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 […]
June 2, 2012 by Agency Reporter 17 Comments Nigeria faces fuel shortages as a crackdown on fraud and the government’s lack of funds to pay for subsidies have prompted private firms to halt imports, which could trigger unrest and harm the country’s faltering economic expansion, Reuters reported on Friday. Half the money set aside for […]
June 2, 2012 by Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta 24 Comments The police in Ogun State said in Abeokuta on Friday that their men shot and killed four suspected highway robbers. The suspects were said to have attempted to rob a car conveying plainclothes policemen on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The suspected robbers numbering about seven had in […]
June 2, 2012 by Ozioma Ubabukoh, Enugu 26 Comments The anti-kidnap unit of the Enugu State Police Command has rescued six-year-old Kosi Akilo, who was abducted recently from her parents’ home at River Lane Crescent in GRA, Enugu. SATURDAY PUNCH learnt that the anti-kidnap unit, led by Superintendent Stephen Osaghae rescued Akilo in the early […]
As Nigeria celebrates the re-birth of democracy in the country, corruption remains the bane of development in this part of the world. More worrisome is the role played by some institutions in the advanced countries in aiding corruption in the country. Some commercial banks in the United Kingdom have continued to launder millions of pounds […]
There was confusion at the lobby of the National Assembly in Abuja on Friday as a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Ibrahim Olaifa, and his aides manhandled an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps. The offence of the FRSC official, Mr. Mediel Jerry, was that he reportedly clamped Olaifa’s car for parking […]
June 2, 2012 by Motunrayo Aboderin Some protesting students of the University of Lagos and policemen clashed in Lagos on Friday. The students were protesting the Democracy Day’s renaming of UNILAG as the Moshood Abiola University by President Goodluck Jonathan. As the policemen fired teargas to disperse the crowd, the students threw bottles and stones […]
June 2, 2012 by ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO Nollywood actress Anita Hogan speaks with ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO about life after her nude photograph scandal Why I took a break The entertainment industry does not require you to be active every moment. Sometimes, you have to relax and take care of other issues. I have not done any production […]
The Nigerian Navy, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, have transferred two vessels, MT Beskid and MT Hope, impounded for oil theft to an indigenous firm, Fenix Impex Nig. Ltd. Our correspondent gathered that the ships were handed over on Wednesday to the firm by the Flag Officer Commanding, […]
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