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Boko Haram not terrorist group – University Don

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Monday, October 3rd, 2011

A crime management expert and acting Head, Political Science Department, University of Ibadan, Dr. Osisioma Nwolise, has said Boko Haram is not a terrorist organisation. Rather, the university don described the group as a liberation force in the mould of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, the Oodua Peoples Congress that […]

Bandits rob passengers on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, October 3rd, 2011

A three-man robbery gang on Sunday attacked an Abuja bound bus dispossessing the passengers of property said to be worth millions of naira. However, one of the robbers was arrested by policemen attached to the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, while others escaped. Our correspondent learnt that the three robbers were among 12 passengers […]

Court martial: General rejects demotion

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Monday, October 3rd, 2011

FORMER Brigade Commander of the 33 Artillery Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Muraina Raji, who is to lose three months in seniority over the escape of two Boko Haram suspects from the Wetland Detention Facility in Bauchi, has rejected the verdict. Raji was convicted for conduct prejudicial to service discipline contrary to section 103 (1) of the […]

Nigeria records first stem cell transplantation

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, October 3rd, 2011

A team of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, medical experts have recorded the first successful stem cell transplantation operation in the West African sub-region. The team led by a haematologist, Dr. Nosakhare Bazuaye, performed a successful surgery made on an indigent sickle cell patient, who suffered a stroke at seven. Chief […]

Pan-Yoruba conference holds in Ikenne Thursday

Posted by admin Headlines, South-West Monday, October 3rd, 2011

IKENNE, the home town of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, will on Thursday host Yoruba sons and daughters from far and near for the inaugural conference of the Pan-Yoruba National Conference. The conference will be held inside the Efunyela Hall. A notice signed by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, and the […]

US signs $.3m grant with FRSC

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, October 3rd, 2011

The United States (US) government and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have signed an agreement for a 300,000 dollars grant to train 77 officials on Nigeria’s new driver’s licence. The US Trade and Development grant was signed in Abuja at the weekend by Terence McCulley, the US ambassador to Nigeria and Osita Chidoka, the FRSC Corps […]

23 killed in Zamfara •As police declare gov’s CSO missing

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Zamfara Monday, October 3rd, 2011

TWENTY-THREE persons were reported to have died on Sunday, when suspected gunmen, numbering about 70, stormed the small village of Ligyado in Daraga District in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attack came barely two months after a similar attack took place in Guru and Tungar villages in Dansadau district in the same […]

Boko Haram threat: 100 policemen to protect visiting Guinean team

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Monday, October 3rd, 2011

OVER 100 security personnel including the police bomb disposal officers would be attached to the Guineans national team, the Syli National when they arrive Nigeria later in the week for the all important Africa Nations Cup qualifier against the Super Eagles in Abuja on October 8. The security details would include officers of the Nigeria […]

Opinion: Imo: 100 days after Ohakim

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

The character of any government is defined by its vision. Encapsulated in the vision are the needs of the people purposely sifted from the wants of the society. Thus, the tradition of celebrating 100 days in office, which we copied from the Americans, is rooted in establishing the vision and focus of a government. The […]

200 flights to airlift 99,000 pilgrims for hajj (Who is paying for it?)

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

No fewer than 99,000 pilgrims would be airlifted in 200 flights from 12 centres, across the country, for hajj, it has been disclosed. This is even as the Federal Government has commended the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for raising the standard of hajj operations since coming on board in 2007. Vice President, Namadi […]