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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 […]

VIPs spent N29.7bn on chartered flights in 2011

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

May 4, 2012 by Oyetunji Abioye Leave a Comment Nigerians, notably public office holders and businessmen spent about N29.7bn on chartered flights in 2011, investigation by our correspondent has revealed. Statistics obtained from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, showed that the nation’s airports handled an […]

Osun govt. to prosecute protesters over monarch’s rape case

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

The Osun Government has vowed to prosecute those behind Wednesday’s protest in support of a monarch standing trial for alleged rape before an Osogbo High Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some people demonstrated at the resume hearing of Adebukola Alli, the Alowa of Ilowa, charged for rape, defamation, indecent assault and […]

34 killed in Potiskum market attack

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

An attack on a cattle market in northeastern city of Potiskum by gunmen armed with explosives has left at least 34 dead and the toll is likely to climb, an emergency source said on Thursday. “Thirty-four bodies were deposited at the hospital,” the official said on condition of anonymity of the attack late Wednesday in Potiskum […]

Picture: FBI nabs Nigerian pastor in New York for conning an elderly American out of millions

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Posted: May 3, 2012 – 03:48 Eric Abakporo and Ambassador Joy Ogwu By SaharaReporters, New York The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed reports linking New York-based pastor and lawyer, Eric Abakporo, to “despicable” fraud: the theft of the life savings of an elderly African-American woman through deceit and lies. Eric Abakporo, a […]

Man, 91, welcomes wife into octogenarian club

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Nine years after Pa Ogbueshi Raphael O. Adibe, 91, joined the revered octogenarian club in Obosi, Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State dubbed Ito Ogbo, his amiable wife, Ogbueshi Nwanyi Benedette Nwaelie Adibe, has also made it into the group. The Obosi community organises a cultural festival every three years when all those who […]

Gov. Dickson engages Bayelsa workers in war against corruption

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has engaged the civil servants in Bayelsa State in the current war his administration is waging against corruption. This is just as he said the Senior Secondary Board, the Environmental Sanitation Authority, the Health services and the Local Government areas are places his administration would probe in its bid to smash the […]

Plateau: Ten houses burnt…as Fulanis invade villages in Plateau

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Atleast 10 persons have been killed and more that 20 houses destroyed as gun men invaded six Berom villages in Riyom Local Government of Plateau State between Monday night and yesterday morning. Residents of the affected villages which include Gwarim, Tahoss, Bangai, Sopp, Angwa Werem and Danjol have fled the areas and are taking refuge […]

Nigeria, a failed state –T. Y. Danjuma (What is your role in this?)

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

The nation seems to be at a very bad point now that prominent citizens and elders who had been quiet about the scary security situation are now talking. It was a harvest of lamentations and condemnations for the bad turn things have taken in the country especially in security. The venue of the discourse is […]