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Why Taiwo failed in Milan – Iroha

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

23, 2012 Taye Taiwo line up with his Eagles teammates Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Former Super Eagles’ left wing-back, Ben Iroha, has attributed the poor outing recorded by Nigerian defender, Taye Taiwo, at the Italian Serie A giants, AC Milan, to frustration, solitude, bias and gang-up from his teammates. Speaking […]

Mikel set to leave Chelsea

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

23, 2012 Mikel Obi Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Mikel Obi is unhappy at Chelsea and he could be open to a sensational move to big-spending Russian club, Anzhi Makhachkala. Close sources to the Nigeria international midfielder said he has been unhappy for some time now at Stamford Bridge under Manager […]

Biu dismissed from the police force

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

EFCC Boss, Larmode Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, in whose custody Kabiru Umar (a.k.a Sokoto), the alleged mastermind of Christmas Day, 2011 bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, escaped, was yesterday dismissed by the Police Service Commission (PSC). Boko Haram claimed responsibility for […]

Nigeria: The Risks of a Coup or Civil War

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Exclusive Analysis Ltd The country risk score for Nigeria on Exclusive Analysis’s Foresight Country Risk Platform is now 4.3, which is in the Severe Risk Band. Only the country risk scores for Somalia and Sudan are higher in the sub-Saharan African region. President Jonathan’s April 2011 electoral victory and policy agenda has widened north-south divisions […]

Nigerian woman held captive and enslaved in Texas home for nine years

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Cindy (Credit: CBS DFW) (CBS) ARLINGTON, Texas – A woman was held captive inside an Arlington house for nine years after she was tricked and forced into modern day slavery. CBS DFW reports this woman, who requested to be called Cindy, said she thought she was coming to Texas from Nigeria to work as a […]

Nigerian Ex-President Obasanjo in Senegal to Defuse Tension

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Senegal late Tuesday to head a joint election observation mission between the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States . When asked what message he brought to Senegal from the AU, President Obasanjo said his first job is to observe Sunday’s vote and his second […]

Nigeria vs Rwanda: Poser over Kaita’s fitness

Posted by admin Soccer, Sports Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

RECALLED Super Eagles star Sani Kaita is in the centre of a controversy on whether or not he is fit for next week’s Nations Cup qualifier in Rwanda. Kaita himself has debunked claims attributed to his Ukrainian club and representatives that he is nursing an injury that has sidelined him for over two months. “There […]

Robbers lay siege to Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, State News Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

In the last three days, commuters and other road users plying the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, were subjected to all sorts of agony through the activities of armed robbers. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the people plying the road had lost valuables worth millions of naira to men of the underworld, who had taken over the road. It […]

Lion on the rampage, kills 2 in Yobe (Lions and Boko Haram teaming up to wreck havoc)

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Yobe Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

A lion has killed two herdsmen and 30 livestock in a settlement in Yobe State, the state Commissioner for Environment, Ahmed Wakil Sarki, said on Tuesday. “We have a lion on the rampage, which has so far killed two people and around 30 livestock,” the commissioner said. He said the lion attacked the settlement on […]

I support National Conference but… Atiku

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said he was not opposed to a national conference, provided the ultimate objectives are not designed to dismantle Nigeria’s hard won unity. Speaking in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service monitored in Abuja, the former vice-president noted that though he was not against Nigerians coming together to dialogue on […]