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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, August 13th, 2012
By EVELYN USMAN LAGOS — The female banker, accused of crushing an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, to death last Friday, on Lekki/Ajah Expressway, has said she is innocent of the said offence. The woman, Mrs. Yinka Johnson, a staff of a new generation bank, said it was an on-coming commercial vehicle […]
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Governors
Monday, August 13th, 2012
By Soni Daniel ABUJA—Fear of losing their dominance of the Nigeria Police Force has been cited as the major reason behind the sudden change of mind by northern governors over the introduction of state police. It will be recalled that at the meeting of the governors of the 36 states in Abuja last month, all […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 13th, 2012
The South African High Commission recently informed me of something I was not aware of about myself. In very clear terms and very few words, I was told that: “With reference to your application for a visitor’s Visa, please be informed that your application has been denied for the following reason(s): INVALID COPY OF YELLOW […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, August 13th, 2012
A suspected fraudster, Chinedu Ezeona, was paraded before journalists on Friday at the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding a woman of N4.9m. PUNCH Metro had reported on May 9, 2012, that the SFU arrested the suspect and paraded him before journalists for allegedly defrauding a woman of N2.5m after […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field
Monday, August 13th, 2012
The London 2012 Olympic Games ended on Sunday with Team Nigeria returning home with no medal, raising questions over the N1.9bn budgeted for the Nigeria’s participation at the Games. It was an unusual record compared to the nation’s achievements at the Games in the past two decades. It was one that reminded Nigerians of the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
Flying Eagles on Sunday defeated the Ngorogoro Heroes of Tanzania 2-0 in the second leg of their qualifiers for the 2013 African Youths Championship. Nigeria have thus advanced to the third round of the qualifiers on a 4-1 aggregate having won the first leg 2-1 in Dar es Salaam two weeks ago. The match, which […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Adewale Olupitan-Hassan, who died after being allegedly brutalised by soldiers attached to the Flag Staff House, Force Road, Lagos, has been buried. At a prayer session held at his Opebi residence before his remains were interred at the Atan Cemetery, Lagos, on Saturday, friends, associates and family members paid tribute to the retired director of […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Leadership Newspaper has petitioned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umaru Manko, over the beating of its photojournalist, Benedict Uwalaka, by some mortuary attendants at the state’s University Teaching Hospital. Uwalaka was attacked while covering the release of the corpses of the victims of Dana plane crash to their families. A legal practitioner, Adamu […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Kogi, State News
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
Residents of Okene in Kogi State on Sunday alleged that soldiers deployed to maintain peace, law and order in the area were brutalising them. They also alleged that some of them had been maimed and some of their belongings destroyed by the soldiers. Some of the complainants said they came out for their legitimate businesses […]
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Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Christians in the North have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign over his comment on Boko Haram. Jonathan was quoted to have said he could not crush the Islamic sect because “they are our siblings and you cannot set the army to wipe out your family”. In a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Sunday Oibe, […]