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Suspected ritualists set ablaze, two escape

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 12th, 2012

EMMA AMAIZe & AKPOKONA OMAFUAIRE WARRI—A suspected ritualist was lynched yesterday at Otukuku in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State by an irate mob after a decomposing corpse was found under a bridge, suspected to be a hideout for ritualists. Two other members of the gang were lucky as they escaped from the […]

Explosion rocks RSUST in Port-Harcourt

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Port-Harcourt— Explosion rocked the office of the Registrar of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, Wednesday night. Confirming the development, Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ben Uguegbulam, said there was no casualty in the incident. He said the Police had moved in to investigate the incident. His words: “At about 1940hrs, […]

BREAKING NEWS: FG, Labour Move Towards Compromise

Posted by admin Breaking News, Headlines, Oil Politics Thursday, January 12th, 2012

The ice has finally been broken between labour unions and the Federal Government over the removal of fuel subsidy with a meeting scheduled for this evening, THISDAY can report. Ahead of the tripartriate negotiation in Abuja involving the Executive, National Assembly leadership and the unions, the Jonathan Administration is considering a mechanism aimed at subsidising […]

Portsmouth lament Kanu’s absence in FA Cup

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, January 12th, 2012

He’s Pompey’s FA Cup icon – the match-winner on the last glorious occasion they lifted the trophy. But Michael Appleton has revealed injury was behind Kanu’s absence at Chelsea. The veteran was surprisingly missing from the Blues’ 18-man match-day squad on Sunday. Instead, 17-year-old Adam Webster was among the seven substitutes on duty for the […]

Uganda removes power subsidies

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, January 12th, 2012

The Ugandan government on Thursday abolished electricity subsidies paid to power generators to cushion consumers, a move that will see tariffs rise by an average of 42 per cent. Consumers and analysts said it was likely to stoke further public anger over the high cost of living and possibly lead to an escalation of a […]

Tension over 61 Hausa youths in Ibadan • Residents claimed they were Boko Haram • They are not Boko Haram – Police

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Thursday, January 12th, 2012

THERE was a heightening of the tension in Ibadan Tuesday night, following the discovery of 61 Hausa men concealedin a van. The fear of Boko Haram made those who discovered them raised the alarm which attracted attention. The suspects were arrested at Olusanya, Ring Road by some protesters during the ongoing nationwide strike. Nigerian Tribune […]

Truckload of arms heading for Nigerian seized in Ghana

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, January 12th, 2012

GHANAIAN security agents seized a truckload of arms and ammunition believed to be on its way to Nigeria and arrested five people, a senior police officer in Accra said on Wednesday. The Tuesday seizure comes with Nigeria hit by mass protests and a national strike over soaring fuel prices, as well as spiralling violence blamed […]

Protests continue nationwide •Rallies in Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Kogi•Protesters go wild in Minna, kill cop, burn buildings, cars

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Kogi, Lagos, Niger, Oyo, State News Thursday, January 12th, 2012

AS the nationwide strike against the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government entered the third day on Wednesday, the protest took a dangerous dimension in Minna, the Niger State capital, as an Inspector of Police attached to the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on David Mark road, within the metropolis, […]

More than 500 Nigerians in Indian jails – High commissioner

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

The Nigerian High Commissioner in India, Mr. Oyebola Kuku, has expressed concern over the increasing number of Nigerians in jails in India. Kuku told visiting members of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, led by Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in New Delhi on Tuesday that more than 500 known Nigerians were in various jails across […]

Bakare urges National Assembly to impeach Jonathan (Was OBJ impeached for his own violation of the constitution?)

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

The Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Wednesday asked the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan. Bakare, who spoke at the SNG rally at Ojota, Lagos, organised to demand the restoration of the N65 pump price of petrol, said Jonathan had committed and impeachable offence by […]