Detectives in Oyo State are currently investigating the allegation by a 38-year-old pregnant woman, Mrs. Halira Adegoke, that she was raped in a farm, by one of her neighbours, one Francis Etenikang, 32. The incident occurred at Abule Adisa area of the state. According to the victim, Etenikang had demanded some water from her and […]
Inmates at a women’s prison in Siberia have taken part in a beauty contest to mark International Women’s Day. The contestants were the residents of Penal Colony No 10 at the Gorni settlement, which lies about 62 miles north of Vladivostok. They shedded their usual prison outfits for gowns and paraded in front of a […]
From ABDULGAFAR ALABELEWE, Kaduna Thursday, March 08, 2012 More Stories on This Section Governor of Niger State and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum (NGF), Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said that the governors of the 19 Northern states could not be intimidated by their Southern counterparts and the Federal Government over their call for […]
By SOLA BALOGUN Thursday, March 08, 2012 Prof. Okome Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section The invaluable roles played by women in leadership and development were again listed recently as the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) marked this year’s Black History Month in Ibadan, Oyo State. Prof. Mojubaolu […]
From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja Thursday, March 08, 2012 The Federal Government yesterday approved the White Paper on the report of the Presidential Committee on Security Challenges in the North East Zone of Nigeria set up by President Goodluck Jonathan and chaired by Ambassador Usman Gaji Galtimari to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the […]
Thursday, March 08, 2012 More Stories on This Section Again, Boko Haram yesterday went on the rampage in Borno and Yobe states, killing the Area Comptroller of Customs, Adamu Ahmadu, a five-year-old boy and brother of a council chairman. The Islamist sect also torched a police station, a legislative building named after ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo […]
From MURPHY GANAGANA, Abuja Thursday March 08, 2012 Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Thirteen Assistant Inspectors General of police (AIGs) have been compulsorily retired as a fallout of the appointment of seven new Deputy Inspectors General of police (DIGs) announced recently by the Police Service Commission (PSC). This followed the elevation […]
Thursday , March 08, 2012 More Stories on This Section Two Boko Haram kingpins in the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) Kabiru Sokoto and Abu Qaqa have revealed more plans the group has. In their confessional statements in Abuja yesterday to the SSS, Abu Qaqa, the sects’ spokesman now in detention and Kabiru […]
Fed Govt issues five conditions to end diplomatic row FIFTY-Six South Africans were barred last night from entering Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Twenty-eight were stopped on Sunday – in retaliation for the deportation of 125 Nigerians last Friday – as reported exclusively yesterday by The Nation. The government […]
The leadership. Of the PDP has said that Nigerians owe former President Olusegun Obasanjo a lot for his foresight and undiluted belief in the unity of the country. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ and former President of Nigeria, eating bread with 50 per cent cassava content; and IITA Scientist, […]
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