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‘Chained to the floor for four years!’

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

Lance Corporal Matthew Isabu (93NA/35/1993), who claimed to have served in 1 Division Workshop of Nigerian Army, alleges that he has been tortured since December 2000 when a scuffle with an air force sergeant reportedly led to his death. His story: “I was on official assignment during the Kaduna crisis of Friday, December 27, 2000 […]

Senate president, Mark, escapes death as gunmen attack his convoy

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate, Top Stories Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

BY JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU, Abuja Senate President, David Mark last Thursday escaped death as his convoy was allegedly attacked by yet to be identified gunmen in Orlu, Imo State.The Senate Present who had just retuned from Switzerland where he attended the International Parliamentary Union, IPU, conference, went to Nkwere, Imo state to attend the burial ceremony […]

The NIS Applicants tragedy, by Rev. Chris Okotie

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

The big news this week was the inauguration of the National Conference, but the deaths of more than 16 young applicants who died in Abuja and other venues, during the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS recruitment exercise, overshadowed it. This tragedy mirrors the desperate situation of Nigeria.One only hopes that this unfortunate loss of lives, coupled […]

Fayose emerges PDP Ekiti guber candidate

Posted by admin Ekiti, General Politics, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

Ado-Ekiti – A former governor of Ekiti State, MrAyo Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria,(NAN) reports that Fayose emerged winner with 462 votes out of a total of 477 votes cast. Leader of the PDP panel which conducted the primaries Dr Peter […]

Aliko Dangote: A lesson for African entrepreneurs

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

“I built a conglomerate and emerged the richest black man in the world in 2008 but it didn’t happen overnight. It took me 30 years to get to where I am today. Youths of today aspire to be like me but they want to achieve it overnight. It’s not going to work. To build a successful […]

Lagos: Police free pregnant girls in ‘baby factory’ raid

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

LAGOS – Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to sell each of their newborns for nearly two thousand dollars. “Following intelligence report, we discovered and stormed on Friday a baby factory in Akute district of Ogun state,” a police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, […]

Army will not rest until peace is restored – Minimah

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, says the Army will not rest until peace is restored in communities affected by Boko Haram insurgents.Minimah made this known during the farewell ceremony in his honour by the Infantry Corps Centre, Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji, Kaduna State, on Friday.“We shall not […]

Chelsea smash Arsenal, 6-0

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

LONDON (AFP) – Chelsea dealt a crushing blow to Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes with a 6-0 victory on Saturday after one of the beaten team’s players had been mistakenly sent off. Chelsea were in no mood to allow Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to celebrate his 1,000th game in charge and raced into a two-goal […]

Boko Haram: Borno schools closed indefinitely

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday.The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some 120,000 students across the troubled state, a stronghold of the militant sect waging a five year insurgency in Nigeria.The […]

Olumaintain flaunts $60 000 wristwatch

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, March 22nd, 2014

Latest news going viral online stated that Yahoose crooner Olumide Adegbolu popularly known as Olumaintain has said that he spent $60 000 on just a wristwatch. The Nigerian actor said this when E Rave reporter asked him what his most priced item is and he said it’s his $60, 000 wristwatch. “I have a diamond […]