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Kano: Police Kill 17 Gunmen, Arrest 3 Others

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ibrahim Idris By Ibrahim Shuaibu Kano State Police Command has disclosed that it has killed 17 of the suspected gunmen, who attacked the police post at Dala division with explosives and gun fire on Tuesday night. State Commissioner of Police Mr. Ibrahim Idris said three of the suspected gunmen […]

‘Why Nigeria May Not Achieve MDGs by 2015’ (What a surprise)

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen Dele Ogbodo The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, yesterday said Nigeria might not be able to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before 2015 because of her serious infrastructural deficit such as roads, power and housing. Others, according to him, are water, airports, railways and seaports. Onolememen, […]

Man accused of killing banker wife collapses in court

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

The testimony of Akolade Arowolo, who is facing trial at the Lagos High Court, Ikeja for allegedly killing his banker wife, Tititaalyo, was cut short yesterday. Reason: he collapsed in the dock, forcing Justice Lateefa Okunnu to stand down the matter to enable him take his medication and rest. Before the collapse, the court heard […]

Guns boom in Kano, Yobe

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News, Yobe Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

Font size: •STEPPING IN: The new National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja…yesterday -Policeman, four gunmen dead-Security tips for churches, mosques Guns boomed again in Kano, the North’s commercial engine-room, and Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, last night. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEAs) were set off in attacks on a police station […]

Bishops condemn terror attacks, okay self-defence

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

IN their appraisal of the security situation in the country, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has concluded that nothing serious has happened to give a sense of safety in the North. They said the incessant killings of innocent citizens by the Boko Haram sect and the seeming helplessness of the security agents to […]

Nigerian-born U.S. Professor, Victor Dike, sues two UNIPORT professors for plagiarism

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

With the dust raised by his suit against the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, whom he accused of grossly violating his intellectual property rights by extensively plagiarizing his work in two public lectures he (Sanusi) gave at two Nigerian universities still heavy in the air, Victor Dike, a […]

Muslim Brotherhood Draws Up Plans to Islamize Egypt

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

The Muslim Brotherhood leadership in Egypt held a secret meeting last week in anticipation of Mohammed Morsi’s expected presidential victory. According to the Arabic report, discovered by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, the leaders drew up the “Jazira Plan” to Islamize Egypt and pave the way for the resurrection of the Caliphate. The “Jazira Plan” […]

How Nigerian missions beat pain of banking services in U.S.

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

LAST-MINUTE intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has saved all Nigerian diplomatic missions in the United States (U.S.) from being left without a U.S. bank to meet their banking needs, The Guardian learnt.This is because, several foreign missions in the U.S., including Nigeria’s diplomatic posts in New York, Washington DC and Atlanta are […]

Residents flee Damaturu, life returns to Kaduna

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News, Yobe Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

RESIDENTS have continued to flee Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, two days after terrorists launched multiple attacks on churches, schools, and a satellite prison where over 50 lives were lost. A worried ward head, who sought anonymity, lamented that the affected residents had been living peacefully in Pompomari, Pawari and Bundigari areas of the metropolis […]

Food scarcity hits Kaduna •As Igbo, Yoruba traders desert markets

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

RESIDENTS of Kaduna and environs, who rushed to the famous Kasuwan Talata (Tuesday market) at Kawo to restock, were shocked to the marrow as no single bag of garri was available in the market to buy. Similarly, there were no chicken feeds in the market for poultry farmers to buy because the suppliers could not […]