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Picture: Boy, 3, rescued after two years in KIDNAPPERS’ den

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, January 6th, 2012

January 7, 2012 by ‘Nonye Ben-Nwankwo Kidnapped from his hometown in Imo state, a little boy mysteriously reappears in neighbouring Abia State, writes ‘Nonye Ben-Nwankwo On Sept 14, 2009, little Chukwubueze Igwe was kidnapped from his home town, Eziama in Ezinihitte, Imo State when he was 19 months old. But a few days before last […]

Ringim’s son, others, fail police extrance exams

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Friday, January 6th, 2012

The list of candidates to be recruited into the Nigeria Police Force as Cadet Inspectors and Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police released by the Police Service Commission in December 2011, is generating controversy as some candidates, who did not make the list alleged favouritism by the PSC. The aggrieved candidates had complained that only the […]

Slain Lagos bizman identified as ex IGP Sunday Ehindero’s nephew

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Friday, January 6th, 2012

January 7, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu Friends and neighbours of Niyi Ehindero, a businessman, who was allegedly killed by soldiers attached to the Operation MESA unit in Mushin during a clash between warring parties on Thursday, have urged the police and military authorities to bring the killers to book. Niyi was said to be a […]

Make INEC competent election management body – Experts tell Jega

Posted by admin Headlines, INEC Politics Friday, January 6th, 2012

A team of experts constituted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review its operations in 2011 ahead of the 2015 general election, on Thursday, urged its chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, to intensify efforts at the ongoing restructuring of the commission to make it a competent election management body. The team, christened “Registration and Election Review […]

April Election: Another Group Back Imoke’s Re-election Bid

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Friday, January 6th, 2012

GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE CALABAR, January 04, (THEWILL) – Tinkoriko Mission Hill, a socio cultural group comprising of youths of voting age from the Southern Senatorial Distinct of Cross River State, has identified with the people oriented policy thrust programme of Governor Liyel Imoke and assured him of support in the April 2012 gubernatorial election. While […]

Opinion: In Nigeria, Boko Haram is not the problem

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, January 6th, 2012

Governments and newspapers around the world attributed the horrific Christmas Day bombings of churches in Nigeria to “Boko Haram” — a shadowy group that is routinely described as an extremist Islamist organisation based in the North-East zone of Nigeria. Indeed, since the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the Niger Delta in the […]

Warning: Disturbing Picture: Soldiers kill businessman in Mushin during argument

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Friday, January 6th, 2012

A young man, Niyi Ehindero, was on Thursday allegedly shot dead by soldiers attached to Operation MESA Unit on Bada Street in Mushin area of Lagos. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the soldiers shot Ehindero at close range in his car, when they went to the area to disperse hoodlums who were engaged in a […]

Canada, USA, ban citizens from Nigerian travel

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, January 5th, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, October 18, (THEWILL) – The Governments of Canada and the United States have warned their nationals of the risk of travelling to Nigeria, saying it continues to recommend that citizens avoid all but essential travel to the Niger Delta states and some states in the north. The warning lists Akwa Ibom, Delta, Rivers, […]

Ex-militants confront JTF over withdrawal

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Niger Delta ex-militants on Tuesday blocked the Bomadi Junction, a section of the East-West Road in Delta State to protest against President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to remove fuel subsidy. The ex-militants allegedly armed were said to have engaged the Joint Task Force in a gun battle that lasted for over an hour. The protesters numbering […]

Obtaining Student Visas with Tears

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Frustration, anger and utmost apprehension were written boldly on the faces of youths, who gathered at the Ukrainian Embassy in Abuja on this hot Wednesday afternoon. Their mission was the same. They were there to obtain visa that would enable them to go and continue their studies in various universities in this eastern European nation. […]