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Explosion at Suspected Bomb Factory Kills Three

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

A SUSPECTED Boko Haram factory house located in Kaleri and London Chiki area of Maiduguri metropolis in Borno State exploded around 10.30am yesterday, killing three persons said to be in the place at the time of the incident. The blast was heard about three kilometres radius. Other bomb-making materials recovered by the Joint Task Force […]

S’Court Upholds Uduaghan, Okorocha’s Elections

Posted by admin Delta, Imo, Judiciary, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

THE Supreme Court yesterday in Abuja put judicial seals on the elections of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, as it dismissed the appeals seeking to nullify their victories at the polls. In separate judgments, the Supreme Court predicated its decision on the same legal pedestal and reasoning. The […]

Bayelsa Killing: JTF Declares Officer, Three Others Missing

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

…MEND Claims Responsibility For Thursday’s Killings THe Joint Military Task Force (JTF), code named Operation Pulo Shield, has declared missing the Commander of the Brass Unit of its command and three others shot by suspected oil bunkers along the Brass-Ogbia waterways of Bayelsa State. JTF Media Coordinator, Lt. Col. Timothy Anthinga, confirmed to The Guardian […]

Security, Crowd Control, Others Pose Challenges at Ojukwu’s Burial

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

SINCE Thursday evening when the remains of Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was brought into his Umudim, Nnewi country home, crowd control became a major issue as almost everybody in Anambra State wanted to a glance former Igbo leader before his committal to mother earth. However, from Nnokwa, which is a neighbouring community to […]

Promotions in police beget rising discontent

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

A storm is gathering over the recent promotions of a few senior police officers in the country, writes ADEOLA BALOGUN Consequent upon the promotion of some of its senior officers to the ranks of Assistant Inspector-General and Deputy Inspector-General last month, a cloud of uncertainty appears to overhang the Nigeria Police Force. As […]

10 die in Lagos road accident, others wounded

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

About 10 people died on Friday at the Otedola Estate on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway when five vehicles, including a trailer, ran into some oil pipes, which were lying carelessly on the road. The oil pipelines, which were four in number, fell off another trailer on Thursday night at about 9 pm. The trailer […]

FG moves to sack 372 DGs, others

Posted by admin Latest Politics Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

The committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to restructure and rationalise the Federal Civil Service may have recommended a drastic pruning of the parastatals and agencies. Although the committee, headed by a former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Steve Oronsanye, was given eight weeks to conclude its work, its activities had been […]

House of Reps berate govs on non-conduct of LG polls

Posted by admin Governors Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Saturday March 03, 2012 Tambuwal, Speaker, House of Reps Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section House of Representatives yesterday took a swipe on state governors who are yet to conduct local government election, accusing them of raping democracy. This is coming as the House commenced moves to grant financial autonomy to councils. […]

Ojukwu buried with gun salute•Thousands, dignitaries bid ex-warlord bye in Nnewi•Bianca breaks down in tears•I’ve never seen burial like this – Jonathan

Posted by admin Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

The remains of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu were yesterday interred in the marble mausoleum at his ancestral Umudim Nnewi home, in Anambra State at exactly 2:18 p.m, which overwhelmed his widow, Bianca and she broke down in tears. The burial ceremony witnessed an unprecedented turn- out of people from all walks of life, with many […]

NDLEA arrests Pakistani with N120m heroin at Lagos Airport

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Breaking News, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 35-year-old Pakistani with 13 kilogrammes of “high grade” heroin with an estimated street value of about N120m. The anti-drug agency said the suspect, Mr. Syed Ahmed-Bukhari, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, shortly after arriving aboard a Qatar Airways flight from […]