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Nigeria needs more secure borders – Minister

Posted by admin Headlines, Ministries, Nigerian Police Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (retd.) File copy The Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade (retd.), has said the nation needs to secure its borders more than ever before. The minister said this in an interview with journalists at Ipoti-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area on Saturday […]

Nigerians groan as kerosene price soars

Posted by admin Headlines, Uncategorized Saturday, December 10th, 2011

By Angela Nkwocha & Ochonogor Michelle Many indigent Nigerians who depend on kerosene to cook are worried that the product is being priced out of their reach. For this reason, Christmas appears bleak. For instance, a litre of kerosene that sold for N95 in November in Lagos retail market now sells for N150. The product […]

Atiku skips Obasanjo in protocols

Posted by admin Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Saturday, December 10th, 2011

By DANIEL IDONOR THE lingering feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his vice president for eight years, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, reverberated as Atiku chose the occasion of the 1st Shehu Musa Yar’Adua memorial lecture to display his contempt for his former boss as he skipped him (Obasanjo) in his protocol list. The former […]

Panic as explosion rocks Sapele mosque

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Delta, National Politics, State News, Top Stories Saturday, December 10th, 2011

By Emma Amaize, South Regional Editor, Godwin Oghre & SusanEdeh *One injured *It’s not bomb – Police *Blast targeted at worshippers – Chief Imam *Gunmen attack Bauchi police station The people of Sapele, the center of the Nigerian timber industry, in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were jolted from sleep at about 5.30 […]

Killing of Boko Haram members legitimate, Army Col tells court

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, December 9th, 2011

A prosecution witness in the on-going trial of the six police officers suspected to have killed the leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Mohammed Yusuf, Colonel Benjamin Ahamotu yesterday told the Federal High Court that killing of members of the sect was a legitimate duty. Ahamotu who led the army troop that arrested Yusuf […]

Robbers kill 4 policemen at divisional HQ

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Friday, December 9th, 2011

Four policemen met their untimely deaths yesterday in Kogi State when armed robbers opened fire on them right in front of the divisional police headquarters in Okene, The robbers were said to have come for a reprisal attack following the arrest of the driver and their vehicle a fortnight ago. It was said that policemen […]

Ojukwu’ll rise again –Debe, eldest son

Posted by admin Latest Politics, NNP Spotlight Friday, December 9th, 2011

Debe Sylvester Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the late Ikemba’s eldest son is precisely a chip of the old block. He cuts in a special way, the split image of his father-the eye popping, gesticulations, mannerisms, voice modulation, physiognomy, charisma, shining brilliance, a clone, in self admittance. Debe, lawyer by profession sits atop the legendary family business empire in […]

How Ojukwu will be buried

Posted by admin Latest Politics Friday, December 9th, 2011

Burial plans picked up yesterday family members of Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, formally informed the town and the Igwe of the death of their father. The family delegation, led by Sylvester Ojukwu, a lawyer and first son of the Ikemba Nnewi, who had earlier arrived the Igwe’s palace at about 8.30a.m, went through the motions […]

Ex-militants block Abuja–Lokoja highway

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Friday, December 9th, 2011

It was hectic time for motorists plying Abuja- Lokoja highway yesterday when for over six hours, over 1000 Niger Delta ex-militants blocked the highway causing traffic gridlock in the ever busy road. According to findings, the ex-militants, who were traveling in 60 coast er buses were going to Abu ja from Bayelsa State to make […]

Fuel tanker inferno: 3 dead, 15 wounded

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, December 9th, 2011

Three people were feared dead yesterday, when a tanker lost control in Nnewi, Anambra State, killing three people including a driver, conductor and a car dealer, leaving 15 people wounded. The incident, which happened at about 12.50pm at a junction near the Nnewi Area Command of the Nigeria Police left three people dead and 15 […]