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Picture: Father of slain Osun poly student seeks justice

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

May 29, 2012 by Tunde Odesola, Osogbo Rev. Adekunle Balogun-Arogunjo, the father of slain Diploma II student, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, has asked government to ensure the killers of his son, Adeola, are brought to justice. Balogun-Arogunjo, who spoke with our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday, however, thanked the school’s authorities for “ensuring the arrest […]

A’Ibom, C’River land dispute clash claims 40 lives

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Headlines, State News Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

No fewer than 40 persons were feared dead, while four riot policemen and the village head of Ntan Obu Ukpe in Eniong of Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State were allegedly beheaded in a renewed communal clash between Ntan Obu, Cross River and the Ikpanya in Ibiono Local Government, Akwa Ibom State. Already […]

Oshiomhole sues magazine for N250m over sex allegation

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Monday dragged News of the People, a soft sell weekly magazine before a Benin High Court, asking for N250m as damages, for alleged libel. Oshiomhole, in suit No B/556/2011, against Dockland Communications Limited, publishers of News of the People magazine, alleged that the content of a material published […]

Enyeama grabs captain’s band

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, May 28th, 2012

Super Eagles yesterday commenced final dress rehearsal for their World Cup qualifier against Namibia on Sunday in Calabar. Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, wasted no time in naming Vincent Enyeama, as the skipper for the duel against the Southern Africans. Enyeama is expected to continue in that role until substantive skipper, Joseph Yobo recovers from his […]

Why Lagos deserves special revenue allocation, by Fashola

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, May 28th, 2012

By MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO IKEJA— Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, justified why the Federal Government must accord the state a special status in the revenue allocation formula, stressing that “Lagos is to Nigeria what the neck is to the body.” Fashola spoke at a state banquet to mark the 45th anniversary of the creation […]

Picture: Army court-martials 2 colonels, 12 others for alleged misconduct

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Monday, May 28th, 2012

Jos — The Nigerian Army, Monday, began the court-martial of 14 soldiers serving in Special Task Forces in Maiduguri, Jos and Bauchi for alleged misconduct. The accused included two Colonels, a Master Warrant Officer, seven Lance Corporals and four Privates. The GOC, 3 Armoured Division, Maj. Gen Jack Nwaogbo, while inaugurating the court at the […]

CAR president becomes Celestial Church leader

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, May 28th, 2012

BANGUI (AFP) – The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozize, was elevated to the status of religious leader Monday, state radio said Monday. Francois Bozize “Whit Monday was an opportunity for the Celestial Church of Christ New Jerusalem to inaugurate a temple in Bambari and canonise the president of the republic as […]

UN court to sentence Charles Taylor on Wednesday

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, May 28th, 2012

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AFP) – Liberian warlord Charles Taylor will be sentenced for war crimes by a special UN court on Wednesday, after being found guilty of arming Sierra Leone rebels in return for “blood diamonds”. The hearing at 0900 GMT before judges of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, situated just outside The Hague, will […]

Gunmen attack Muslim worshippers in Potiskum

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Yobe Monday, May 28th, 2012

KANO (AFP) – Gunmen opened fire on Muslim worshippers outside the home of a controversial cleric in Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding others, the military and residents said. The attack in the northeastern city of Potiskum occurred outside the cleric’s home, where he leads prayers on Sunday evenings, but it […]

Gunmen kill 4 traders in Yola

Posted by admin Adamawa, Headlines, State News Monday, May 28th, 2012

KANO (AFP) – Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead four traders from the mainly Christian Igbo ethnic group on Monday in the city of Yola, residents said, the latest in a string of such attacks. Islamist group Boko Haram has carried out scores of shootings and bomb attacks in northern, but it was not immediately […]