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Armed robbers lay siege to Onitsha –Kill vigilance group boss

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The numerous activities of armed robbers have increased in the commercial city of Onitsha in recent times as the men of the underworld have held residents and traders of the city under siege for the past one week. Daily Sun gathered that gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have been terrorizing the residents and traders […]

Jonathan ordered Ogun Assembly closed – G15 lawmaker

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Ogun, Presidency, State News Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

A member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Mr Johnson Olu Fatoki yesterday revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the closure of the Assembly. Fatoki, who is a member of the G15 spoke against the backdrop of the refusal of the group to challenge what he described as unprecedented illegalities committed by the immediate […]

N10b loan controversy: Your action is in bad faith, Bankole slams EFCC

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, National Politics Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of acting in bad faith in respect of the alleged N10 billion loan currently rocking the House. Bankole’s charge came even as his office said the Speaker never saw the contentious loan as it was wired into […]

Anti-graft war: EFCC accuses CDHR of compromise

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, (CDHR) of compromise in the struggle for the enthronement of a better Nigeria. The accusation was made yesterday at a media briefing where the EFCC pointedly alleged that leaders of the group had offered the platform to fight […]

Why Mikel flopped in Chelsea -Emenalo

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Chelsea’s assistant coach, Michael Emenalo, has explained why the club’s defender midfielder, John Mikel Obi, failed to perform to expectation this season, noting that the Nigerian international and his team mates played under immense pressure. The Nigerian former international, Michael Emenalo, who joined English Premier League giants, Chelsea, in 2007 as a chief scout, but […]

Zamfara Gov demotes 10 permsecs, sack board chairmen, others

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The newly sworn-in Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has demoted 10 permanent secretaries and sacked all board chairmen, commissions and parastatals in the state. In a statement issued and signed by the Head of Service Mohammed Bello Umar, the governor disclosed that the affected permanent secretaries were those appointed during the transition period […]

EFCC: Nnamani granted bail by Enugu court

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Enugu, State News Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani who was last week arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of corruption was yesterday granted an unconditional bail by an Enugu High Court. Nnamani was admitted into bail without any strings attached because of the existing bail granted him by a Federal […]

Bauchi: Cop killed as gunmen hurl bomb at police station

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Barely 48 hours after the multiple bomb blasts that occurred at the 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi, killing 13 and injuring 40 others, gunmen have hurled another bomb at a police station in Bulkachuwa town of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, killing a police corporal. An eyewitness told Daily Sun that the gunmen fired […]

Bloody democracy: 520 killed –Police

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Headlines, Nigerian Police Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

The post-election violence which erupted in some parts of the north claimed the lives of 514 civilians and six policemen. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) who gave the grim details yesterday said 75 civilians were injured, 165 churches and 53 Mosques, 444 vehicles and 1,442 houses were either burnt or destroyed. The police boss […]

Nigeria 4-1 Argentina: Albiceleste youngsters battered in Abuja

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Nigeria dominated from start to finish as it handed out a humiliating reverse to an Argentina side composed primarily of Under 25 prospects in Abuja. Two goals from Ike Uche in the first half helped leave the Albiceleste in disarray by half time as they went in three goals down; Victor Anichebe also hit from […]