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SSS Kills Man for Breaching Checkpoint Protocol in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Members of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kano on Tuesday shot dead a middle aged man at a check point close to the headquarters of the service office, for allegedly defying the normal check point protocol. The man identified as Zaharadeen Musa Mohammad was driving a Toyota Corolla car. He carried his brother […]

‘I don’t deserve to be called a religious bigot’

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Osun State Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aragbesola, shorn of all airs off office, calls himself an unconventional governor. Amidst allegations that he was coordinating plans by his party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to secede and Islamise Osun, he quipped: “I couldn’t even Islamise my nuclear family.” He spoke with KODILINYE OBIAGWU and SEYE OLUMIDE […]

DPP hails verdict on Ibori, Delta govt defers comment

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, Party Politics, State News Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

THE opposition Democratic People’s Party (DPP) yesterday hailed the sentencing of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, to 13 years imprisonment in the United Kingdom (UK). The party said that the judgment was a vindication of its long-standing allegation that Ibori looted Delta State for eight years. On its part, the Delta State government said […]

Ninety per cent of drugs in Nigeria are genuine, says NAFDAC survey

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared that 89.64 per cent of drugs in the Nigerian markets are genuine, just as six Nigerian pharmaceutical companies are set to obtain the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)-prequalification in two years. Director General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, said yesterday at a press […]

Drama as EFCC operatives go for Ademosun without warrant in court

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

THERE was drama at the premises of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Monday, when operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) held a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Robert Clarke, for two hours with armed police officers in a bid to arrest his client. The client, Funmi Ademosun, is […]

Reps probe N4.5b hospital funds

Posted by admin House, Legislature Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

THE House of Representatives yesterday mandated its committees on Health and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to investigate what the lawmakers described as “suspicious mismanagement” of N3.8 billion from the N4.5 billion approved by President Goodluck Jonathan to establish an American hospital and the American University of Medical Sciences in Nigeria. In 2005, the Federal […]

James Ibori in final fall

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Gets 13-year jail term, loses assets Nigerians celebrate conviction Britain vows to root out graft High-risk prison for ex-governor THE Ibori clan in British prisons swelled by one yesterday. And he is the head of the family. Two-time governor of Delta State James Onanefe Ibori, will now have the chance to hold court over his […]

Nollywood actress Stephanie Okereke picks Parisian Castle (Paris) for epic wedding

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Nollywood (Film Industry) Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Stephanie Okereke paints Paris red with her hubby Actress Stephanie Okereke last weekend painted Paris red with her hubby, Linus Idahosa as they exchanged their matrimonial vows there. Their wedding which held in a century castle in Paris put to rest the several months of speculation on whether the wedding would hold as planned or […]

Airfare war: BA, Virgin Atlantic violated Nigerian aviation law – FG insists

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The Federal Government, yesterday accused the nation’s aviation regulatory agencies of collusion with foreign airlines to fix airfares in the country. Foreign Affairs Minister, Olugbenga Ashiru said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Aviation at the commencement of a three-day public hearing on […]

Nigeria’s domestic and external debts now at $44bn

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala By Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja The Federal Government declared yesterday that it was worried by the domestic debt stock and was working towards cutting it down from the current N5.96 trillion to about N500 billion by 2015. Coordinating Minister of the Economy and […]