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We’ll beat Nigeria silly -Titi Camara (Let’s talk on the field)

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 30th, 2011

GUINEA great, Abuobacar Titi Camara has sent a note of warning to Nigeria ahead of the decisive 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the Super Eagles and the Syli National of Guinea. The encounter billed for the Abuja National Stadium on October 8 will decide which team will top Group Two and book a […]

12 corpses dumped in Rivers community

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Homicide detectives of the Rivers State Police Command have started investigation into the death of 12 persons dumped in Ola-Ikate Community in Ahoada area of the state. The lifeless bodies were found yesterday morning in a section of the community. The gory incident occurred, just as armed robbers used explosives to blow up five lock-up […]

Eagles will be ready for Abuja sun – Siasia

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Eleven days after Nigeria protested to CAF over fixing of the Nations Cup qualifier at 2 pm, nothing has been heard from the continent’s football governing body. The heat of the sun is always harsh about 2 pm and Nigeria Football Federation felt that such time would not augur well for good football and asked […]

Okada: 5 pupils crushed in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, September 29th, 2011

PORT HARCOURT – FIVE pupils of a primary school in Nonwa community, Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State, met their untimely death, yesterday, when a Hilux van crushed them. The pupils were on a motorbike (Okada) that was conveying them to school when they were knocked down and crushed close to Gbam Junction. A source, […]

Igbo Day celebration: Police arrest 100 MASSOB members

Posted by admin Headlines, South-East Thursday, September 29th, 2011

No fewer than 100 MASSOB members were yesterday beaten up and arrested at the entrance gate of Abakaliki Township Stadium during the Igbo Day celebration by the police in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Four of them who were wounded during the police action were later rushed to an undisclosed private hospital in Abakaliki for medical attention. […]

Community leader in Imo bags 7 years for stealing dog

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Thursday, September 29th, 2011

It was a pay back time for a community leader in Umuihi in Ihitte/Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State as he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, for stealing a dog, belonging to one of his friends. Stephen Ugwunali, who is the President General of Umuihi Town Union, was handed down seven-year jail term […]

2013 Nations Cup host: CAF’s decision shocks Nigeria

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Nigeria has been left ‘deeply disappointed’ after CAF poked the country in the eye by handing South Africa the rights to host the 2013 Africa Nations Cup tournament. On Tuesday, CAF’s Executive Committee decided to approve an arrangement between South Africa, host of the 2017 tournament, and Libya, where the North Africans would swap places […]

Opinion: Nigeria: 51 years of platitudes

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, September 29th, 2011

October 1 is here again and it is another season of ‘celebration’ of Nigeria’s independence anniversary. There will be speeches, parades, exhibitions, religious services, dinners and all manner of pageantry. Unfortunately, it will be another vacuous celebration with the president, governors and other political as well as religious leaders issuing press statements appreciating God for […]

Power minister orders PHCN to pay staff 50 per cent salary increase this month

Posted by admin Headlines, Power Sector Thursday, September 29th, 2011

The Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, has directed the management of each of the 18 companies created out of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to start paying the staff a 50 per cent salary increase from this month. In a memo sent to the chief executives of the successor companies yesterday, Prof […]

Ritualists behead man, chop of his manhood

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Suspected ritualists on Tuesday in Lagos beheaded an unidentified man and chopped off his manhood. Residents of Ajegunle, a Lagos suburb were shocked when they woke up to see a headless body on Aroworade Street. Residents trooped to the scene to catch a glimpse of the victim who was bound hands and feet. He was […]