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Nigeria Needs $10bn Annually to Achieve 40,000 MW

Posted by admin Headlines, Power Sector Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Minister of Power, Prof. Bath Nnaji, By Crusoe Osagie The Federal Government Thursday said for Nigeria to achieve 40,000 Megawatts by 2020, it has to make an investment of $10 billion annual over the next 10 years. Minister of Power, Prof. Bath Nnaji, however, explained that government did not have such money and said that […]

Killer-wife Insists;My Husband was a Cultist

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Mrs Ngozi Funmi Ademoye, who confessed to killing her husband, Kazeem, last Friday, spoke for the first time Thursday, insisting that her husband was indeed a cultist. In giving graphic details of the events that led to the eventual murder of her husband, the suspect now held at the Force CID, Panti, Lagos, explained that […]

Abia Killer Cop Arraigned, Remanded in Custody

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Abia State Police Command Thursday commenced prosecution of the police corporal, Umar Mohammed, who killed a fellow officer, Clement Amaechi, for some inexplicable reasons. Mohammed was arraigned at a Magistrate Court in Umuahia, where he was charged with the killing of Amaechi by “shooting him in the heart with AK 47 rifle, which caused his […]

Zambia’s new president takes oath, vows to tackle graft

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, September 23rd, 2011

LUSAKA, (AFP) – Zambia’s new President Michael Sata took office Friday, kicking off with a pledge to crack down on the rampant corruption that turned voters away from his predecessor. Sata, who five years ago threatened to chase the Chinese out of the country, said after his swearing-in that he welcomed all investors but wanted […]

Nigeria may not remain a corporate entity for long – Daudu, NBA Chief

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Mr Joseph Daudu (SAN), the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has called for urgent resolution of the raging crises in some parts of the country to save its fledgling democracy. Daudu made the call in Benin on Friday in a paper entitled “Danger Signals to Nigeria’s Democracy”, which he delivered at the ongoing […]

How mediocres drove me to God –Pastor Adeboye

Posted by admin Headlines, Religion Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, General Overseer, popularly called Daddy GO, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), rarely talks about himself. He did that recently at the Redeemed Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, when he spoke about “powerfu mediocres” in our midst. He used a part of his life story to illustrate the danger of having “powerful […]

Army General murdered in Lagos

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Friday, September 23rd, 2011

People wailed and rolled on the floor at the residence of a retired Brigadier-General who was brutally killed in his living room in Lagos, on Tuesday. His wife, who was also attacked was said to be in a critical condition at the Badagry General Hospital. Brigadier General Umai Jabil Uwurigbe (retd) was killed at about […]

$40bn stolen from Nigeria, others

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 23rd, 2011

The World Bank has revealed that about $40 billion is stolen annually from Nigeria and other third world countries by their leaders. The bank, through its Stolen Assets Recovery (StAR) initiative, said the staggering amount was about 20 to 40 per cent of annual international development assistance given out to developing countries by donor agencies […]

Akpabio sets Kaduna aglow as NDA celebrates Akwa Ibom gov

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Armed Forces, Headlines, Kaduna, State News Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Akpabio Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section It had started like just any other day. But soon, it became apparent that this wasn’t going to end up as just another day. Saturday, September 17, 2011 would remain indelible in the minds of many people across Nigeria. It was the day Obong Godswill […]

Bomb scare: Motorists frisked at Lagos airport

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Motorists and airport users yesterday evening were subjected to watertight security checks along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Lagos following intelligence report that the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, may strike at the airport. Though policemen, aviation security personnel and Air Force officials usually conduct regular checks along the international airport road, yesterday’s screening […]