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Sham marriages: 10 more Nigerians arrested in UK •May be imprisoned, deported

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 27th, 2011

TEN more Nigerians have been arrested by the UK Border Agency over crimes that relate to sham marriages and immigration fraud in continuation of the coordinated crackdown by the agency against foreigners. Those found guilty face imprisonment and deportation. A statement sent to the Nigerian Tribune via electronic mail by the agency, on Wednesday, hinted […]

•Man set ablaze, dumped in a well, woman also burnt to death

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

As the police intensify search for the killers of a 34-year-old divorcee and mother of two, Hadiza Ibrahim, another 45-year-old man, Alhaji Zubairu Lawal, has been burnt to death. His body was found in a well in the early hours of Monday, January 17, 2011, at his residence, Yusuf Yahaya Road, Kinkinau GRA, Ungwan Muazu, […]

Bomb scare at Lagos Airport

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Following rumours of possible bomb attack at the nation’s flagship airport, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, yesterday, passengers and operators were gripped with fear as most of them became suspicious of each other. However, while speaking to newsmen, Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Mr. Moses Onireti, affirmed that he contacted some of his officers on the […]

Uche Okafor was murdered – FBI

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Federal Bureau of Investigation believes former Super Eagles defender Uche Okafor was murdered. On Tuesday the FBI said the former Kansas City Wizards player, who was found dead in an upstairs hallway in his United States home on January 7, might not have killed himself as believed. His family and the Nigerian community in […]

N5bn pension fraud: 5 directors in EFCC net

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Five directors in the federal civil service have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N5billion fraud. The suspects, who are serving in various ministries, were said to have worked at the pensions department in the office of the Head of Service (HOS), where they allegedly committed the offence. […]

CAN orders Christians to defend selves in Borno

Posted by admin Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Borno State Chapter has called on Christians in the state to do everything possible to defend themselves against any aggression and attack by any group or individuals as Christians should no longer fold their arms and watch churches being destroyed and their members killed. Addresing newsmen at the CAN […]

Lover kills mother of five over her refusal to marry him

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

KANO State police command has arrested a 33-year-old man, Dayyabu Moha-mmed, who allegedly killed his fiancee, over her parents’ refusal to bless their marriage. The parent had hinged their refusal to bless the union on the pretence that his fiancé, Hauwa Ibrahim, 38 years and a mother of five, was older than him. Parading 24 […]

Landlord kills 35-yr-old tenant over N300 electricity bill

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

A landlord, Mr Isiaka Oluwakemi, has been arrested by the police in Oyo State, for allegedly killing a 35-year-old tenant, Jelili Akande, over N300 electricity bill. The incident, the Nigerian Tribune learnt, occurred on Monday, in Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, when the deceased was going to his office. It was gathered […]

Akanu Ibiam Airport: International by name, domestic by operation

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

The Enugu airport which was renamed Akanu Ibiam Airport by the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo administration was built by the colonial masters. In those days the colonialists had established three aerodromes in Enugu, Calabar and Port Harcourt for easy movement of their administrators. Thus the Enugu airport started as a colonial aerodrome before it was commissioned […]

UN lauds Nigeria’s handling of Iran’s arms shipment saga

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

The United Nations, UN, has commended Nigeria for its mature handling of the Iran’s arm shipment furore, at the end of an inspection tour of the impounded weapons. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Odein Ajumogobia, told newsmen, weekend, in Abuja that the team had said at the end of its nine-day inspection that “Nigeria acted in […]