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Picture: Woman delivers seven babies in 11 months

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, June 10th, 2011

IN a strange manner, a woman has delivered a set of seven babies within a space of 11 months, three males and four females. The woman, Mrs Precious Donatus who lives in Aguda, Suru-lere, Lagos, gave birth to her first child in August, 2009, after 11 years of childlessness but the baby died five days […]

Ekiti gives police gadgets, IG pledges better security

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Friday, June 10th, 2011

THE Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Abubakar Hafiz Ringim has promised improved security in Ekiti State. He made the pledge in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday after commissioning the Security Alert System and 24 vehicles equipped with high frequency radio and communication gadgets donated to the state police command by the state government. The event took […]

Man jailed 16 years for N20m theft

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, June 9th, 2011

A LAGOS High Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday sentenced a middle-aged man, Joel Omotosho, to 16-and-a-half years imprisonment for stealing N20 million belonging to his employers. Justice Adebisi Kayode-Ogunmekan in her judgment dismissed an application filed by the prosecution for the forfeiture of a property he admitted building with the stolen money. The prosecution, led […]

Gaddafi ready to quit, negotiates with U.S., others

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, June 9th, 2011

FACED with unrelenting opposition at home and abroad, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has apparently reconsidered his bid to hold on to power. To ensure his safe exit, Gaddafi’s associates have opened negotiation with the United States(U.S.) and other countries. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters after an international conference on Libya in […]

NYSC sends 70 corps members on foreign training

Posted by admin Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Thursday, June 9th, 2011

THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director General, Brig.- Gen. Maharazu Tsiga, has disclosed that 70 serving corps members are undergoing training on skill acquisition in Germany and the United States (U.S.). Tsiga made the disclosure yesterday while addressing workers of the scheme drawn from Edo, Delta, Ekiti and Ondo states that are undergoing […]

Anambra doctors down tools over kidnap of colleague

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Patients in all the hospitals in Nnewi, the industrial city of Anambra State, yesterday, suffered untold hardship as medical doctors in both public and private hospitals in the area downed tools and took to the streets to protest the kidnap of their colleague, Dr. Okwudili Udemezue. The doctors numbering over 300 with some medical students […]

Kwankwaso, Shekarau battle over Kano treasury

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Since the conduct of the 2011 gubernatorial polls in Kano State, the state has remained deeply divided. And the rivalry between former governor Ibrahim Shekarau and his successor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is not making the matter any better. The crux of the matter is the performance of Shekarau, who believed that his government performed […]

John Togo died of bullet wounds– NDLF

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Fighters of the Niger Delta Liberation Front (NDLF) have confirmed that their leader, General John Togo is dead. They said Togo finally died on Saturday June 4 after all efforts to extract bullets lodged in his body during the raid on his camp by the Joint Military Task Force failed. Togo’s death has been a […]

Kanu Testimonial: Eto’o hits Lagos in private jet

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Reigning African Footballer of the Year, Samuel Eto’o Fils, will fly into Lagos on a private jet. The capital of Cameroon, Jean Makoun, who is also Eto’o’s international team mate, will be on board the jet, Both Indomitable Lions stars are coming to the commercial capital of Nigeria at the behest of their friend, Nwankwo […]

Bangladesh FA signs $4m deal to host Nigeria, Argentina duel

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Bangladesh’s football chief said Wednesday that a September friendly between Argentina and Nigeria would boost the sport in the country, despite that both countries are at the centre of a match-fixing investigation. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has signed a deal to bring Argentina and Nigeria with their full strength squads to Dhaka on September […]