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Daniel docked, pleads not guilty to 16 counts charge

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines, Ogun, State News Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

ABEOKUTA—OSTENSIBLY jolted by the reality of his arraignment, the immediate past governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, yesterday, arrived High Court 4 around 9;10 am and headed straight to the toilet within the court premises. Arriving in a Toyota Hiace, marked Abuja BR737 BWR flanked by stern-looking EFCC men and his wife, Daniel clad in […]

Disengaged workers in Abia reject letters

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Umuahia-NON-INDIGENES disengaged by Abia State Government from its work force are protesting the contents of the letters being issued to them for delivery to their home governments for purposes of being re-absorbed. Abia State Government had abinitio, insisted that the non-indigenes were not being sacked but merely transferred to their various states to continue their […]

Tinubu blasts FG over dilapidated roads

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

LAGOS – Immediate past governor of Lagos State and National Leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, condemned the Federal Government for the poor state of federal roads across the country. He urged the Federal Government to terminate the concession contract for the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, saying it had failed. Tinubu, who […]

House of Reps votes for foreign coach

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

The House of Representatives has added another twist to the raging debate over the future of Coach Samson Siasia as the Super Eagles’ chief coach, when they emphatically stated that the team needs a world-class tactician to handle it. Chairman, House Committee on Sports, Hon. Godfrey Gaya, who dropped the hint while fielding questions from […]

Romanian diplomat in financial mess

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

A Romanian diplomat, Mr. Mavrodin Eduard, is currently on the run over alleged financial scandal to the tune of N7.6 million. Eduard who is a staffer of the Embassy in Abuja is alleged to have borrowed N1million from a Nigerian friend and businessman, Mr. Nicholas Uzor, of The Basement Lounge, Wuse II, Abuja, on September […]

FG flays EU countries’ travel advice on Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

THE Federal Government has expressed discontent with some European Union (EU) countries’ alleged to have issued travel advice on Nigeria despite the relative peace in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The government has also accused multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, which it described as the greatest beneficiary of the amnesty programme, of […]

How Alao-Akala used looted funds to buy property, by EFCC

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Now, it is official: former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, Senate Deputy Chief Whip, who was Commissioner for Local Government under Alao-Akala, Hosea Agboola, and an engineer, Femi Babalola (a.k.a. Jogor), have a case to answer. Before an Ibadan High Court where they were arraigned yesterday, the EFCC preferred 11 charges of gross […]

Protest against rape of old women in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Over 100 women from Ogbaozalla and Ibeku communities in Opi, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday protested against the rape of old women by young men in their community. The perpetrators, aged between 17 and 25 years, had recently been caught raping old women of 60 to 80 years, including blind women […]

Nigerian BlackBerry users groan, Airtel to reabsorb sacked workers

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

BlackBerry smartphone users in Nigeria on Tuesday bemoaned the continued disruption of services, which began on Monday in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. By Tuesday, the disruption in services had extended to Brazil, Chile and Argentina, with users unable to connect the Internet or use messaging services. A banker in Alausa, Lagos, Mr. Leke […]

Independence Day bombings: SSS arrests Lagos banker, others

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

The State Security Service on Tuesday confirmed that it had arrested a banker ally of leader of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, Mr. Henry Okah, for allegedly coordinating the finances of the nation’s 50th Independence Day bombings in Abuja on October 1, 2010. Okah and his younger brother, Charles Okah, as well as […]