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Nigeria Beat Zambia 2-1

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, March 11th, 2012

NIGERIA’S U-17 Women national team, the Flamingoes, yesterday defeated their hosts, She-Polopolo of Zambia 2-1 in a 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round, first leg match in Lusaka. Patience Okaeme, who scored a brace against Kenya in the previous round in Nairobi, and dazzling playmaker, Halimat Ayinde scored for Nigeria early in […]

Ojukwu and the Nigerian hypocrisy

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Sunday, March 11, 2012 By Emma Okah •Dim Emeka Ojukwu In Nigeria and, indeed, many societies all over the world, it is not normal for bad things to be said about the dead. The simple reason which many lawyers also echo is that the dead is lifeless and can no longer be in a position […]

Woman bombed in Jos 24 hours after escaping Boko Haram in Yobe

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Plateau, State News, Yobe Sunday, March 11th, 2012

When 23-year-old Hajara Saidu left Potiskum in Yobe State for Jos, Plateau State, she thought she had escaped the onslaught of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, which since late last year had unleashed a spate of bombings on the state. She, however, did not know a crude fate awaited her less than 24 hours after […]

Arabic teacher in police net after raping JSS 3 student

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, March 11th, 2012

The news of the alleged rape of a Junior Secondary School 3(JSS3) student in Ibadan, Oyo State is spreading like wild fire. It’s especially so, since the allegation was against a 43-year- old Imam cum teacher, Isiaka Salimonu, who teaches Arabic at Educational Legacy College, Ibadan. Salimonu allegedly raped Yetunde, 15, in Ikumapayi, Olodo area […]

Boko Haram drama at Winners Chapel – •Church petitions IGP

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Sunday, March 11th, 2012

A branch of Dr David Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church (also known as Winners Chapel) in Barnawa, Kaduna State, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, over threat to the life of some of its members for reporting an alleged accomplice of a suspected suicide bomber to the police. According to the petition dated […]

Who succeeds Ikemba as Igbo leader?

Posted by admin Biafra, General Politics, Headlines, South-East Saturday, March 10th, 2012

EMMANUEL OBE writes that only time will tell whether the Igbo will, once again, have a common leader like the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu The death of Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu closed a chapter in the history of the Igbo, one of the three major ethnic nationalities in Nigeria. Despite failing to actualise their desire […]

Bakare, el-Rufai storm Nnewi for Ojukwu

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Pastor Tunde Bakare, and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai | The vice-presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change in the 2011 election, Pastor Tunde Bakare, and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, were among top members of the party that visited Nnewi on Friday […]

Three feared dead in Kenya bus station bomb attack

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, March 10th, 2012

NAIROBI (AFP) – A bomb attack at a bus station near the centre of Nairobi killed at least three people and wounded more than 20 others on Saturday, Kenya police said. A senior police official who did not want to be named told AFP it was believed that one or several grenades had been thrown […]

Police arrest man for attempted abduction of Italian in Asaba

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Asaba – The Delta State Police Command has arrested a man alleged to have attempted to kidnap an Italian, Mr Galvagni Renze, in Asaba, Delta. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr Charles Muka, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect on Friday, said that the attempted kidnap took place on Thursday in Asaba. […]

Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Kill Anti-Robbery Police Chief in Yola

Posted by admin Adamawa, Boko Haram, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, State News Friday, March 9th, 2012

By SaharaReporters, New York Unknown gunmen opened fire at a car dealership in Yola, Adamawa state on Friday afternoon killing the police officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state. Eyewitnesses told Saharareporters that the assailants might have trailed the senior police officer to the scene. The officer, Mohammed Ali, was a […]