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Boko Haram gives terms for talks with government

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Sunday, November 4th, 2012

• Picks Buhari, others for dialogue in S’ Arabia • Seeks compensation, release of members, others • Amnesty, security agents disagree on killings AFTER about three years of keeping the country on the brink of disintegration owing to the violence it regularly inflicted on it, Boko Haram may have decided to dialogue with the Federal […]

Obama, Romney target key swing states

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Sunday, November 4th, 2012

THE US presidential election rivals are beginning a crucial swing through key battleground states that will determine who wins next Tuesday. Barack Obama campaigned in Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Virginia yesterday, while Mitt Romney targets New Hampshire, Iowa and Colorado. Both candidates will visit the Iowa town of Dubuque within hours. Opinion polls suggest the […]

Suicide Bombers Attack Restaurant

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Sunday, November 4th, 2012

TWO suicide bombers have blown themselves up trying to enter a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least one person. They had targeted a restaurant known as The Village in the Hodan district of the city but were stopped by guards, one of whom was killed. The attackers opened fire on the guards, […]

Indicted Oil Players Target Ribadu’s Report

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Oil Politics Sunday, November 4th, 2012

Set To Discredit It In Coming Days THERE are indications that indicted parties are making moves to discredit the Mallam Ribadu report submitted to the Presidency last week. The plan is prompted by the subsisting controversy trailing the report. The Guardian learnt that the leadership of the regulatory bodies, who had procured copies of the […]

After Gov. Amaechi purchase of $50m jet, Gov, Akpabio follows suit with a $45m purchase of a Gulf Stream jet

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Friday, November 2nd, 2012

By SaharaReporters, New York The government of Akwa Ibom State has confirmed that Godswill Akpabio like his Rivers State counterpart, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, also owns a brand new jet. Akpabio took possession of the $45 million jet in June 2012. Responding to SaharaReporters inquiries, Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information, Aniekan Ummanah, confirmed that Mr. Akpabio […]

Nollywood distress: Actor’s leg amputated

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Just as Nollywood fans heaved a sigh of relief over veteran Enebeli Elebuwa’s steady recovery from stroke-related complications, another Thespian, Pete Eneh, famous for his ‘fatherly’ roles in Nollywood films, has had one of his legs recently amputated by doctors at Parklane Hospital, Enugu. Eneh’s travails began last year, after he sustained an injury that […]

Missing N38m: NFF yet to query NPL (Check their personal bank accounts)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Friday, November 2nd, 2012

The Nigeria Premier League board has denied that they have been queried by the Nigeria Football Federation over the alleged missing N38m from the television broadcast rights of the league. The NPL Secretary Mr. Tunji Babalola who spoke with The PUNCH on the telephone on Thursday said that everything known so far on the matter […]

Policeman, seven others killed in Jos ambush

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Plateau, State News Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Four persons, including a policeman, were on Thursday killed in an ambush in Jos. The killings came as the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone ll, Mr. Mamman Tsafe, said the force had devised means of stopping the killing of policemen by armed robbers in the country. The policeman identified as Corporal Istifanus Samaila was said […]

Nigerian forces out of control in terror fight -AI

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Amnesty International has released its latest report on the atrocities carried out by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as well as human rights violations perpetrated by Nigerian security forces in response. The report titled, ‘Nigeria: Trapped in the cycle of violence’, was presented to the media, in Abuja, on Wednesday. Secretary-General of AI, Salil Shetty, […]

Picture: Belgium-based writer wins $100,000 literature prize

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Belgium-based Nigerian writer, Chika Unigwe, got a big break on Thursday when she was named winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature. Her novel, On Black Sister’s Street, beat the two others shortlisted for the prize established in 2004 by the Nigeria LNG. These are Only a Canvas by Olusola Olugbesan and Onaedo: The Blacksmith’s […]