Democracy Day in Nasarawa State turned into a day of lamentation for the state governor, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al’Makura, who expressed frustration over payment of N17 billion Paris Club loan his government never took. The governor said since he took over power a year ago, he has been battling with triple tragedy of having to […]
Talented actress and former Miss Funke Akindele has now officially become Mrs. Khadijat Olufunke Oloyede, thanks to her recent marriage to Kehinde Oloyede in Lagos on May 24. But some of her fans are unhappy that the resulting reception, which also took place two days later, was restricted to only members of her family and […]
June 2, 2012 by Comfort Oseghale 5 Comments At noon on May 25, 2012, Araromi Street in the Somolu area of Lagos was already deserted. Broken bottles littered the front of house N0. 23, the venue of a child naming ceremony that took place the previous night and the scene of the cold-blooded murder of […]
The family of teenager shot and wounded by a policeman seek justice, writes MUDIAGA AFFE Narrating the incident to our correspondent, the victim’s father, Chief Nta Asuquo, said his son, an SS II pupil of Government Science School, Henshaw Town, Calabar South, was shot by one of the members of a team of anti-robbery policemen […]
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja 19 Comments The Federal Government and many states may clash over the subsidy re-investment accounts and programmes, investigations have shown. SATURDAY PUNCH learnt that many states had not opened accounts for the subsidy re-investment fund with the Central Bank of Nigeria. It was also learnt that the states faulted the move by […]
Gwagwalada (FCT) – Prof. Ruquayyatu Rufa’i, Minister of Education on Friday said every public university in the country would receive N485 million as financial intervention for 2012. Rufa’i said this in Gwagwalada at the opening of the 17th National Delegates Conference of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). She said the money would be […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja …dismisses Akpanudoedeghe’s petition The Supreme Court, yesterday, quashed moves by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to sack Governor Goodswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State through the election petition tribunal. ACN, alongside its candidate during the last governorship election, Senator James John Akpanudoedehe, challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal […]
CAIRO, June 2, 2012 (AFP) – A judge sentenced former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to life in prison on Saturday after convicting him of involvement in the murder of protesters during the uprising that ousted him last year. Also given a life term for the killings was 84-year-old former strongman’s interior minister Habib al-Adly, while […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A 21-year-old student from Kenya was held without bail in the US state of Maryland Saturday after allegedly killing and eating parts of his housemate, CNN television reported. Alexander Kinyua was arrested after being charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault in the alleged cannibalism case, the network said. Harford […]
June 2, 2012 by Oyetunji Abioye 13 Comments Air Nigeria’s domestic and regional flights were disrupted on Friday as the carrier’s pilots and aircraft engineers embarked on strike. However, the airline’s international flights, especially London operated on schedule. The pilots under the aegis National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers claimed that the decision to […]
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