest in a military operation that lasted throughout the weekend, the Defence Headquarters has said. Prior to the operation, Balmo Forest, which stretches from Bauchi through Jigawa states with links to the fringes of the Sambisa Forest, was used by terrorists […]

Bank manager commits suicide in Ogun

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

Policemen attached to the Ibafo Police Division of Ogun State, on Saturday recovered the decomposed body of the manager of a commercial bank, Mr. Habeeb Olatunde, at an uncompleted building at Arepo. PUNCH Metro learnt that Olatunde, who had been declared missing since June 18, allegedly committed suicide. The policemen, led by the Divisional Police […]

Confab: Delegates bicker over creation of new states

Posted by admin Latest Politics, State News Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

STERN-looking security operatives were on Monday deployed in the entrance to the venue of the ongoing National Conference, apparently to forestall unsavoury occurrence as delegates expressed anger over the confab’s recommendation for creating new states. The National Conference had on Thursday endorsed the carving out of 19 new states from the existing ones but some […]

I am happy to be back – Echiejile

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, July 7th, 2014

Super Eagles defender Elderson Echiejile has said he has put the disappointment of missing out on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil behind him and is focused on club duties, africanfootball.com reports. The former FC Porto player, who has been training in Austria with his French club AS Monaco teammates ahead of next season, says […]

Australian court stops migrant move to Sri Lanka

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, July 7th, 2014

The Australian government’s attempt to return 153 asylum seekers to Sri Lanka has been blocked by the high court. The move comes after Australia confirmed on Monday it had returned 41 people to Sri Lanka after screening their asylum claims at sea on Sunday. Politicians and rights campaigners say the asylum seekers, who include Tamils, […]

Pope holds meetings with sex abuse victims (Great example – Nigerian pastors, pay attention)

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, July 7th, 2014

Six victims of sexual abuse by priests told their stories to Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday. The pope has spoken openly about child abuse in the Catholic Church, but critics say he has taken too long to meet survivors. Victims from his native Argentina have written to him to say they are pained […]

Hundreds of Nigerians march against Boko Haram in U.S.

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines Monday, July 7th, 2014

Hundreds of Nigerians in Chicago in the US on Saturday held a solidarity rally, demanding that the terror group, Boko Haram release the schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that over 200 girls were abducted from their school in Chibok on April 14. The Nigerians, during the rally, also demanded […]

Muslims want Sultan to lead negotiations with the infidel Boko Haram terrorists

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto Monday, July 7th, 2014

SOME Islamic elite have written to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, asking him to lead the dialogue with members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The elite, writing under the aegis of Concerned Muslim Professionals, told the Sultan, who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, […]

Redeemer University student kills dad

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Monday, July 7th, 2014

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old undergraduate, Tolani Ajayi, of Redeemers University along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, for allegedly killing his father, Mr. Charles Ajayi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The incident, according to the police, occurred on Tuesday, July 3, at their residence on Canaanland Street within the Redeemed Christian Church of […]