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924 Nigerians on death row –LEDAP

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, November 11th, 2011

A non-governmental organization, Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) has disclosed that 924 Nigerians have been sentenced to death and are awaiting execution in Nigeria. According to LEDAP, South West Coordinator, Mr. Dare Adeoye, the finding is contained in the recent publication of the organization, disclosing that eight out of the condemned people are female. […]

Slain NNPC official: Police arrest man in bid to withdraw money from victim’s account

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, November 11th, 2011

Police have arrested a man who attempted to withdraw huge sum of money from the bank account of a female senior staff of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), murdered last Friday in Abuja. The deceased, a mother of three simply identified as Mrs. Abdullahi, was reportedly strangled to death by her driver in connivance […]

Al-Mustapha: Court fixes Jan 30 for hearing

Posted by admin Headlines, Raw Politics Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos High Court, on Thursday, fixed January 30, 2012, as the date to deliver judgment on the conspiracy to murder and murder charge, preferred against Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late General Sani Abacha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan by the Lagos State Government. The date […]

Niger Delta: Group threatens to disrupt operations of oil companies

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Thursday, November 10th, 2011

The Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NIMRC) has threatened to disrupt operations of multinational oil companies that were yet to comply with the implementation of the Local Content Act. The group handed down the warning in a statement in Warri, saying “we will continue to fight for a better deal for our local contractors and […]

Boko Haram attacks police outpost, kills 2 in Borno

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, November 10th, 2011

GUNMEN suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, who attacked and killed hundreds in Damaturu, Yobe State, last week have, again, attacked a police outpost at Mainok town, 35 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing two police officers. According to sources the gunmen came at about 7.00 p.m on Wednesday and started shooting […]

30 die in Abuja-Okene road crash

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—NO fewer than 30 persons were reportedly killed in a fatal road accident, involving two passenger buses on Okene-Abuja Express-way, Monday. Vanguard gathered that one of the passenger buses was heading to Kano from Benin. It had a head-on collision with another bus which was heading towards Edo State from Abuja. Victims […]

Family of slain woman tasks IG

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

ABUJA — FAMILY of the late Madam Mary Tom Akpan of Ikot Inwang village, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has petitioned the Inspector- General of Police, IGP, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, over the cruel murder of their daughter on March 6, 2010. The family is asking that all those allegedly implicated in the […]

Soccer: Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria turn to friendlies for salvation

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa hope to start repairing the damage of 2012 Africa Cup of Nations failure when they play friendlies this weekend. Tunisia vist Algeria, Cameroon play Sudan and hosts Morocco in Marrakech, Nigeria have home advantage over Botswana and South Africa defend an unbeaten record against top-ranked African […]

Ajimobi vs PDP Tribunal delivers judgment tomorrow

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

THE governorship election petitions tribunal in Oyo State will deliver its judgment in a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the state governor, Senator Abiola Aji-mobi, tomorrow. The party had, in the suit, alleged that the governor was not qualified to contest the governorship election, because he holds dual citizenship. The PDP alleged that […]

2-week-old baby dumped in Ado-Ekiti

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

A two-week-old baby was found dumped at Eke Olere Close in Moferere Area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti Ekiti State capital, on Tuesday. The baby girl was found wrapped in a white shawl and placed in a carton left in front of the home of a former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in […]