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Sex video causes ripples at Abia State University, Uturu

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

A video clip depicting a wild sex scene is currently causing ripples at the Abia State University, Uturu. The video, Daily Sun learnt, is being circulated among the students. It could not be ascertained, however, if the incident took place within that institution, although the senders insisted the rapists and the victim were students of […]

Only 350,000 will be offered JAMB admission out of 1.5m

Posted by admin Education, General Politics, Headlines Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

The chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Sampson Akpabi, has said that out of 1.5 million candidates who sat for the examination this year, only 350,000 would be admitted. He made this clarification on the occasion of the 2011 combined technical committee meeting for the Unified Tertiary Institution Matriculation Examinations (UTME) admission […]

FG, interim govt agree on protection of Nigerians in Libya

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

FOLLOWING renewed tension and killings of black Libyans and foreign nationals in Libya, Nigeria has secured an understanding with the Transitional National Council (TNC) in Tripoli to protect the remaining Nigerians in the crisis-torn north African country. The accord, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, will subsist well beyond the lifespan […]

Magical Messi ruined Eagles – Siasia

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

A magical Lionel Messi relished his new role as the Argentina captain as he set up two fine goals to help beat Nigeria 3–1 in a friendly encounter in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka yesterday and Nigeria’s Coach, Samson Siasia could not agree more that he is just the best. Siasia, speaking after the encounter admitted […]

Conflicting reports on Gaddafi’s escape from Libya

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

THE Libyan dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is rumoured to have fled Libya, as rebel forces finalised plan to peacefully take control of Bani Walid, where he is believed to be hiding. Bani Walid people had remained loyal to Gaddafi, after rebels took over control of government in Libya, while the rebel forces were to launch attack on […]

Foreign reserves fall to $32.3bn

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

The foreign exchange reserves fell to $32.3 billion by September 2, the same level they were on June 24, and down from a six-month high in August, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The foreign reserves peaked at $35.9 billion on August 8, its highest in six months, but fell to $32.92 billion at […]

Expatriate quota: FG to sanction erring airlines

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

In view of the ongoing security threat across the country, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Aviation, has commenced investigations into the use of foreign pilots to carry out aerial survey and mapping of state boundaries through the airspace by some state governments and organisations. This development has been attributed to what key players in […]

Editorial: Nigerian prisoners in China

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Nigeria’s Ambassador to China, Aminu Wali, recently intimated the nation with the fate of 400 Nigerians wallowing in Chinese jails, mostly for hard-drug related offences. The diplomat, in a chat with a group of journalists in Beijing, China, said one of the inmates was executed last month by lethal injection. He lamented that the Nigerian […]

Gaddafi’s loyalists arrive Niger

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Scores of Libyan army vehicles have crossed the desert frontier into Niger in what may be a dramatic, secretly negotiated bid by Muammar Gaddafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state, military sources from France and Niger said yesterday. A spokesman for the rebels’ National Transition Council said that banknotes included in the convoy […]

Generator fumes kill family of 4

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

A family of four was yesterday found dead, in Nkwelle-Ezunaka town, Oyi Local Council Area of Anambra State, in what seems to be suffocation, due to emissions from a generating set. Mr Peter Nwoye, 46, his wife Ebele and two children, Chisom and Rapuluchukwu, who hailed from Ezinkwelle village, were last seen on Sunday night […]