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Kidnapped Imo ex-speaker yet to regain freedom

Former Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Chief Godfrey Dikeocha, who was kidnapped by gunmen about a month and half ago is yet to be released. Dikeocha was abducted by armed men from his Oke Uvuru country home in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state on March 9, 2012 few minutes […]

Housewife delivers monster in Benue

A housewife and mother of nine children has delivered a monkey-like monster in Otukpo, headquarters of Idoma nation in Benue State. The bizarre delivery took place at the weekend at St Theresa Hospital Otukpo by the woman said to be the wife of a hunter from Oju local government area of the state. The abnormal […]

Ibori’s conviction in UK debases Nigeria’s judiciary – Lawyer (Is there a judiciary in Nigeria?)

A lawyer, Olorogun Benson Ndakara, has described the recent conviction of the formal governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, in the United Kingdom over money laundering as a shame on the Nigeria’s judiciary. In a brief encounter with Daily Sun, he faulted the country’s judicial system for freeing Ibori from the 170 count-charge filed […]

EPL: Odemwingie’s goal shocks Liverpool…As Man City cuts gap to 3 points

Monday, April 23, 2012 Osaze Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Osaze Peter Odemwingie’s late goal earned West Brom a shock 1–0 win over a profligate Liverpool at Anfield on a day Manchester City closed the gap on Manchester United to just three points after they capitalized on the Premier League leaders’ […]

Subsidy probe: 17 oil firms reject indictment

Another twist was added to the ongoing controversy over the probe of N2 trillion fuel subsidy undertaken by the House of Representatives as 17 oil companies have faulted their indictment by the House Committee report. The Farouk Lawan-led committee had indicted 18 oil companies and concluded that they were guilty of mismanaging about N41 billion. […]

Navy raids beach, recovers hard drugs from hoodlums

In a bid to safeguard the nation’s waterways, the Nigerian Navy on Saturday raided the Marine Beach and its environs, arresting over 20 hoodlums and impounding hard drugs from them. Other places raided were the Leventis Road, Dockyard Road, and places around rail crossing line behind the beach. The naval authorities said all sorts of […]

April 23, 2012 by Agency Reporter General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday said world leaders had failed in their quest to restore global peace and resolve conflicts. Adeboye made the statement when he was hosted to a day of tributes,  tagged ‘This Is Your Life’, by interfaith […]

Five Nigerian drug traffickers arrested in India, Malaysia

Five Nigerians have been arrested for allegedly trafficking in drugs in India and Malaysia. A 35-year-old Nigerian, Uche Sylvester, who used to traffic drugs between Mumbai and Delhi, was arrested in the capital and 100 grams of cocaine was recovered from him, the Times of India reported on Sunday. Sylvester was arrested near the Delhi […]

Ibori’s legal team to appeal sentence

By Emma Arubi WARRI—THE legal team of the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori is to appeal the 13 years sentence handed him by a London court last week. A reliable member of the team and a Warri- based legal practitioner, who does not want his name in print, told Vanguard exclusively, that […]

Pension scam: Seven bureau de-change operators used to loot N38bn, EFCC tells court

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has exposed before a Federal High Court in Abuja, how five civil servants in the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, OHCSF, used seven different bureau de-change operators, to steal over N38 billion from pension funds. The anti-graft agency […]