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Julius Berger agrees to return to Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Friday, May 4th, 2012

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenogoa Construction giant, Julius Berger has accepted to return to Bayelsa State to resume work on some critical projects it abandoned a few years ago at the height of youth militancy in the Niger Delta. This was the outcome of a meeting between the construction company and the state government Friday in […]

ACN condemns killing of Oshiomhole’s Principal Secretary

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Edo, Headlines, Party Politics, State News Friday, May 4th, 2012

By Nnamdi Ojiego The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the reported assassination of the Principal Private Secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, saying it raises a lot of questions, especially coming shortly after the yet-to-be-resolved ramming of the Governor’s convoy by a tipper truck that claimed the lives […]

Oyedepo opens Covenant varsity Campus in C-River

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Friday, May 4th, 2012

THE founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has inspected the site for the smooth take-off of the Cross River campus of the Covenant University Otta in Ogun State. The proposed University which is expected to take-off soon would offer courses like Engineering, Computer Science, as well as […]

Gov. Oshiomhole’s aide assassinated in Benin

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Friday, May 4th, 2012

Mr Olaitan Oyerinde African Examiner Friday, May 04, 2012 A special Adviser and private secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, South South Nigeria, has been killed by unknown gunmen. Reports say four gun men stormed the house of Mr Olaitan Oyerinde at Ugbor GRA, Benin and scaled the fence then brutally shot him […]

Sunshine Stars still trapped in Malien crossfire

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Akombo TRAPPED players and officials of Sunshine Stars FC of Akure are still unsure of when they will depart Bamako, Mali, as fighting between rebels and government forces continued yesterday morning. According to one of the accompanying journalists, Tunde Shamsudeen, who spoke with Tribunesports on phone from Bamako yesterday morning, the situation at the Bamako […]

Cult groups threaten to attack Bayelsa CP

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

May 4, 2012 by Mike Odiegwu, Yenagoa Leave a Comment Leaders of cult groups in Bayelsa State have threatened to attack the state Commissioner of Police Mr. Chris Olakpe, if he refuses to halt continuing arrest of their members. Following the incessant killings in parts of the state in recent times by suspected cultists, Olakpe […]

You can’t drive us out of Nigeria •EU tells Boko Haram •Budgets N20bn for anti-corruption campaign in Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

THE European Union (EU) has told the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect that it cannot force the Union out of Nigeria, especially the North. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Head of EU delegation to Nigeria, Dr David MacRae, said the killings and the insecurity in the country caused by terrorists’ activities of the sect […]

Angola seeks Eagles friendly

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

The Angola Football Federation is seeking for a friendly match with the Super Eagles in preparation for their World Cup qualifier against Uganda on June 1 at the November 11 Stadium in Luanda. The Angolans have proposed May 15 for the game just as they hope to play Macedonia on May 29 in Lisbon, Portugal. […]

Police detain journalists to prevent access to Saraki

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

May 4, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu No fewer than six journalists were locked up in the office of the Police Public Relations Officer of the Special Fraud Unit in Lagos on Thursday when former Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki visited the unit to respond to allegations of a N9bn loan scam levelled against him. Saraki, […]

Gunmen kill 50 in Yobe cattle market attack

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Yobe Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

May 4, 2012 by Jude Owuamanam, Jos Leave a Comment Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday night invaded Potiskum Cattle Market in Potiskum, Yobe State, and killed 50 persons. Using explosives and assorted guns, the gunmen attacked the market around 6p.m. The attack was believed to be in revenge for an incident earlier in the day, when […]