By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—Fifteen years after he was sentenced to death by hanging, the Supreme Court, Thursday, discharged Mr. Edet Mbang, accused of eating the flesh of one Baba Okoi who was murdered on October 7, 1989. Mbang and his three alleged accomplices, Obeten Essien, Mbang Mbang and Fidelis Obeten, were said to belong to […]
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa – Four policemen and three military personnel among them a Lieutenant Colonel were yesterday, killed by unidentified gunmen along the waterways of Nembe and Brass local government council areas of Bayelsa State. While four policemen were reportedly killed at the Marine Police Checkpoint in the Nembe Creek at about 7am, the […]
By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South; Emma Ujah, Ben Agande & Gbenga Oke LAGOS— Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State joined elders and youths of the Niger Delta yesterday in dismissing demands by northern Governors for the scrapping of the derivation principle in revenue allocation just as it emerged that the restoration of peace to […]
NIGERIA’S striker, Osaze Odemwingie was singled out for jeers after he failed to impress in Nigeria’s goalless draw against Rwanda in a 2013 Africa Nations Cup qualifier decided yesterday in Kigali. Odemwingie had come to the match on the strength of five goals in two matches for his English Premier League side, West Bromwich Albion […]
Dickson Etuhu NIGERIAN midfielder, Dickson Etuhu was scathing in his assessment of the Kigali pitch after the 0-0 draw against Rwanda on Wednesday. The artificial pitch of the Stade Regional de Kigali was roundly blamed, as the uneven surface did not allow for quality passing. “What a bad pitch,” Etuhu wrote. He also added […]
THE General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, clocks 70 years old today, with the occasion coinciding with the March Special National Holy Ghost Service of the church. Fondly known as G.O or Daddy G.O, easy-going Pastor Adeboye, who was born into a poverty-stricken family from Ifewara in […]
RESIDENTS of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital have called on members of the Boko Haram sect to consider the well-being of the common man in their activities, adding that it is the common man that suffers whenever there is an attack. A resident who spoke to Nigerian Tribune on condition of anonymity said he found […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, former Ghanaian president, Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings, Professor Wole Soyinka, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, past and serving governors and others bade farewell to ex-Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, even as former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, was not physically present. The remains of the Igbo hero moved from Enugu to […]
The law caught up with an officer of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), on Wednesday night, when a police officer seized his cell phone for allegedly taking bribe from a bread seller. The drama took place on the premises of Motorway building on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Oregun, Ikeja, and threw the area […]
Sam Aluko Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The remains of foremost economist, Prof. Samuel Aluko, will be interred on March 3 at Ode-Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to the programme of events released by the family, his body which has already arrived the country, via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will […]
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