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Senate orders probe of Sokoto’s escape (Endless probes)

Posted by admin Legislature, Senate Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The Senate has directed its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate the circumstances leading to the escape of the alleged master-mind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State. The suspect, Kabiru Sokoto, was earlier arrested by the police at the Borno State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on Saturday, […]

ASUU strike’ll end next week – Minister

Posted by admin Latest Politics Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, is confident that the dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities will end next week. Rufa’i said this during a meeting with Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities in Abuja on Thursday. According to her, ASUU met with government officials, including President Goodluck Jonathan, […]

Taiwo joins QPR on loan

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, January 19th, 2012

AC Milan defender Taye Taiwo has allegedly joined Premier League outfit QPR in a six-month loan deal, according to his agent. Fabio Parisi has taken to his twitter account ‘@parisitweet’ to upload a picture of the 26-year-old full-back shaking hands with R’s manager Mark Hughes which accompanies a tweet that says: “Taiwo has […]

Picture: Police tear-gas Braithwaite, Nwabueze, others in protest against soldiers

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The police on Thursday fired canisters of tear gas at prominent activists and national leaders, including Prof. Ben Nwabueze, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite and former Minister of Finance, Dr. Idika Kalu, in Lagos. Nwabueze, Kalu and Braithwaite were leading some protesters who were demanding an immediate withdrawal of soldiers from the streets of Lagos and […]

Police place N50m bounty on Christmas bomber as President Jonathan’s 24-hour ultimatum to IGP Ringim to produce suspect expires

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Nigerian Police, Top Stories Thursday, January 19th, 2012

THE Federal Government on Thursday declared the suspected mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing wanted. Government also offered a bounty of N50m for information leading to his arrest. Kabir Umar, a.k.a Kabir Sokoto, a member of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, had escaped from police custody on Monday, 24 hours after his arrest. The […]

Send Diezani on compulsory leave, ACN tells Jonathan

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Women Politics Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to remove the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke from office to ensure transparent investigation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which will convince Nigerians that he is serious about the fight against corruption in the sector. Leaders of the party gave […]

Occult church members arraigned

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Twenty-three members of the Millenium Gospel Mission, a church where human skulls and other vital parts of human body were discovered in Osogbo last Wednesday were yesterday arraigned in an Osogbo Magistrate Court for alleged conspiracy and breach of public peace. The accused persons, including a septuagenarian, were said to have, on January 11, 2012, […]

Police, Boko Haram in shoot out in Yobe

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Nigerian Police, State News, Yobe Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Residents of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital were gripped with fear on Tuesday evening following sporadic gunshots by people suspected to be Boko Haram men. Sources said some gunmen believed to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect had ambushed some policemen along one of the bye-passes in the metropolis at about 6pm yesterday, a […]

200 Christian families arrive Jos from Yobe

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News, Yobe Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Over 200 Christian families from Yobe State and environs have taken refuge in some church premises within Jos, the Plateau State capital for alleged increasing threats to their lives and property in that part of the country. The families who were mainly n COCIN headquarters and ECWA Jarawa said they decided to leave various parts […]

Editorial: Subsidy strike: A post mortem

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 19th, 2012

After six days of street protests and mass rallies, the strike embarked upon by labour unions and civil society organizations have finally come to an end. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had called out workers to strike over the increase in the pump price of fuel from N65 to […]