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Pastor Adeboye clocks 70 •Jonathan greets RCCG G.O.

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 1st, 2012

THE General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, clocks 70 years old today, with the occasion coinciding with the March Special National Holy Ghost Service of the church. Fondly known as G.O or Daddy G.O, easy-going Pastor Adeboye, who was born into a poverty-stricken family from Ifewara in […]

Ojukwu for burial today, as Jonathan, Rawlings, Soyinka, others pay tributes

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, March 1st, 2012

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, former Ghanaian president, Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings, Professor Wole Soyinka, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, past and serving governors and others bade farewell to ex-Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, even as former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, was not physically present. The remains of the Igbo hero moved from Enugu to […]

Policeman seizes KAI officer’s phone for taking bribe

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Thursday, March 1st, 2012

The law caught up with an officer of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), on Wednesday night, when a police officer seized his cell phone for allegedly taking bribe from a bread seller. The drama took place on the premises of Motorway building on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Oregun, Ikeja, and threw the area […]

Sam Aluko for burial Saturday

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Sam Aluko Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The remains of foremost economist, Prof. Samuel Aluko, will be interred on March 3 at Ode-Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to the programme of events released by the family, his body which has already arrived the country, via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will […]

NDLEA nabs Pakistani with N120m heroin at Lagos airport

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Thursday, March 1st, 2012

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, prevented the incursion of a Pakistani drug cartel into Nigeria, while also seizing his 13 kilogrammes of high grade heroin worth N120 million. Operatives of the anti-drug agency, at the Mur-tala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, arrested a 35-year-old Pakistani with the parcels of brownish […]

I never said Nigerians should be allowed to carry guns —Oritsejafor

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Religion Thursday, March 1st, 2012

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has denied reports published in an online site which quoted him as having asked President Goodluck Jonathan to allow every Nigerian to carry gun. Pastor Oritsejafor, in a telephone interview, said that the online site named News Naija quoted him wrongly. The site also […]

Bloodbath in Bayelsa •4 soldiers, 4 policemen killed by gunmen •Explosives create panic in Yenagoa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Ndiameeh Babrik, State News Thursday, March 1st, 2012

THE seeming prevalent peace and security in Bayelsa State, were on Thursday around 10.00 a.m, shattered as unidentified gunmen unleashed attack on security operatives at different locations, on the waterways, killing four soldiers, including a lieutenant-colonel and four policemen. Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that the suspected gunmen, who operated in three speedboats, swiftly […]

Ibori won’t serve prison term in Nigeria – UK

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Posted: February 29, 2012 – 15:32 Posted by siteadmin caption: Former governor James Ibori By SaharaReporters, New York Amid apprehension by some Nigerians that the Goodluck Jonathan administration might negotiate with UK authorities over the fate of former Governor James Ibori of Delta State, a source at the British Home Office told SaharaReporters today that […]

OPC member kills Etisalat employee over N10 toll

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

February 29, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu A suspected member of the Odua Peoples Congress known by the pseudonym “Ultimate” on Monday allegedly killed an employee of Etisalat, Chukwuma Eze, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State during an argument over N10 toll. PUNCH Metro learnt that N10 toll was collected by the OPC members […]

23.8 million Nigerians save money at home – Report (Do you blame them?)

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

February 29, 2012 by Dayo Oketola No fewer than 23.8 million Nigerian adults currently keep their money at home because they don’t have bank accounts. A survey by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access, a Nigeria-based financial sector developement organisation, revealed that 52.8 million out of the country’s adult population saved money regularly. But the survey […]