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In Lagos, 32-year-old man hangs self

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, May 18th, 2012

A man, much admired for lovingly nursing his ailing mother, hangs himself at their backyard EVERYONE in the area knew Tunbosun Egbedokun, 32, as an affable, kind-hearted young man. For quite sometime, he had been looking after their ailing mother, who was suffering from stroke for which he had earned praises from other relations as well […]

Keshi drops Mikel, lists injured Yobo

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, May 18th, 2012

May 18, 2012 by Kazeem Busari 15 Comments Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has unexpectedly left out Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi and other English Premier League players, except for Wigan’s Victor Moses, out of the team that will face Namibia, Malawi and Rwanda in the 2014 World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers […]

Arrest me if you can, Oni dares Fayemi

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Friday, May 18th, 2012

FORMER governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, has dared the incumbent governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to make good his threat of arresting and prosecuting him for parading himself as former governor, saying “if he (Fayemi) has no enough policemen to effect the arrest in Ekiti, he can call for reinforcement from his godfather in […]

Armed Forces ready for any crisis – Minister

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Friday, May 18th, 2012

ABUJA—Defence Minister, Dr. Bello Mohammed, said, yesterday, that the Armed Forces were in a state of combat readiness needed to surmount all issues of insecurity, internal or external. He said government has ensured this by funding the requirements of the different arms of the military. Soldiers operating an armour tank during Combat Arms Training Week […]

Lufthansa yet to pay N2.198bn to NCAA

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, May 18th, 2012

By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS — Almost two weeks after the Senate ordered Lufthansa Airlines to pay the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, N2.198 billion, being money representing unpaid royalties between 2009 and November 2011, the airline is yet to do so, saying it had paid all charges to date. Royalty is money paid by foreign […]

FG doctors to join striking colleagues in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, May 18th, 2012

By SOLA OGUNDIPE & CHIOMA OBINNA IKEJA – The face–off between the Lagos State Government and sacked 788 doctors, yesterday, took a dramatic turn, as doctors in federal hospitals in Lagos, said they will today embark on an indefinite solidarity strike. The federal hospital doctors called on the National Assembly to urgently wade into the […]

Explosions rock two primary schools in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Thursday, May 17th, 2012

By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano KANO – Multiple explosions Wednesday night, hit two primary schools in Jayin and Hotoro Arewa in Kumbotso and Nasarawa local government areas respectively in Kano municipal. An eyewitness told Vanguard that the attackers who came on a motorbike ordered watchmen at both schools out of the premises before attacking the schools. The source […]

(Picture) Port Harcourt blast kills bus driver

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, May 17th, 2012

BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT: A commercial bus exploded Thursday at Rumukoro road about in Port Harcourt, killing a young man and injuring about three others. The incident which occurred about 10.30 -11pm caused tension in Rivers state as people speculated it was Boko Haram that had invaded the state. The state Commissioner of Police, […]

Day robbers turned Ikare-Akoko upside down

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Thursday, May 17th, 2012

It was a night of terror at Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State as seven people were killed while scores of others sustained gun wounds when a gang of bandits struck late in the night at three commercial banks in the town The robbery incident which took place recently during one of the international foot ball […]

Paschal Bafyau’s death shocking –NLC, TUC

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Organised Labour, yesterday received the death of the former president of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)), Pascal Bafyau with rude shock, even as the congress promised to immortalize the late labour leader. President of the NLC, in an interview with Daily Sun said Bafyau’s death came as a shock to the congress as the past president […]