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Naira falls to lowest level in eight weeks

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

By Babajide Komolafe LAGOS – The Naira, yesterday, fell to its lowest level against the United States dollar at the official foreign exchange market where it depreciated by another 15 kobo. At the foreign exchange auction conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, under the Wholesale Dutch Auction System, WDAS, the Naira depreciated by 15 […]

Nigerian excretes 86 wraps of heroin in US

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

A Nigerian, Michael Ayodele, has excreted heroin pellets he swallowed while being questioned by federal agents at the Washington Dulles International Airport. Ayodele of Queens, New York, arrived at Dulles on January 16 on a flight from Zurich, Switzerland, according to a criminal complaint charging him with importing a controlled substance. According to the The […]

Teenagers paraded for stealing tithe in pastor’s house

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

A 15-year-old boy who wanted to celebrate the New Year with pomp by stealing from God was not only arrested by God, the owner of the stolen item, but he may not even have the opportunity of walking freely throughout the year. James Friday (not real name), on December 31, 2011 went to the residence […]

US delegation in Nigeria for regional

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

A United States delegation co-chaired by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, William Fitzgerald and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Joseph McMillan will next week join their Nigerian counterparts to work out modalities for regional security cooperation. The two-day crucial meeting is billed to last between January 23-24. The meeting marks the […]

Police recover 100 bombs in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Barely three days after the Boko Haram sect unleashed mayhem in the commercial city of Kano with serial bomb blasts and sporadic shootings which left several people dead and several properties destroyed, the Police on Monday said it has recovered more than 100 explosives carefully ladened in ten cars in the city. This is even […]

Just in: Boko Haram bombs two more churches in Bauchi

Posted by admin Bauchi, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Kano – Explosions struck two churches in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi on Sunday, witnesses said, destroying one of them completely, although there were no immediate reports of casualties. Bauchi township resident Garbi Ali said he heard two explosions at around 02:00 on Sunday, before anyone would be likely to be in church, and […]

Pictures: Quads celebrate UK first as all simultaneously graduate with Masters degrees from same university

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Graduating from university is normally an occasion for a family get-together. And this was certainly a big celebration for the Ogunsanya quadruplets who were handed their well-deserved degrees from the same university on the same day. The 23-year-old quads, identical sisters and the oldest by four minutes, Toks and Temi Ogunsanya, and identical brothers, Tobi […]

Boko Haram: Our policemen are mercenaries –Tsav

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

A retired Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has said that most of the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force are mercenaries, who are only out to make money. He noted that in doing so, such officers had no respect for the ethics of the highly-respectable profession. Tsav, however, said this did […]

Picture: Police use teargas in on-going Nations Cup to disperse fans

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Police used tear gas to try and slow a crush of fans forcing their way into the Bata Stadium complex for Saturday’s opening match of the African Cup of Nations. Police tried to check fans’ tickets one-by-one at the main gate to the complex ahead of Equatorial Guinea’s match against Libya. But several […]

Opinion: Parable of oil subsidy

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

WHILE President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to say that the government spends so much money on subsidising the oil consumption, the economic indices point to the contrary. Experts in the field of petroleum, civil societies and non-governmental organisations have given a concise analysis of how much crude is lifted, sold, and brought back for sale […]