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T-e-r-r-o-r-! Family of 6 killed in Jos

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By Taye Obateru, AbdulSalam Muhammad, Wole Mosadomi, Joseph Erunke & Boluwaji Obahopo A family of six including a six-month old child and a 70-year old grandmother were yesterday brutally murdered by gunmen at Kumpun village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. In Lokoja, capital of Kogi State, the police command has discovered a […]

Jonathan, Obi, Chime, eulogise Olusola

Posted by admin Anambra, Enugu, Latest Politics, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By McPHILIPS NWACHUKWU, BEN AGANDE & JAPHET LAKAM with agency report President Goodluck Jonathan was among several Nigerians who paid tribute to late Ambassador Segun Olusola, one-time Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and a cultural icon yesterday. Olusola, 77, died in a Lagos hospital Thursday. Aside Jonathan, those who mourned Olusola included Governors Peter Obi and […]

Euro 2012: England ready for Italian job

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

KRAKOW, Poland – (AFP) – England will attempt to reach the last four of a major tournament for the first time in 16 years on Sunday as they face Italy in a heavyweight Euro 2012 quarter-final collision. The burgeoning confidence within Roy Hodgson’s youthful squad is tempered by the knowledge that England have rarely progressed […]

Movie Marketers ban Ghanaian movies in Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

SPECULATIONS are rife that the once harmonious relationship between the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood and its counterpart, Ghana’s Ghollywood,is currently under threat as the movie marketers under the aegis of Film, Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (FVPMAN) has placed embargo on Ghanaian films with effect from the end of this month. The association […]

Assad issues decree forming new Syria government

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

DAMASCUS (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree on Saturday forming a new government, state television said, less than two months after controversial parliamentary elections boycotted by the opposition. “President Bashar al-Assad has issued Decree 210 forming a new government under prime minister Dr Riad Hijab,” the television said. Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem […]

Blast outside nightclub after security chiefs’ sack

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

ABUJA (AFP) – A blast went off outside a nightclub in the capital city Abuja hours after the national security adviser and defence minister were sacked amid fears over spiralling violence in the country’s north. No casualties were reported in the explosion late Friday. Windows in the nightclub, a bank and a barber shop were […]

Benue Police arrest 45 suspected cultists

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

By PETER DURU, Makurdi In what seemed a renewed crackdown on perpetrators of violent crimes in parts of the state, no fewer than 45 suspected cultists and armed men have been arrested by men of the Benue State Police Command. Also recovered from the gangs in the last few weeks were assorted fire arms, live […]

Russia’s woes continue as UEFA slams third fine

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

WARSAW (AFP) – The Russian football federation’s problems with UEFA off the pitch continued on Saturday as they were fined for the third time for their fans misbehaviour during Euro 2012. The Russian federation were fined 35,000 euros ($44,000 28,000 pounds) for crowd trouble at their final Euro 2012 group stage match against Greece. That […]

Police uncover bomb in Kano mosque (Bombs in churches explode while those in Mosque are uncovered)

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

Tragedy was averted in the Kano metropolis on Friday when the police uncovered a bomb planted in Fagge Juma’at Mosque. Fagge mosque located on Murtala Muhammad Way in WAPA area of Fagge Local Government is rated second among the big Eid (Sallah prayer) mosques in Kano. It is beside Fagge Police Division, one of the […]

Suspect inserts 66 wraps of narcotics in private part

Posted by admin Raw Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Law enforcement agents and travellers were last week astonished when 66 wraps of narcotics, which tested positive to methamphetamine, were discovered in the private part of Mande Bala, 48, at the screening section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on June 15, 2012. The lady was promptly arrested by officials of the National […]