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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 […]

World/Nations Cup qualifiers: Keshi drops Aiyegbeni

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, May 25th, 2012

Date: Thu, 05/17/2012 – 12:16 Relegated Blackburn Rovers’ striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, might not be a part of the foreign-based players expected to make the list of the Super Eagles’ team that would prosecute the World and Nations Cup qualifiers against Namibia and Rwanda billed for next month at the U.J Esuene Stadium, Calabar. Sources at […]

Alleged Ibori bribes: British policemen granted bail

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, May 25th, 2012

Date: Fri, 05/25/2012 – 14:22 A Scotland Yard anti-corruption detective and three former officers have been granted bail after being arrested in connection with suspected bribery involving convicted former Delta State Governor, James Ibori. The 45-year-old detective constable in the Elite Unit was questioned on Wednesday on suspicion of providing information about Ibori, in return […]

Boko Haram: Oritsejafor hits Bamanga Tukur

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, May 25th, 2012

…Says PDP national chair is sect’s spokesman •Over 1,000 Christians killed so far – CAN • ‘He was misquoted’ …Sultan: Enough of bloodshed Photo: Sun News Publishing Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor By: JOE EFFIONG, Uyo, NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna, Taiwo Amodu, Abuja Date: Fri, 05/25/2012 – 14:04 From Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), […]

Ogun traffic officers kill Okada rider for driving on uncommissioned road

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Thursday, May 24th, 2012

By DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA— Tragedy struck, yesterday, after 15 officials of Ogun state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, in Abeokuta, beat a man identified as Samuel Adoke, to death for driving on a road that is yet to be commissioned. An eye-witness told Vanguard that the incident occurred about 9a.m. at Oke-Sokori when the […]

Five bank employees arrested for attempted robbery

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, May 24th, 2012

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended 11 armed robbery suspects including five workers of Guaranty Trust Bank. One of the workers, a senior marketing executive of the bank’s branch in Gbagada, is currently being interrogated by detectives at the state’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad. According to reports made available to PUNCH Metro, the senior marketing […]

Gowon recommends dialogue, force for Boko Haram

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Presidency, Yakubu Gowon (1966-75) Thursday, May 24th, 2012

May 24, 2012 by Akinwale Aboluwade, Ibadan Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has said dialogue and force are the only available options to tackle the Boko Haram menace in the land. After declaring open the Education Summit organised by the Oyo State Government in Ibadan on Wednesday, Gowon, who is the National Coordinator […]

Jonathan orders expulsion of unqualified UNIAbuja students

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Thursday, May 24th, 2012

May 24, 2012 by Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Angered by the lingering crisis in the University of Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, directed the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqqayat Rufa’i, to set up a committee saddled with the responsibility of expelling all unqualified students from the school. He said information at his disposal showed that […]

Opinion: David Mark and the Nigerian disgrace

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Thursday, May 24th, 2012

May 24, 2012 by Abimbola Adelakun (aa_adelakun@utexas.edu) In 2009, a Briton was sentenced to death in Laos, that tiny South-East Asian country that borders Thailand, for drug-related offences. She was saved by biology. As the story was reported in the media, this woman got a fellow Briton to donate her some semen, inserted it into […]