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Disturbing Picture: Burnt pregnant wife recounts ordeal

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Tuesday, October 04, 2011 •Ifeoma before being attended to & •Emmanuel Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Mrs. Ifeoma Egeonu, the pregnant mother of two, who was set ablaze by her husband, last Saturday, has recounted the sad experience even as she expressed her readiness to forgive the offending husband. Ifeoma and […]

Robbers kill Rev Father, 5 others in Nasarawa

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

No fewer than six persons including a Reverend Father in-charge of Wamba Catholic Church were killed over the weekend in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. According to an eyewitness account, the Reverend Father was coming from Wamba to Akwanga town when he stormed into the robbers who were operating along Wamba-Akwanga Road and […]

Ebonyi enforces ‘no work, no pay’ rule for striking workers

Posted by admin Ebonyi, State News Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

STRIKING civil servants in Ebonyi State would only earn the new N18,000 minimum wage if they report for work, Governor Martin Elechi has declared. Elechi, who at the weekend took stock of the socio-political progression of the state 15 years after its creation, lamented that it had continued to witness crises of grave dimension, manifested […]

Why court freed Army chief, Muraina Raji (Due to Boko Haram’s Threats?)

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Latest Politics Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

It’s contradictory, says defence FORMER Commander of the 33 Artillery Brigade in Bauchi, Brig.-Gen. Muraina Raji, who was standing trial before a Special Court Martial at the 3 Armoured Division, Jos for his alleged role in the escape of two high profile Boko Haram suspects, has been discharged and acquitted of all the three […]

Police arrest bankers, others over robbery in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

FOUR suspects, including two bankers, have been arrested over a robbery attack on a branch of a new generation bank in Trinity area of Olodi Apapa, Lagos. Two of the suspects were said to have been caught inside the bank while trying to break into the vault, while the other two are the bank’s security […]

Nigerians condemn Jonathan for canceling National Day parade at Eagle’s Square over Boko Haram threat

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

THE anniversary celebrations are over but the bickering over the venue continues. While the Federal Government considers the celebration of the nation’s Independence Day inside Aso Rock as a cost-saving measure, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and other political leaders insist it was a serious error of judgment. The opposition party said yesterday that […]

Senators reject EFCC, ICPC merger

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Senate has shot down a plot to scrap the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and create a single anti-corruption agency by amending the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Chairman of the Rules and Business Committee, Senator Ita Enang sought the permission of the chamber to repeal the ICPC Act and create […]

Nigerian Leaders are the Best in the World – By Anthony A. Kila

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – October 4, 2011 – At fifty-one, Nigeria is definitely is old; old enough to deal with some hard facts of life regardless of how unpleasant or mind numbing these might be. If Nigeria were human and a woman, at this age her prospects of finding love and conceiving […]

Police arrest 7 over killings in Zamfara

Posted by admin State News, Zamfara Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Police in Zamfara State said they have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the weekend raid on a village that left 19 people dead, the state governor said yesterday. Dozens of attackers suspected of belonging to a gang of robbers armed with guns and machetes on Saturday raided Lingyado, a remote farming and herding […]

Sack education ministers, Gani’s son tells Jonathan

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics Monday, October 3rd, 2011

The son of the late legal icon and human rights activist, Mohammed Fawehinmi, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack, without further delay, the two ministers in charge of education in the country, saying both lack quality to move the sector forward. Mohammed, who spoke after the thanksgiving service to celebrate the 60th anniversary […]