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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 […]

Visa Overstay: UK deports 120 Nigerians

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

March 10, 2012 by Oyetunji Abioye 1 Comment The United Kingdom on Friday deported 120 Nigerians for various immigration offences. The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, aboard a chartered aircraft. Airport sources said the first batch of the deportees had arrived in the early hours of the day, while the […]

Dangote, Adenuga make Forbes rich list

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Dangote and Adenuga Two Nigerian business giants – Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Dr. Mike Adenuga – are among the world’s richest, according to the 2012 Rich List published by Forbes yesterday. Dangote, 54, with vast interests in manufacturing, is ranked number 76 with a net worth of $11.2b. Globacom boss Adenuga is ranked number 248 […]

Man remanded for ‘hitting’ judge with vehicle

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 8th, 2012

For allegedly attempting to kill a judge of the Lagos High Court, Justice Adeniyi Adebanjo, a 33-year-old commercial driver, Quadri Kasali, has been arraigned in court. Kasali, accused of deliberately hitting the judge with his vehicle on March 1, was on Monday arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court, Tinubu by the Police in Lagos. He was […]

Diplomatic Row: African leaders pressure Jonathan to ignore Zuma

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, March 8th, 2012

South Africa should apologise today for the illegal deportation of 125 Nigerian passengers last Friday at the Oliver Thambo International Airport in Johannesburg or face tougher measures, officials said last night. Nigeria has given five conditions to be met by South Africa to end the impasse sparked by the incident. They are: •unconditional apology to […]

Gunmen Kill DPO, 4 Others

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Nigerian Police Thursday, March 8th, 2012

By Segun Awofadeji A Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr. Abbubakar Sadiq, three other policemen and a civilian were Thursday feared dead, while another Police Inspector was short on the leg by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram, during a night attack on a police station and two new generation banks in Ashaka-Bajoga, […]

Opinion: Ibori’s conviction and the way forward

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, NNP Spotlight, State News Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Judicial corruption is a cliché, but that is, for sure, what has elicited deep concern over many years. This concern was certainly not shared by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who, at the opening ceremony of all Nigeria Judges Conference in 2003, sanctified the nation’s judiciary like this: “The Judiciary in Nigeria is not corrupt or inefficient. […]

Fan craze: Nollywood actor Jim Iyke injured in Cameroon

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry), On The Lighter Side Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Nollywood actor Jim Iyke was badly hurt last Saturday the 4th of March 2012 at a location in Cameroon during a movie shoot, Nollywoodgossip is exclusively reporting. We learned that the incident happened when the handsome actor, who commands immense fan base in the African country, was besieged by female fans on the set of […]

Roadblocks: 38 policemen, FRSC officials face trial

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Thursday, March 8th, 2012

No fewer than 38 policemen and eight Federal Road Safety Corps officials are facing orderly room trial for defying acting Inspector-General’s directive for the dismantling of roadblocks across the country. Mr. Mohammed Abubakar on February 14 ordered that all intra-state checkpoints be removed, regretting that they were being used by many policemen to […]