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Bus driver dies of cocaine ingestion

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 27th, 2012

May 27, 2012 by Allwell Okpi A 34-year-old commercial bus driver, Edwin Ozoani, has died after a wrap of cocaine ruptured in his stomach. According to the Head, Public Affairs of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mitchell Ofoyeju, the deceased returned from Brazil aboard a South African Airline flight, tested positive to drug ingestion […]

BBC African viewpoint: Nigeria’s dialling dilemmas

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, May 27th, 2012

African viewpoint: Nigeria’s dialling dilemmas In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, writer Sola Odunfa considers the difficulty of making a phone call in Nigeria. If you must make a call to anybody’s mobile phone in Nigeria, you need to be understanding and patient – it can be a very frustrating and annoying experience. […]

A tale of two ‘International airport’ terminals

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 27th, 2012

THE ongoing remodeling of eleven airports in Nigeria pales into insignificance if it is to be compared to the enormous resources sunk into building new airport terminals in major aviation hubs around the globe. Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah-Ogiewonyi, has taken the initiative to ‘remodel’ most of the country’s decrepit facilities. The decay dates back […]

Children to Leaders… Fulfill Your Promises

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 27th, 2012

• Osu Makes Case For Free Education WITH this year’s celebration of the Children’s Day come heart-felt calls from the chief celebrants on political leaders, especially the president and the governors, to focus on providing basic amenities in fulfillment of their campaign promises to the people. Similarly, the Social Communications of the Catholic Archdiocese of […]

Disturbing Pictures: 4 Suspected Armed Robbers Killed in Onitsha

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Saturday, May 26th, 2012

A team of policemen attached to the Central Police Station, Onitsha, Anambra State on Friday shot dead four suspected armed robbers, who were noted to have been terrorising the city of Onitsha and Asaba. Saturday Tribune gathered that the suspects had organised themselves inside a thick forest in Omelumgbome, in Delta State where they wanted […]

Alake’s Palace Gutted By Fire

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, May 26th, 2012

A section of the ancient palace of the Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, on Thursday, was gutted by fire. The incident, Saturday Tribune learnt, happened in the early hours of the day and affected the ground floor reception hall of the palace. Oba Gbadebo was said to be in when the […]

Forget 2015, Think About Masses, Cleric Tells Politicians

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, May 26th, 2012

A religious leader has advised politicians to focus on how they can move the country forward, rather than dissipating energy on how they are going to win future elections in the country. This piece of advice came from the Founder and Pastor of the Celica Church of Christ, Worldwide,Prophet Emmanuel Adetunji Adeonigbagbe, during a chat […]

EFCC to Recover N29b Debt

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Saturday, May 26th, 2012

DELTA State Government is set to engage the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the recovery of over N29billion owed it by 135 companies operating in the state. The state Internal Revenue Board said that the companies, which evaded various forms of taxes were, however, given two weeks to pay the debt or face the […]

Alao-Akala: Judge rejects EFCC’s private prosecutor

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines, Oyo, State News Friday, May 25th, 2012

Date: Fri, 05/25/2012 – 14:53 Justice Akintunde Boade of the Oyo State High Court yesterday in Ibadan said it was unconstitutional for the EFCC lead counsel, Chief Godwin Oblah, to engage a private prosecutor to represent him in court proceedings. The judge was giving a ruling in the alleged N11.5 billion scam suit instituted by […]

Police arrest 5 bank staffers, 6 others for alleged robbery

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, May 25th, 2012

By: CHRISTOPHER OJI Date: Thu, 05/24/2012 – 14:01 Police operatives in Lagos have arrested eleven armed robbery suspects including five staffers of a new generation bank (name withheld) for allegedly trying to rob the bank. Among the suspects is a senior marketing executive of the bank’s branch in Gbagada, a suburb of Lagos and five […]