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Primaries: I’ll resist rigging -Atiku

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics Friday, January 7th, 2011

A former vice-president and a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, vowed to resist any attempt to manipulate the forthcoming presidential primaries of the party by its leadership in favour of any aspirant. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the former vice-president also rolled out conditions to be met by […]

Ex-Gov Akume quits PDP over undemocratic practices

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, January 7th, 2011

There are indications that the immediate past governor of Benue State, Senator George Akume, has quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), just as Honourables Orker Jev and Mzenda Iho, representing Buruku and Katsina Ala/Logo/Ukum federal constituencies of the state in the House of Representatives have described the PDP primaries as undemocratic and a sham. Akume, […]

Detriot Airport Police arrest Nigerian woman, Sherifat Lamidi, 32, with 91 heroin pellets in body

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Thursday, January 6th, 2011

In the biggest bust of its kind in recent memory, Customs and Border Protection authorities at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport arrested a woman allegedly carrying 91 pellets of heroin inside her body. In all, 32-year-old Sherifat Lamidi had swallowed 2½ pounds of the drug, packed inside balloon-like packaging, the agency said. “As far as we […]

Oyo: Eleweomo: Folarin, 3 others file bail application

Posted by admin Headlines, Sokoto, State News Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Detained Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin and three others charged with the December 30 murder of the factional leader of the Oyo State National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Salako, alias Eleweomo, yesterday began moves to regain their freedom with the filing of their bail application in an Ibadan High Court. The […]

Presidency: Nobody can stop me –Jonathan

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency Thursday, January 6th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan has told an Abuja High Court that any attempt to stop him from contesting the 2011 presidential election on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would amount to an infringement on his fundamental rights under the constitution. He made the submission as the court has fixed Monday January 10 […]

Drugs: US, Nigerian agents arrest three

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

United States and Nigerian anti-narcotics agents have arrested three persons for alleged drug trafficking in separate operations in Lagos and Detriot, US. US federal authorities said a Nigerian woman, Sherifat Lamidi, was arrested in Detroit after she admitted swallowing 91 pellets of heroin on an international flight from Nigeria, the Associated Press reports. The Department […]

Fraud: US court jails Nigerian, two others

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

A District Court in Southern Texas, United States has sentenced a Nigerian, Obisike Nwankwo, and two others, Dr. Howard Grant and John Lachman, to a total of 88 months for their roles in a multi-million dollar Durable Medical Equipment fraud scheme. The convictions, which were contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the US […]

PICTURE: Nollywood actor, John Okafor (aka Mr. Ibu’s) wife, kids kidnapped

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Heavily armed men suspected to be kidnappers, yesterday night, invaded the Agbani Road, Enugu State home of top actor/comedian, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu and abducted his wife and three children. The abductors who came in a BMW car later released two of his children, a boy and girl, but were still holding […]

Yar’Adua’s daughter gets Reps ticket

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Ahead of this week’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries to elect candidates for National Assembly elections, indications have emerged that, Maryam, wife of an incumbent member of the House of Representatives and eldest daughter of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua may have been offered the Reps ticket on a platter of gold. Maryam, who […]

CPC Crisis Deepens

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Headlines, Party Politics Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

The crisis rocking the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) deepened on Wednesday as the suspended Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Denis Aghanya, dragged the party’s Chairman, Sen. Rufai Sani Hanga, before an Abuja high court challenging his suspension from the party. In the suit filed by his lawyer, Mr. Sunday Ameh, SAN, Aghanya is […]