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Flamingoes Descend on Colombia

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, September 28th, 2012

NIGERIA’S U-17 Women football team, the Flamingoes will swoop on Colombia in today’s fnal Group A match of the ongoing FIFA Women U-17 World Cup in Azerbaijan which is very crucial to both countries. With four points acrued from their first two matches against Canada and host Azerbaijan, the Nigerians must avoid losing to the […]

Picture: I Don’t Like Kissing On Set, But If It’s Compulsory I’ll Do It Professionally -Judith Audu

Posted by admin Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Friday, September 28th, 2012

Though many people may not readily recognise her face, Judith Audu is not a new face in Nollywood. The graduate of French Language from the University of Lagos says she will never sleep with anybody in exchange for roles. The actress speaks with Judith Audu Adunola Oladapo on her journey so far in the industry […]

Female Student Stripped Naked For Allegedly Stealing Blackberry Phone •Man in Court For Attempted Incest Against Daughter

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Friday, September 28th, 2012

A female final year student , in one of the universities in Imo State simply identified as Chisom was on Friday stripped naked for allegedly stealing a Blackberry phone at a very popular nightclub located in Owerri metropolis . According to an eyewitness, Chisom had removed the phone from the bag of another colleague in […]

Jonathan Stops Pan-Ijaw Conference

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Friday, September 28th, 2012

Worried by the possible implications of an all-Ijaw gathering, President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered that the All-Ijaw Stakeholders’ Summit scheduled for Saturday in Yenegoa, the Bayelsa State capital be put off indefinitely. Authoritative sources close to the organisers of the Summit told Saturday Tribune on condition of anonymity that although the president himself was billed […]

Encomiums Galore, As HID Receives 2012 Female Leader Award

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 28th, 2012

The matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty, Chief (Dr.) Mrs. H.I.D. Awolowo, has been described as an outstanding entrepreneur and woman of principle, whose life has influenced a vast majority of Nigerians from different walks of life. The Senior Pastor of Trinity House, a non-denominational church based in Victoria Island, Lagos, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, made the […]

Saudi Deports 137 Zamfara Female Pilgrims

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, State News, Zamfara Friday, September 28th, 2012

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has deported 137 intending female pilgrims from Zamfara State, the Amirul Hajj, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, said on Friday at a news briefing in Gusau. Wakkala, who is also the state deputy governor, said the deportees, who arrived in the state in good health, were received by top government officials. He […]

Lateef Adegbite, NSCIA Scribe, is Dead

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 28th, 2012

Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria (SCIA)and an Egba High Chief, Alhaji Lateef Adegbite is dead. His death was broken to the media last night by the National President of National Council for Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) Alhaji Kamardeen Akintunde. He died in his Lagos home at about 7 p.m. on Friday, during […]

Ambrose Alli: Ex-Gov Who Died On His Birthday

Posted by admin Delta, Edo, Headlines, State News Friday, September 28th, 2012

Last Saturday, 22 September, 2012, marked the 82nd anniversary of the birth of the first executive governor of the defunct Bendel State, now Edo and Delta States, Professor Ambrose Folorunsho Alli. Coincidentally it was also the 22nd memorial of his death, having been born on 22 September, 1929 and died on 22 September, 1989. The […]

EFCC Arrests Man With $7m Cash

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines Friday, September 28th, 2012

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had arrested a self-confessed money laun-dering courier, one Abubakar Tijani Sheriff, with $7 million cash (about N1.1 billion) while attemp-ting to travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. He had reportedly confessed that 20 individuals hired him to courier the […]

Obama Escapes Plane Crash

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Friday, September 28th, 2012

Four days ago, the presidential jet, Air Force One, was forced to abort an initial landing in Toledo, Ohio, due to fog and rain, and passengers including the president had a bumpy ride. Reuters news agency reported that the plane ferrying President Oba-ma to election campaign events in Ohio took two attempts to land while […]