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Police constable rapes detained nursing mother

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Monday, October 10th, 2011

A nursing mother detained at Soro Police station in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State has allegedly been raped by a police constable. Hafsat Manye was allegedly raped twice by one Constable Halilu attached to the Soro Police Station at the police premises in the dead of night. Narrating her bitter experience, a relative […]

6 persons jailed for human trafficking

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, October 10th, 2011

Six persons, including a 60-year-old woman, Mariam Mohammed, have been sentenced to jail in Lagos, for human trafficking offences. Mariam Mohammed and Eunice Owoyele, 40, were last Wednesday sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, by a Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Delivering judgment, Justice Steve Jonah Adah found them guilty on the three-count charge […]

Boko Haram: Prophet warns of another bomb blast

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Monday, October 10th, 2011

An Abuja prophet who is the general overseer of Champions Royal Assembly located in Byazhin, Kubwa, near Abuja Prophet Joshua Iginla has again predicted that a more devastating bomb will soon explode in Abuja. He told members of his church, yesterday during a crowded anointing church service that God revealed to him that the Boko Haram sect had […]

S’East govs demand for 2 additional states

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, South-East Monday, October 10th, 2011

South East Governors Forum rose from its meeting in Enugu yesterday demanding for the creation of two new states in the zone. Anambra State Governor and Chairman of the forum, Mr. Peter Obi who fielded questions from newsmen after the meeting said the issue of additional state was the only issue discussed by the governors. […]

Soldiers kill two ex- MASSOB members in Onitsha

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Soldiers Saturday killed two persons suspected to be former members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, in Onitsha, Anambra State following what was said to be a misunderstanding. According to eyewitnesses, the two victims were members of MASSOB who had allegedly been terrorizing traders in the commercial city which […]

Nigerians’ll discard generators soon – FG (And revert to candles & lanterns?)

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Vice President Namadi Sambo has assured Nigerians that the use of generators will soon become history in view of the huge investment of government in the power sector. Sambo gave the assurance when members of the board and management of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies (AES) paid him a courtesy visit at the State House, Abuja. He said […]

I was not indicted -Former NDDC executive director

Posted by admin Niger Delta Sunday, October 9th, 2011

FORMER Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Pastor Power Aginighan, says he was not found wanting by the presidential committee that looked into the operations of the Commission. Aginighan spoke in Port Harcourt while receiving an award from a group, Post Amnesty Consolidation Initiative (PAC) and Unique Global Initiative, for his […]

Abdulmuttalab: Nigerian-American jury abandons case over personal security

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 9th, 2011

The National Identity Card scam case involving two former federal ministers, presided over by Justice Mudasiru Oniyangi of an Abuja federal high court has been adjourned for the third time. The first time it was mentioned in court was on September 6, 2011 and September 23. When the case came up last Friday, the […]

Nigeria, 101st best country for business

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Nigeria has been rated the 101st best county to do business in the world. This was a significant drop from the 87th position it occupied last year. The report which listed 134 countries in order of their suitability for investment was published on Forbes website. It put Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product growth at 8.4 […]

How security votes landed Daniel, Akala, Goje, Doma in trouble

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Nasarawa, Ogun, Oyo, State News Sunday, October 9th, 2011

THERE were strong indications on Saturday that former governors of Ogun, Oyo and Nasarawa and Gombe States, Messrs Gbenga Daniel, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Aliyu Akwe-Doma and Danjuma Goje respectively, might have landed in trouble as a result of how they used their security votes while in office. The first three have been detained by […]