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Tragedy Again On Lagos/Ibadan Expressway: Tanker fire burns 24 vehicles

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, State News Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

By Daud Olatunji It was another tragic day on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, yesterday, as 24 vehicles were burnt after an articulated vehicle carrying fuel fell and caught fire. In the resultant gridlock, thousands of passengers, including the wife of the governor of Oyo State, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, and a former deputy speaker of Ogun State House […]

Extra-judicial killings in the North: We didn’t do it, JTF tells Elders

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

By NDAHI MARAMA THE Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State Operation Restore Order took on Northern Elders, yesterday, over the claim that the military outfit, raised to curb insurgency, engaged in extra-judicial killings. The JTF denied the allegation as well as claims of genocide, arson, illegal arrest and detention made against it. It said […]

Atta Mills visits Ghana plane crash victims

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Email1 ACCRA (AFP) – Grieving family members gathered at a morgue in Ghana’s capital Accra on Sunday after a cargo plane overshot an airport runway and crashed into a passenger bus, killing at least 10 people. The four crew members from the Boeing 727 Allied Air cargo plane survived Saturday night’s accident, and Ghanaian President […]

12 dead in Nigeria church bomb blast

Posted by admin Bauchi, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

BAUCHI, Nigeria, June 3 (UPI) — A suicide car bomber in northern Nigeria killed 12 people Sunday at a Pentecostal church, witnesses said. The number of people injured in the blast in the city of Bauchi was not reported. Witnesses told the BBC a man attempted to drive a car through the fence at Harvest […]

Abductors release Italian hostage

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

An Italian engineer who was abducted by a group of armed men in Kwara State has been released, a spokesman for Italy’s Foreign Minister, Giulio Terzi told Reuters on Saturday. Details on his release were not immediately available, the spokesman said. In March, a Briton and an Italian abducted in Sokoto State were both killed […]

Maigari Wants Eagles to Spell Namibia! (Just like you spelled Guinea in abuja)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

NFF President, Aminu Maigari The Super Eagles had their final work out at the UJ Esuene Stadium on Saturday morning with a charge from NFF President, Aminu Maigari, to the players to go all out and not only defeat Namibia but spell the name of the country, by scoring seven unreplied goals. Maigari […]

Conduct Bureau to Charge Shekarau

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

Ibrahim Shekarau By Adebiyi Adedapo The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has revealed fresh plans to charge a former governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of the All Nigeria’s Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 2011 general election, Ibrahim Shekarau over allegations of corruption. The bureau said it withdrew initial charges against […]

Oyinlola Honoured in the USA

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has assured the international community that Nigeria will soon join the league of industrialized nations “as the country has the necessary potentials including both human and material resources to achieve this goal.” Prince Oyinlola who gave this assurance in […]

More Female Permanent Secretaries for Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News, Women Politics Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

Governor Rotimi Amaechi Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has pledged to appoint more women as permanent secretaries in the State civil service. Governor Amaechi stated this on Thursday during an interactive session with Rivers women at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Port Harcourt. He said the decision was in line with […]

Romney Net Worth $250M, Same as 2011

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

-ThsDay Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Presumptive GOP candidate, Mitt Romney is worth as much as $250 million, according to the candidate’s personal financial disclosure filed today with the Federal Election Commission, reports ABC News. While the forms indicate that the candidate could be worth anywhere between $83 and $255 […]