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Gunmen kill 5, burn church, police station in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI— Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram, weekend, stormed New Marte, Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, where they killed a Police Sergeant (names withheld), and two civilians. The gunmen also set ablaze the Divisional Police Headquarters, Cocin Church and the residence of the Unit Commandant of the […]

Falconets seek history

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

By KATE OBODO, Tokyo The national U-20 Women’s football team, the Falconets is on the verge of making history as they take on their American counterparts for a ticket to their second consecutive final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan. The Falconets, the first semi-final appearance by an African nation in a […]

Woman dies during prayer session in Delta

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

BY Austin Ogwuda Asaba—A Prophet and a landlord have been arrested by the police following the death of a woman who went for a prayer session conducted at a private residence in Agbor, Delta State. The incident, according to state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Charles Muka, occurred weekend, at the residence of the landlord, […]

Go to court, Amaechi tells ASUU

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State on Saturday called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities to take his government to court if it was convinced that it breached the law. Amaechi made the call in reaction to the one-day warning strike by ASUU over the re-appointment of Prof. Barineme Fakae as Vice-Chancellor of Rivers […]

‘Nnaji’s successor must come from S’East’

Posted by admin Latest Politics, South-East Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to replace ex-Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, with another competent person from the South-East geopolitical zone. The group said Jonathan should abide by the Federal Character principle, which guides political appointments, to ensure that the number of the ministers from the […]

Tackling rape and sexual abuse in Osun

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

The incidence of rape has assumed a frightening proportion in recent times. TUNDE ODESOLA X-rays this sad development in Osun and Oyo states Rape has assumed a frightening dimension across the country in recent times, questioning the soundness of the human mind and its ability to cope with emerging challenges. A study conducted by a […]

Joblessness: ‘Some ex-militants trained abroad are complaining’

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

The Chairman, Ijaw Youth Council in the Western Region, Preye Okaba, speaks with CHUX OHAI about issues affecting national security and the Niger Delta How do you react to the recent purported talks between the Federal Government and Boko Haram? I don’t see anything bad in it. Considering the tension and insecurity generated by persistent […]

Yoruba National Assembly Communique

Posted by admin Headlines, South-West Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

Text of the communique from the Yoruba Assembly held at the Oyo State House of Assembly, Ibadan, Oyo State — 30 August 2012 Representatives of various political parties, sub-ethnic groups of the Yoruba of Nigeria, professional and vocational groups, at a PAN-YORUBA CONFERENCE to which the following categories of eminent Yoruba personalities were invited:All former […]

N5000 note: Civil groups prepare for mass protest

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

99 Comments | credits: Civil society groups have started mobilising their members in preparation for a mass protest, should the Central Bank of Nigeria insist on implementing the planned currency review. Leaders of some of the groups, who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH, said they had started meeting to examine the issue and to devise the […]

Picture: Suspect hides cocaine in roasted chicken

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

September 2, 2012 by Allwell Okpi Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested an auto technician, Vincent Chinweuwa, for allegedly hiding 2.655kg of cocaine hidden inside roasted chicken. The seizure was made at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos during the inward clearance of passengers on a Turkish Airline flight from Sao […]