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(Lawlessness) Police beat landlord for ejecting brother

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

A 49-year-old landlord, Mr Sunday Afuwape, got a shock of his life on Wednesday as he was battered by two policemen for ejecting their brother, a tenant, Ahmed, from his house, at Ikorodu, Lagos State. According to Afuwape, the tenant, Ahmed, was issued a quit notice because he always came home late in the night […]

533 Stranded Nigerians Back From Egypt

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

The Federal Government has made good its promise to airlift stranded Nigerians in Egypt following the anti- government protests that have rocked the Arab nation in the last one week. President Goodluck Jonathan had Tuesday directed both the Foreign Affairs Minister,Odein Ajumogobia and the National Security Adviser,Lt. General Owoye Asazi[rtd] to ensure that the evacuation […]

Ritualists remove pastor’s wife’s womb

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Facts are beginning to emerge on who killed the wife of the pastor-in-charge of the Zion Baptist Church in Age Quarters, Igede-Ekiti , Mrs. Taiwo Oluwole last Saturday as her photograph taken after the incident showed that something, probably her womb, was removed through her private part by her assailants. The late woman’s body was […]

S’Africa orders Christ Embassy Church to stop faith healing ads

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

South Africa orders Christ Embassy church to stop faith healing ads South Africa’s advertising authority yesterday ordered a Nigerian church to stop making claims on national television that it can treat diseases such AIDS through faith healing. The ruling was made after anti-AIDS campaigners filed a complaint against Christ Embassy, a charismatic church based in […]

27 N-Delta militants arrested in Ghana

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Twenty seven former militants from the Niger Delta have been arrested by the Police in Takoradi for allegedly heckling a hotel attendant and holding their co-ordinator hostage. The suspects and 183 others, who arrived in the country to train at the various National Vocational training institutes (NVTI) as welders and oil rig workers, were said […]

Egypt Air cancels all flights out of Nigeria Leaving passengers stranded

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

As the country eagerly awaits the arrival of more Nigerians trapped at the airport in Cairo, Egypt as ordered by President Goodluck Jonathan, Egypt Air, Thursday, cancelled its flight out of Lagos. Investigation by Vanguard yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport showed that the office of the Egyptian carrier was deserted as passengers expected […]

Women are not given the chance, they earn it, says Esuene

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

HELEN Esuene, erstwhile Minister of State for health and Minister of Environment and Housing is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Eket senatorial district, Akwa Ibom State. She defeated the incumbent, Senator Eme Ekaette at the primaries. She spoke to AYOYINKA OLAGOKE in Eket on her political agenda. Excerpts: WHAT is behind your […]

Police Corporal Brutalizes 17-year old boy for the sake of love

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Gbadebo Oloruntimilehin, who lives at No. 9, JMJ Quarters, Ajegunle, Lagos has been known to be an easy-going fellow, who loves football very much. Well-spoken about by his peers and elders, he also makes friends easily, boys and girls, and likes to try out new things, electronic gadgets particularly. But his love for football […]

Account update: Banks await CBN’s directive on non-compliant customers

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Following the expiration of the deadline given to customers of commercial banks to update their accounts, the various Deposit Money Banks have said that they are waiting for the next line of action from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Some bank officials told our correspondent on Wednesday that they were still waiting for further […]

Admission: FG lifts ban on S-East varsities, others

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

The Federal Government yesterday lifted the ban placed on admission into the eight states universities which were stopped from admitting new set of students for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 academic sessions on account of protracted industrial actions that crippled academic activities in the institutions in the last seven months. This landmark decision was taken in […]