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Cynthia: 4 murder suspects docked

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, August 27th, 2012

By FAITH OMORUYI It was a tense moment yesterday when alleged killers of 25-year-old Cynthia Udoka Osokogu were arraigned in a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba. The duo that allegedly killed her were arraigned along with two pharmacists who sold the drug they allegedly used to murder the victim. The defendants include Okwumo Echezona […]

I will shock Nigerians by 2013 –Jonathan (Shock us now)

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories Monday, August 27th, 2012

President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday he would prove critics of his administration wrong by 2013 when the dividends of new policies introduced would begin to manifest. Jonathan said this while declaring open the 52nd Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja. He said he was the most criticised President in the […]

N78m scam: SFU investigates allegation against Bayelsa Assembly

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Monday, August 27th, 2012

From FEMI FOLARANMI, Yenagoa There is uneasy calm in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly over the investigation of a petition against members of the House by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police. A group, Transparency and Good Governance Coalition (TGGC), in a petition by U. F. Mohammed and addressed to the […]

U-20 World Cup: Falconets trounce Italy 4-0

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, August 27th, 2012

Nigeria’s Falconets, on Sunday morning, trounced their Italian counterparts 4-0. With the defeat of Italy, the Falconets have qualified for the quarter-final of the ongoing Under-20 World Cup in Japan. The goals were scored by Ordega, who had a hat trick, and an injury time goal from substitute Igbinovia. The Falconets topped Group B with […]

Gambia executes 9 death row prisoners, the first in 27 years

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, August 25th, 2012

Yahya Jammeh of Gambia Amnesty International yesterday said that Gambia had executed nine death row prisoners, after President Yahya Jammeh vowed to carry out all death sentences by mid-September. “Amnesty International has received credible reports that nine persons were executed last night (Thursday) in Gambia and that more persons are under threat of imminent executions […]

Suspect ingests 88 wraps of cocaine

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Saturday, August 25th, 2012

Handel Omekanneji was recently arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for ingesting 88 wraps of cocaine. The discovery was made by officials of the National Dug Law Enforcement Agency during the inward screening of passengers on an Iberia Airline flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The NDLEA Commander at the airport, Mr. Hamza […]

Who Will Speak for Farouk Lawan? – By Dr. David A. Ehoro

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, David A. Ehoro, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics Saturday, August 25th, 2012

By Dr. David A. Ehoro | Columbus, Ohio | August 25, 2012 – During the Vietnam War – a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 – many Americans appeared thorn between the patriotic impulse of supporting […]

Nigerians condemn CBN’s introduction of N5,000 note

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics Saturday, August 25th, 2012

CBN governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Many Nigerians are speaking against the introduction of N5,000 note by the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) even as the Governor of the apex bank Sanusi Lamido Sanusi explained that the new bill is introduced to cushion the effect of “inflationary pressures.” According to him, by next year, all coins […]

Centennial Celebration of Nigeria’s amalgamation: ACN, ACF, Igbo groups disagree

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Arewa House, Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories Friday, August 24th, 2012

Major socio-cultural organisations in the country have expressed opposing views on the plan by the Federal Government to embark on an elaborate centenary celebration of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates in 1914 by the British. Nigeria became a nation when the then Governor-General of the country, Lord Frederick Lugard, merged the Protectorate […]

African Union urges Gambia to stop prisoner executions

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, African Union (AU) Friday, August 24th, 2012

The African Union has asked Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh to renounce plans to execute all death row prisoners next month. Mr Jammeh made the comment during a speech he gave to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid. A Gambian pressure group says many of the 47 death row inmates are political prisoners or have faced […]