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Police arrest 35 suspected cultists in Cross River

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Friday, March 16th, 2012

By JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU, Calabar ABOUT 35 persons suspected to be members of secret cults that have been terrorizing residents of Calabar, the Cross River state capital for five days have been arrested by the state Police Command. Besides, over 10 suspected cultists and innocent residents of the area have been feared dead in the renewed […]

Picture:Nigerian athlete finally gets Jamaican citizenship

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Thursday, March 15th, 2012

March 16, 2012 by Agency Reporter 1 Comment Nigerian born Munro College shot put and discus thrower Emmanuel Onyia is on his way to realising his dreams of representing Jamaica in international competition, after his 10-year-old application for Jamaican citizenship was approved. Onyia’s father, Emmanuel Snr gave Observer West the good news on Wednesday noting […]

Our interest in Nigeria, by Google

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 15th, 2012

WEBSITE giant, Google, has declared that its drive into sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, is not profit driven but to enhance development in the region, as well as help in maximization of information technology. Speaking yesterday during the opening of Google’s third web and mobile conference, g|Nigeria, held in Lagos, the Vice-President of EMEA Product Management […]

Islamic Development Bank berths in Nigeria

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Projects $4bn capital injection into economy To stake $98m on capacity building for Almajiris THE Islamic Development Bank (IDB), yesterday, formally announced its entry into Nigeria with a firm commitment to lead the way in financing capital projects in the country. The development followed the approval of the board of executive directors of the bank […]

Ojukwu: Bianca thanks Jonathan, MASSOB, others -• Ends 12-day-mourning

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Bianca Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca, has thanked President Goodluck Jonathan, Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Nigerians for according her husband a befitting burial, even as she ended her 12 days of traditional mourning. Bianca, who spoke […]

200 passengers escape death as cows derail train

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Residents of Kakuri, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis was yesterday thrown into confusion, when the Kaduna township train lost control and veered off its track, killing 12 cows. The incident almost led to a disaster, as the train lost control and it took the dexterity of the drivers to bring the train carrying over 200 […]

LASTMA-DNESS officials, policemen brutalise motorist, sympathiser

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

March 14, 2012 by Kunle Falayi 37 Comments The brutality ascribed to officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority still persists as a man, Chudi Obiefuna, was on Monday brutalised by a combined team of LASTMA officials and riot policemen in the Ijeshatedo area of Lagos. An unidentified man, who intervened by explaining that […]

Drug trafficker bags 18 month-jail term in Ibadan •2 others remanded in prison

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, sentenced a 24-year-old drug trafficker, Bullame Alli, to 18 months in jail. Also, two suspected drug traffickers, Chimmadu Okon, 24 and Adebiyi Samson, 45, were remanded in prison custody. The prosecutor, Mrs Bridget Viasima, had informed the court that Alli was arrested with substances […]

Contractor attempts suicide on telecoms mast •Over claimed N15m owed him by Atiku

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

A middle-aged man, Musa Inua, caused commotion on the premises of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, when he climbed a telecommunications firm mast with an intent to commit suicide over an alleged N15 million debt owed him by a former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar. Dressed in a cream color kaftan, Inua, who claimed to […]

Australian commandos hunting for terrorists in Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

March 14, 2012 by Agency Reporter 132 Comments A secret squadron of Australian SAS soldiers has been operating at large in Africa, performing work normally done by spies, in an unannounced and possibly dangerous expansion of Australia’s foreign military engagement. The deployment of the SAS’s 4 Squadron – the existence of which has never been […]