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Man docked over alleged withdrawal of N.1m cheque

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, April 2nd, 2012

By BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE IKEJA – A 20-year-old man, Adebowale Olamilekan, who was apprehended while allegedly trying to cash a cheque of N100,000 from the account of one Professor Mordi at Ikeja branch of Skye Bank Plc, has been charged before a Lagos State High Court, Igbosere by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Olamilekan […]

Police confirm 7 dead, 15 injured scooping petrol from crashed truck

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Yola – (NAN) The police in Adamawa have confirmed that seven persons were burnt to dead, while scooping petrol from a tanker involved in an accident at Ganigaku Village, Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa. Police Public Relations Officer Nemuel Yoila told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Yola that 15 others […]

Senegal presidential poll: Some lessons for Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, April 2nd, 2012

“On this day, March 25, 2012, at 9:27 pm., President Abdoulaye Wade, a candidate in the presidential election, called President Macky Sall to congratulate him for having won the election and to wish him good luck in his mission as the head of Senegal in the hope that he will render the Senegalese happy. In […]

Bill Gates gives $12m grant to boost yam production

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, April 2nd, 2012

LAGOS (AFP) – The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave a $12-million (nine-million-euro) grant Monday to a project aimed at boosting yam production and doubling the income of west African farmers of the crop. It is the foundation’s largest grant for yam production anywhere in the world, said a spokesman of the International Institute of […]

N37m spent to light Abuja Stadium -NSC

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Despite that the National Stadium, Abuja is still in total darkness, the National Sports Commission (NSC) says it has spent a whopping N37.238 million to restore electricity at the main bowl of the stadium. It would be recalled that the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abuja Electricity District Company, Engineer […]

One killed in Kaduna bomb explosion

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, April 1st, 2012

There was confusion at the Ungwam Muazu, an outskirt of Kaduna State on Sunday as a bomb explosion rocked the area, killing the suspected bomber and leaving two others seriously injured. The injured persons were taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention. An eyewitness said, “I heard a deafening sound on my way from […]

Robbers attack bank, break ATM machine

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, April 1st, 2012

No fewer than six bandits in the wee hours of Sunday raided Skye Bank, Ejigbo branch, Lagos, carting away an unspecified amount of money. The robbers, said to be armed with AK 47 riffles, scaled the fence of the bank at Orioke, Ejigbo at about 1am and tied up the security guards. It was learnt […]

10,500 Nigerians sought asylum in 2011 –UN

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Some 10,500 Nigerians sought asylum in 2011 in industrialised countries compared to 9,500 in 2010, according to a report released by the United Nations Refugee Agency. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, ranked Nigeria 10th on the list of asylum claimants to the world’s richest countries in 2011. Afghans […]

Martins scores first goal of the season

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 1st, 2012

Obafemi Martins | credits: File copy Obafemi Martins scored his first goal of the season for Rubin Kazan on Sunday to sink moneybags Anzhi Makhachkala in their Russian Premier League game. It was Martins’ third start in six appearances for the club but he was substituted in the 57th minute. Martins’ goal came in […]

Robbers attack luxury bus, rape schoolgirls

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, April 1st, 2012

A luxury bus conveying secondary school girls from Enugu to Lagos State was attacked by armed robbers at the Okeodo end of Ore-Sagamu Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday. The students numbering 42 were of Holy Cross College, Enugu and had hired the bus belonging to Ekene Dili Chukwu Group of Companies with registration number Lagos […]