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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 […]

Boko Haram warns journalists

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, March 9th, 2012

The Boko Haram Islamic sect yesterday warned some journalists to stop or desist from misr-epresenting their views at a Media Telephone Conferencing, stressing that enough is enough. Women under the aegis of concerned mothers of Borno also yesterday protested what they termed wanton killings and destruction of public properties in the state. The women comprising […]

11 cartons of explosives intercepted at MMIA

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 9th, 2012

By Daniel Eteghe Security agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( MMIA) under the aegis of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( MMIA), Command Friday intercepted eleven cartons of explosives weighing 95 kilogrammes which were allegedly smuggled into the country. The eleven cartons of explosives labeled catridge powder devices and chargers were flown […]

Italy president upset at failed hostage rescue attempt

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 9th, 2012

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano It is “inexplicable” the United Kingdom did not tell Rome of a bid to rescue a Briton and an Italian held in Nigeria, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday. Islamist militants took Chris McManus, 28, of Oldham, and Franco Lamolinara hostage in north-west Nigeria […]

18 corps members feared killed in auto crash

Posted by admin Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Friday, March 9th, 2012

Eighteen graduates of the Imo State University, Owerri, are said to have died in an auto crash on Thursday night. The graduates were said to be on their way to the National Youth Service Corps camp in Taraba State for their orientation programme. They were said to be intending Batch ‘A’ corps members. It was […]