THE University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, was thrown into mourning on Wednesday as husband of the head of Department of Religious Studies, Professor (Mrs) Oyeronke Olademo, allegedly committed suicide by hanging. The husband is Mr Olubunmi Olademo. Nigerian Tribune investigations revealed that the sad development had generated pity and concern in the university community […]
NIGERIAN forces swept through the North-East on Wednesday, searching houses for suspected Boko Haram militants after killing four in a gun battle, the military said. The crackdown on the group in its heartland of Maiduguri followed a spate of attacks in the past few days, including the killing of a prison official and a retired […]
Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested 86 suspected illegal squatters, food vendors and aliens in Ikoyi area of the state for not having definite residential address and means of livelihood. It was learnt that the arrest was in response to complaints by residents of the area about the […]
March 29, 2012 by Mudiaga Affe 35 Comments Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke says the state government will send back over 3,000 internally displaced Fulani herdsmen camping at Bagga, Besenge and Utanga communities in Obanliku Local Government Area of the state after completing arrangements with their respective state governments. Imoke, who stated this late […]
Nigerian authorities have detained five men, including a Mauritanian, believed linked to Al-Qaeda’s North African branch over the January kidnapping of a German, two security sources said yesterday. Four of the suspects were arrested last Thursday in a raid on a supermarket in Kano owned by the Mauritanian, while the fifth was held in a […]
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram on revenge mission, yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State, shot dead Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, father of the detained sect’s spokesman, Abu Darda (aka Abu Qaqa). Bello is a retired Deputy Comptroller of Prisons. Also killed was Bello’s friend, whose identity could not be ascertained by Press time. Abu Qaqa had […]
By PAUL BASSEY Supervising Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi yesterday got a standing ovation at the Senate Committee on Sports after volunteering to go and beg in the homes of aggrieved football administrators, who still have issues with the current board of the Nigeria Football Federation. Speaking at the second day of the Hearing on […]
By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA — The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter Governmental Affairs panel, Tuesday, expressed dismay over the exorbitant price of drivers’ licence and new number plate by state governments. The controversial new number plate and drivers’ licence introduced by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, was produced at the cost of […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — A Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, absolved the former House Committee Chairman on Power, Ndudi Elumelu, of complicity in the 15-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following alleged role he played in a N5.2 billion Rural Electrification contract scam. Trial Justice […]
By Oscarline Onwuemenyi ABUJA- The Nigerian Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, and Africa’s nominee for the Presidency of World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has expressed confidence that she could win the contest to become President of the World Bank if the election process is open and transparent. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala is contesting […]
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