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Indefinite Strike: Lagos Recruits New Doctors

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, April 29th, 2012

THE Lagos State Government has begun the process of recruiting new doctors to replace medics who embarked on an indefinite strike action. The government also threatened to mete out appropriate punishment foe those involved in the action. Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) to the State Governor, Dr. Ore Falomo, made this known in Lagos during […]

South-South Governors Call For Review of Revenue Allocation Formula

Posted by admin Headlines, South-South Sunday, April 29th, 2012

THE governors of the six geo-political zone of the South-South geopolitical zone have called for a review of the current revenue allocation formula, to give more powers, responsibilities and funding to the States and Local Government as centres of growth. A statement signed by the governors at the end of the three-day South-South Regional Summit […]

Boko Haram: Exhibitors Shun Opening of Kaduna Trade Fair

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, April 29th, 2012

FEARS of possible bombing by Boko Haram prompted exhibitors, visitors and residents to stay away from yesterday’s official opening of this year’s Kaduna International Trade Fair, which recorded a low number of participants. This came on the heels of last Thursday’s attack on the SOJ Plaza, Kontagora road housing three national dailies, ThisDay, The Sun and The […]

Rivers: Gunmen kidnap Rev Father…community leader’s wife too

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, April 27th, 2012

A Reverend Father in Onne, Rivers State, Fr. Nwika Gbinu, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The cleric was allegedly abducted recently in the premises of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Onne, in Eleme Local Government Area at about 2.49am. A source told Daily Sun that the kidnappers whisked him away and he had since been in […]

Onitsha robbers meet waterloo in Lagos

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, April 27th, 2012

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a five-man gang of notorious armed robbers, who came from Onitsha, Anambra State, to operate in Lekki and Ajah areas of the state. The suspects are specialists in car-snatching and house burglary. They were said to have gone to Ajah in March 2012 and robbed its residents. They […]

Liberia’s Charles Taylor guilty of war crimes – to serve prison term in Britain

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, April 26th, 2012

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AFP) – Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday of war crimes for arming Sierra Leone’s rebels in return for diamonds in the first verdict against a modern former head of state by a global court. “The trial chamber finds you guilty of aiding and abetting of all these crimes,” presiding judge Richard […]

Gunmen raid Gombe police stations, bank

Posted by admin Gombe, Headlines, State News Thursday, April 26th, 2012

KANO (AFP) – Attackers have carried out assaults on two police stations and a bank in a northern town, but it was unclear if there were casualties, residents and authorities said Thursday. The attackers raided the northeastern town of Bajoga in Gombe state, using guns and bombs, beginning late Wednesday and into early Thursday. Residents […]

Man who allegedly killed lover after romp hangs in police custody

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, April 26th, 2012

By OLA AJAYI IBADAN – A suspect, Asimiyu Ayantayo, who allegedly beheaded his lover last Thursday, has hanged himself in police custody. He was paraded with his alleged accomplice, Isiaka Akanbi, on Tuesday, in respect of beheading of a middle- aged woman in Ibadan. After allegedly killing his mistress, Sakirat Emiola, he was accused of […]

Police uncovers explosives worth N9m as blast causes panic in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, April 26th, 2012

A bomb blast outside a military base on Wednesday in the city of Kano caused panic but no injuries, while police earlier in the day discovered a large cache of explosive materials. The homemade bomb planted in an open sewer across from Bukavu military barracks caused people to flee and businesses to shut, a military […]

UI shut for 2 weeks

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

THE University of Ibadan (UI) has officially been closed down for two weeks, with the purpose of finding a lasting solution to the power problems facing the institution, as well as curbing the recent students’ unrest, which has halted the academic progression of the institution in the last three days. The statement was made available […]