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Arms shipment: Nigeria trial ‘ll expose Iran gun-running

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

A trial in Nigeria at the end of the month is expected to expose details of an Iranian arms smuggling operation in Africa run by the Revolutionary Guards’ clandestine arm, the al-Quds Force. An Iranian, Azim Aghajani, identified by Nigerian authorities as a senior officer in the al-Quds Force, faces charges of smuggling 13 shipping […]

Police chiefs meet over security threat

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

THE police high commands in Abuja and Jos yesterday held an urgent security meeting to address the renewed security threat, which led to the latest killing of citizens in Jos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after a series of bomb explosions. The meeting came after one person was killed in Jos the Plateau […]

Bank Crisis will soon be over

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, has stated in Lagos, that the crisis currently rocking some of the nation’s financial institutions would soon be a thing of the past. Giving the assurance on Tuesday, at the official commissioning of Super-flux International new ultra-modern factory in Lagos, the CBN governor argued that […]

Sad Story: Tears for a daughter’s murder

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

SINCE her husband’s death, Mrs. Catherine Asuquo Udo of No. 5, David Iyah Street, Mbiabong Anyanya, on the outskirt of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, had held her family together by dint of hardwork and the grace of God. A petty trader, she managed to train her children in school, among them, her beautiful […]

JTF warns MEND over threat to resume attack

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) has warned the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) over its plans to attack interests in the downstream petroleum sector. According to the JTF, the threatened attack which MEND said would be launched because of the continued trial of those held in connection with the Independence […]

Uche Okafor: Minister steps in

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, January 17th, 2011

The Honourable Minister/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Professor Taoheed Adedoja has called on the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do all within its powers to unravel the truth on circumstances surrounding the death of former Nigerian international defender, Uchenna Okafor. Okafor, who was a member of the national senior team for close to 10 years, […]

Okafor: Dallas Police make U-turn on cause of death

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, January 17th, 2011

The police in Dallas, USA have made a u-turn on the death of former Super Eagles star, Uche Okafor. Victor Ugo, Vice Chairman of Nigerians In Diaspora in the Americas, said yesterday that the police have withdrawn from their position of suicide being the cause of death to “inconclusive evidence.” The police also added that […]

Why NECO, WAEC results are withheld – Panel

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, January 16th, 2011

THE candidates whose results are being withheld by the National Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examinations Council (WAEC) at various times, may be hoping in vain for the release of their results as report indicated that 83 per cent of those results had been cancelled for alleged examination malpractices. This was contained in the […]

Corps members protest against INEC

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, January 16th, 2011

THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members assigned to register voters in some parts of Ibadan protested the non-availability of adequate provision of security and transport arrangements after the exercise on Saturday. Nigerian Tribune, on Saturday, saw some of these corps members while returning to the Ibadan North Local Government Area to deliver the items […]

Worshippers shut down church in protest of pastor’s transfer

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, January 16th, 2011

Members of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Iye in Dallimoore area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Sunday, sealed off the church premises in protest against the transfer of their pastor, identified as Rotimi Oluwatusin, to Sokoto State. The placard-carrying protesters, who sang all sorts of derisive songs to condemn the transfer of […]