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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Eleven people, including two school children, were reportedly killed in multiple accidents on Tuesday. Also, 16 others were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries in separate locations in Ibadan. An accident was reported to have occurred along Ibadan-Ife Road around 2:47am while the second one was reported at Boluwaji area along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
he naira strengthened on Tuesday, gaining 3.4 per cent at the inter-bank market a day after an aggressive interest rate hike by the Central Bank of Nigeria designed to shore up the value of the currency. The naira opened at N158.60 against the dollar at the inter-bank market, representing an increase of 3.4 per […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
AS Nigerians continue to grit their teeth in agony over the missing out on the African Cup of Nations to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea next year, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has finally agreed on how to solve the puzzle on whether to sack or retain coach Samson Siasia. The Super Eagles […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
There was panic at the Bayelsa State liaison office in Abuja over a text message warning people to evacuate the area before a bomb allegedly planted within the vicinity would be detonated and like a wild fire, what started like a rumour spread across the city attracting the presence of security operatives and fire fighting […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Apprehended suspects with their cache of weapons Men of the Lagos State Police Command have rescued three kidnap victims and arrested two of the kidnappers. The rescued victims are Dr. Godwin Ene, Mr. Rodney Ogagba and Mr. Godwin Okonkwo. learnt that during the rescue mission headed by Mr. Patrick Ejadewe, a Chief Superintendent of Police, […]
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Headlines
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Scene of the accident At least 12 people were critically injured when a commercial coastal bus hit the demarcation by the side of the Warewa Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday and toppled over. Passersby promptly gathered around the bus to lift it up, while the injured passengers were rescued from the bus. […]
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Headlines
Monday, October 10th, 2011
A retired Customs Officer James Igoche has accidentally killed his 22-year-old daughter, Joy, while attempting to shoot his son in anger. The incident, which happened last Wednesday at his behind North Bank Market residence threw the entire North Bank community into mourning. According to the boy at the center of the whole incident, Ada Igoche […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, October 10th, 2011
A nursing mother detained at Soro Police station in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State has allegedly been raped by a police constable. Hafsat Manye was allegedly raped twice by one Constable Halilu attached to the Soro Police Station at the police premises in the dead of night. Narrating her bitter experience, a relative […]
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Headlines
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Six persons, including a 60-year-old woman, Mariam Mohammed, have been sentenced to jail in Lagos, for human trafficking offences. Mariam Mohammed and Eunice Owoyele, 40, were last Wednesday sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, by a Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Delivering judgment, Justice Steve Jonah Adah found them guilty on the three-count charge […]
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Governors, Headlines, South-East
Monday, October 10th, 2011
South East Governors Forum rose from its meeting in Enugu yesterday demanding for the creation of two new states in the zone. Anambra State Governor and Chairman of the forum, Mr. Peter Obi who fielded questions from newsmen after the meeting said the issue of additional state was the only issue discussed by the governors. […]