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PICTURE: Fake police ‘command’ where okada riders are detained

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Area ‘O’ Police Command, Olaniyan Street, Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos For many commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada riders, who operate in the Ogba area of Lagos, these are certainly not the best of times. The source of their woes are unknown policemen, who extort money from them daily by imposing sundry charges. The same people […]

Pictures: How NDLEA scuttled marriage plan in Brazil, lavish Yuletide for drug barons

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Saturday, January 1st, 2011

The hope of three notorious drug traffickers to hold a lavish Christmas celebration was dashed penultimate Friday when the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepted the traffickers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. They were carrying 4.91kg of cocaine. NDLEA sources told CRIME DIGEST that the arrest was made possible as […]

Presidential primaries: Politicians take over Abuja hotels

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency Saturday, January 1st, 2011

All the major hotels in the Federal Capital Territory have been booked by politicians ahead of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party scheduled for January 13, 2011 in Abuja. The PDP candidate will emerge after the party’s primaries expected to hold at the Eagle Square. Our correspondent, who went round the city […]

Jonathan pledges improvement in security, power supply, infrastructure

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency Saturday, January 1st, 2011

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has promised Nigerians significant improvements in security, power supply, national infrastructure, education, healthcare and employment generation in 2011. A statement signed by Mr. Ima Niboro, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) said: “In his new-year message to the nation, President Jonathan pledged that his administration will work even harder […]

S’South PDP govs, delegates adopt Jonathan/Sambo

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), South-South Saturday, January 1st, 2011

SOUTH-SOUTH governors and delegates have unanimously endorsed the Goodluck Jonathan /Namadi Sambo ticket ahead of the January 13, 2011 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary. And pleased with the endorsement, President Jonathan who said he was disposed to political debates with his opponents, promised the people of the South-South geopolitical zone that he would not disappoint […]

NDLEA Alleges Plans To Attack Its Kano Offices

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Saturday, January 1st, 2011

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised alarm over alleged planned attack on its Kano command offices by some misguided youths over alleged recruitment of inappropriate candidates for Kano State into the agency in the current ongoing selection process. In a swift reaction, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, […]

Abuja Blast Unsettles New Year Celebrations

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Preparations for the New Year celebration was yesterday cut short in Abuja after a bomb exploded at the Mammy Market located directly opposite the Mogadishu Cantonment formerly known as Sanni Abacha Barracks in Abuja, killing 10 people. Many people were also injured in the bombing which sent shivers down the spines of the residents of […]

At New Year, Jonathan Restates Commitment to Credible Polls

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Headlines Saturday, January 1st, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan in his New Year message to the nation said that stable power supply, employment generation, security, national infrastructure, education and healthcare would dominate his agenda in 2011 In his own message, Senate President David Mark bemoaned the incessant cases of sectarian crisis which have claimed thousands of lives across the nation but […]

Excess Crude Account Shrinks to $3m

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, January 1st, 2011

After an emergency meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee yesterday, the sum of $1billion was deducted from the Excess Crude Account and approved for distribution to the three tiers of government. Yesterday’s deduction has reduced the balance in the Excess Crude Account, created to provide succour in rainy days to only about $3 million. […]

BREAKING NEWS: Bomb explosion near barracks in Abuja – 11 killed

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Breaking News, Headlines, State News Friday, December 31st, 2010

At least 11 people have been killed in an explosion in a market near a barracks in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, military sources have told the BBC. Witnesses say they saw injured people being carried away after the blast. The explosion happened in the Mammy market, where people had gathered to celebrate New Year’s Eve, reports […]