Posted by admin
Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
*Dead body recovered – Police *Govt orders immediate waterfront evacuation By Evelyn Usman It was tragic Eid-el-Fitr, yesterday, as high waves accompanied by ocean surge swept away 16 persons in Lagos. One victim was reported dead. The police confirmed the body was recovered. The victims, Sunday Vanguard learnt, last night, include 11 traders in a […]
Posted by admin
Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
By SUZAN EDEH Security agents, yesterday, stepped up checks on motorists and pedestrians in Bauchi State ahead of the end of Ramadan prayers. Security patrols were intensified especially in densely populated areas of the Bauchi metropolis and the suburbs of Yelwa (crisis prone area), Bayara, Guru, WuntinDada, and Tsohon Kanfani, along Bauchi -Jos Road. Other […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano There was protest in Gwale area of Kano central by residents following the killing of a 12-year-old boy identified as Hassan Muhammad by a police sergeant attached to Gwale divisional station. The trigger happy cop, identified as Laminu Adamu, was said to have fired a shot that hit the teenager on […]
Posted by admin
American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
A 400 level student of the College of Engineering and Environmental Studies (CEAT), Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ibogun Campus, Miss Folaranmi Janet Oluwatimilehin, has been selected for 2012 Summer Internship at Boeing Commercial Airplanes Seattle, USA. Miss Folaranmi was taken out of the three students that competed for the position from the College. The Internship Programme […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, Kogi, Plateau, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Four persons lost their lives in renewed violence in Plateau and Kogi states at the weekend despite efforts to restore peace to the trouble spots. As both government and security agencies are trying to restore normalcy to the Northern part of Plateau State, three Fulani were killed on Friday while two others sustained injuries in […]
Posted by admin
Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
The South West Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) government in Lagos to use the Economist Intelligence Unit report, which ranked Lagos as the third worst city to live in the world as a challenge to stop propaganda and window dressing projects. The ranking was done […]
Posted by admin
Bauchi, CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Headlines, Party Politics, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
THE Congress for Pro-gressive Change (CPC) in Bauchi State has informed that Governor Isa Yuguda’s constant travelling outside the state is disturbing, saying that the governor’s absence in the state is causing setbacks to the state. In a swift reaction though, the state government defended the governor’s constant absence in the state, saying it was […]
Posted by admin
American Politics
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
A former North Texas high school teacher was convicted Friday and sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home. The Tarrant County jury decided on the sentence for Brittni Nicole Colleps, 28, of Arlington after nearly three hours of deliberation. It took jurors less than an hour […]
Posted by admin
Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital, were panic-stricken on Saturday when an Arik Airline aircraft carrying over 50 passengers and which hovered for about 15 minutes in the airspace failed to land at its Benin Airport destination. The incident, which occurred at about 7.30 a.m., sent shivers down the spines of residents as […]
Posted by admin
Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Facts emerged on Friday that the Federal Government was considering some of the peace terms of Boko Haram, the fundamentalist Islamic sect, which had masterminded bombings in the North for more than one year. The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, had after the Federal Executive Council meeting last Wednesday, told journalists that government had […]