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Tribute to Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu – By Femi Fani Kayode

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Sunday, March 4th, 2012

By Femi Fani-Kayode A great and proud warrior. A true son of Africa. The strength and pride of the Igbo race. Tell it not in the north, the south, the east or the west….for how are the mighty fallen. You stood firm and fought hard for your people when it mattered the most. Nothing else […]

S-Africa denies entry to Nigerian passengers, cite invalid document

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Johannesburg – Many Nigerians aboard Arik Air and South Africa Airways flights were refused entry to South Africa on Friday. The passengers were denied entry by the South Africa Port Health authority and the immigration service on the ground that they had invalid yellow fever vaccination cards. One of the passengers, Olaminde Olaofe, said that […]

Mass Retirement Looms in Police

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

THERE is an uneasy calm in the Nigeria Police as a result of speculations of a mass retirement, following the recent promotion of some officers above their senior colleagues. Sources revealed to Saturday Tribune that some Commissioners of Police were promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) over Senior Assistant Inspectors General of […]

Expect Surprise in Abuja – Rwanda Coach (Even Rwanda can now insult us – kai)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

RWANDA coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic is already playing mind games ahead of June 17 return leg of 2013 Africa Nations Cup against Nigeria in Abuja, saying that though the Super Eagles are the favourites, yet he has a record of never losing on Nigerian soil. Nigeria and Rwanda played a scoreless draw in Kigali on […]

88-year-old man attacked in Ibarapa

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Following protest that occurred on Wednesday at Idere in Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State over nomination into some political offices, an 88-year-old man, Chief Silas Okunlola Lasunsi, is now lying critical ill at an Igboora hospital, having been attacked by some hoodlums. Factions of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) have, for […]

Court Orders NDLEA to Pay Baba Suwe Within 21 Days

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Friday, ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to pay the N25 million judgment fee awarded against it to popular actor and comedian, Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a Baba Suwe, within 21 days. Justice Yetunde Idowu, who gave the order in granting a conditional stay of execution to […]

Explosion At Bomb Factory Kills Boko Haram Members

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Residents of Kaleri ward in London Chiki area of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council were again thrown into confusion at about 10:30a.m when explosions were heard at a residence close to the fence that divides University of Maiduguri and Kaleri ward. Saturday Tribune correspondent, who was at the scene, can authoritatively report that the blast killed three […]

IGP docorates new DIGs. AIGs, says its a new era (Didn’t the last IGP say that?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

ACTING Inspector General of Police [IGP] Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, yesterday decorated the newly promoted Deputy Inspectors General of Police [DIGs] and Assistant Inspectors General of Police with their ranks, stating that a new era in the policing of the country has come. Speaking shortly before the decoration, of the seven DIGs and 13 Assistant Inspectors […]

Explosion at Suspected Bomb Factory Kills Three

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

A SUSPECTED Boko Haram factory house located in Kaleri and London Chiki area of Maiduguri metropolis in Borno State exploded around 10.30am yesterday, killing three persons said to be in the place at the time of the incident. The blast was heard about three kilometres radius. Other bomb-making materials recovered by the Joint Task Force […]

Bayelsa Killing: JTF Declares Officer, Three Others Missing

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

…MEND Claims Responsibility For Thursday’s Killings THe Joint Military Task Force (JTF), code named Operation Pulo Shield, has declared missing the Commander of the Brass Unit of its command and three others shot by suspected oil bunkers along the Brass-Ogbia waterways of Bayelsa State. JTF Media Coordinator, Lt. Col. Timothy Anthinga, confirmed to The Guardian […]