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Police foil N160m fraud in Aba

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

A crack team of policemen from Ndiegoro Police Station in Aba, Abia State over the weekend foiled a fraud of N160 million involving a staff of a new generation bank with its branch on Cameroon Road, Aba and a customer. According to Daily Sun source, another staff of the bank had suspected a fraudulent deal […]

Gun Battle at Raqlly: 4 killed as shooting disrupts Shekarau’s Maiduguri campaign

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

The North-east presidential rally of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, rescheduled for Tuesday in Maiduguri was disrupted mid-day as gunshots from a nearby filling station caused pandemonium at the Ramat Square venue of the event, leading to stampede. Daily Sun gathered that the gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, had attacked […]

After 40 years: MASSOB relocates Biafran war veterans

Posted by admin Emeka Oraetoka, National Politics, Raw Politics Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

After 40 years the Nigerian-Biafran War ended, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has started to rehabilitate the ex-Biafran war veterans who have been languishing at the Oji River camp in Enugu State. MASSOB had embarked on a housing estate at its Okwe, Onuimo, Imo State headquarters to house […]

Joel, Ike Uche your joker, Adepoju tells Siasia

Posted by admin Uncategorized Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Super Eagles’ former winger, Mutiu Adepoju, has singled out the duo of Inter Milan’s attacking midfielder, Joel Obi and Real Zaragoza FC of Spain’s forward, Ikechukwu Uche, as the most outstanding players in the Eagles emphatic victory over Antelopes of Ethiopia last weekend at the National Stadium, Abuja. Adepoju, who made the commendation while fielding […]

3 to die by hanging for armed robbery

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Three mid-dle-aged men, Kingsely Akhabue, Fabian Matthew and Ismaila Fatoki, were, yesterday, found guilty of armed robbery and sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos High Court. The court in its judgment, held that the prosecution had succeeded in proving beyond reasonable doubts, that the accused persons were guilty of conspiracy and armed robbery, […]

UK court jails Nigerian pastor for torturing maids

Posted by admin Top Stories Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

A female Nigerian pastor who brought children from her country to work as slaves for her in the United Kingdom has been jailed for 11 years, the Mail of London reports. Lucy Adeniji, 45, forced her victims to toil for up to 21 hours a day – washing, cooking, cleaning her five-bedroom home and caring […]

N-Assembly polls: 9,000 security personnel to be deployed in Edo

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Legislature Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

NO fewer than 9,000 security personnel would be deployed to provide security in Edo State, next Saturday, during the National Assembly elections. This was disclosed by the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. David Omojola, yesterday, after a closed door meeting with representatives of Inter Agency Committee on Security for the April elections. He said […]

Soldiers okayed for elections natiowide

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Top Stories Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

THE National Council of State, NCS, yesterday rose from a crucial session which lasted over five hours with a resolution that troops be deployed in the streets 48 hours before the elections to forestall any form of violence during voting. When deployed, the military, regular and mobile policemen as well as members of other security […]

‘My uncle impregnated me, gave me staphylococcus’

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

The story of Kikelomo, 32, (surname withheld) is very pathetic and depicts the agonies of orphans and the predicaments faced by couples who are in desperate need of a child. On Friday in Abuja, Kikelomo painted a sad picture of how she was forced to have sex with her aunty’s husband and became pregnant […]

Debate: Jonathan urges Ribadu, Buhari, Shekarau to join him

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he would participate in the presidential debate being organised by the Nigerian Elections Debate Group on Wednesday (today). He also expressed his desire to have the other candidates, who have decided to boycott the event, join him in the debate. The President spoke through a statement from his spokesman, […]