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Court sacks Benue Speaker

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on Wednesday, sacked the Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Honourable Terhemwen Tarzohor. The court also ordered that the certificate of return issued to the former speaker who represented Makurdi North state constituency be nullified and that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should issue the […]

Man jailed for stealing ram valued at N16,000 (How about the corrupt govs?)

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Minna – A Minna Magistrates’ court on Wednesday sentenced one Danjuma Adamu to one-month imprisonment for stealing a ram belonging to one Salisu Isa. The Magistrate, Hajiya Amina Musa convicted Adamu, 22, without an option of fine. The prosecutor, Police Constable Anthony Butu had told the court that on Oct. 19, 2011 the police arrested […]

One-month old baby receives salary in Zamfara

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Zamfara Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

KANO (AFP) – A one-month old baby, said to hold a diploma, was on the Nigerian government payroll, officials have discovered, exposing the levels to which corruption runs country. The name of the infant was recently found on the payment voucher of a local government council in northern Nigeria during an exercise to fish out […]

JTF recovers 1,000 firearms in Maiduguri arms mop-up

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

KANO (AFP) – Soldiers from a special military unit deployed to end the violence in the city of Maiduguri on Tuesday launched a house-to-house search for weapons following an October 31 deadline for residents to turn in weapons. A military unit’s spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed, said they have recovered at least 1,000 firearms in […]

Siasia drags NFF to court

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

BY OKEY NDIRIBE Sacked Super Eagles Coach Sampson Siasia has dragged the Board of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to an Abuja High Court for breaching the terms of his employment contract. Speaking to journalists in Abuja during a telephone interview yesterday, Siasia gave reasons why he sued the NFF adding that the board breached […]

Igbo to celebrate Ojukwu’s birthday in grand style

Posted by admin Headlines, South-East Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

All roads lead to Enugu tomorrow for the 78th birthday celebration, prayer for quick recovery of an Igbo icon, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and God’s protection of Ndigbo where an inter-denominational church service would be conducted by the Catholic bishop of Onitsha Diocese. Those expected to attend the occasion include senators, traditional rulers, politicians and […]

Kano now generates one billion naira monthly

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

The Chairman of the Kano State Board of Internal Revenue, Alhaji Habu Mohammed Fegge is not one man to be envied, going by the huge challenges of revenue generation before the Kano State government. But in this interview session, the man who is saddled with the task of changing the face of revenue generation in […]

Banana hawker rescued from ritualist’s deep freezer

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

A rice dealer at Marian market and Etim Edem market, Mr. Kenneth Ubah, has been nabbed by the police for allegedly locking up a 13-year old banana hawker in a disused deep freezer in Chief Obot Close State Housing Estate Calabar. Daily Sun investigations revealed that luck ran out on the trader when the brother […]

Keshi signs Eagles’ 2-yr deal ordered to take Eagles to Brazil 2014

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Nigeria has confirmed the appointment of a former captain of the Super Eagles, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, as a replacement for the sacked coach, Samson Siasia, and given a mandate to take Nigeria to the Brazil 2014 quarter-finals of the World Cup. Keshi replaces Samson Siasia, who was sacked last Friday after his 2012 Nations Cup […]

No more autonomy for Eagles’ coach – NFF

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Henchforth, the Super Eagles’ new chief coach will no longer enjoy full autonomy in executing his job if the executive board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) finally strikes out the clause, which gives total freedom and outright non-interference to the Eagles’ chief coach and by extension other national teams’ chief coaches. The new term […]