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Confab: Delegates bicker over feeding arrangements (Overgrown babies)

Posted by admin Latest Politics Friday, April 4th, 2014

Some delegates participating in the ongoing National Conference were on Thursday in Abuja divided over the feeding arrangement by the leadership of the confab. While some of them expressed disappointment about the poor quality of food, others said they wanted the food to be monetised to enable them to source for food outside the conference […]

Gang attack: 10 Nigerians hospitalised in S’Africa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories Friday, April 4th, 2014

Ten Nigerians have been hospitalised in South Africa, while 25 shops owned by Nigerians have been looted following attacks by organized gangs. The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from Pretoria on Friday that the attack began last week in Johannesburg and […]

Passport seizure: Sanusi floors FG, SSS

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics Friday, April 4th, 2014

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government, the State Security Service and the police to immediately release the passport of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi. The court, in a judgment it delivered on Thursday, also directed the respondents, including the police, to pay N50m […]

Scores killed as soldiers kill Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Friday, April 4th, 2014

Scores of people were on Thursday killed in a Fulani settlement near Keana, in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in a gun duel between soldiers and suspected Fulani cattle breeders. Many were also said to have been wounded during the incident which occurred barely 24 hours after the military deployed troops in Benue […]

Youth et baby factory ablaze in Ogun

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Friday, April 4th, 2014

There was pandemonium in the Akinremi Estate, Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday after some youths discovered a baby factory around Vulcaniser Bus Stop. The incident comes barely two weeks after eight women were rescued from a baby factory in the Akute area of the state. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Metro that the youths, who thought […]

Six missing, 22 rescued from Lagos boat disaster

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Thursday, April 3rd, 2014

At least six passengers on board a boat were feared dead after it capsized in a lagoon in the Majidun area off Ikorodu in Lagos State on Wednesday evening. However, 22 others, who also fell of the boat were rescued by local divers. The development occurred barely two weeks after 13 people died at the […]

Does Jonathan really love women?

Posted by admin Latest Politics Thursday, April 3rd, 2014

The unofficial-official position of President Goodluck Jonathan’s government on women can be summarised thus: Thirty-three-one-thirds. This figure reflects the size of the national cake that should compulsorily be handed to women. It is reflected in the composition of Jonathan’s cabinet and that’s one of the few campaign promises he can boast he fulfilled. There is […]

Sanusi wins law suit against FG, awarded $300,000

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Thursday, April 3rd, 2014

A Nigerian court has awarded about $300,000 (£180,000) in damages to suspended central bank chief Lamido Sanusi after he filed a harassment case against the government. The court also ordered that Mr Sanusi be given back his passport, and he should not be detained unlawfully. He was briefly detained in February, soon after his suspension. […]

Bulletproof car scandal: At last, EFCC quizzes Stella Oduahm, the BMW queen

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

Former minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday quizzed a former Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, for over five hours at their Idiagbon House headquarters in Abuja. Investigation revealed that Oduah arrived at Idiagbon House around 10am and left at 3.30pm after being granted […]

Picture: Police dismiss rapist cop

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, April 1st, 2014

Damudu Bzibu | credits: Jude Owuamanam The Plateau State Police Command has dismissed a police corporal, Damudu Bzibu, who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl, Helen. Bzibu, with force number, 378612, was attached to the Special Task Force on security in Jos, when he, on March 26, 2014, around 9am at Kassa, Barakin Ladi Local […]