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Plateau women protest arrest of 19 youth

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Friday, December 24th, 2010

Piqued by the arrest of 19 youths in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State by men of the Special Task Force (STF) in connection with the recent Fulani invasion of the area, women and youths of the affected council, on Thursday, staged a protest to condemn the arrest and the operations of the […]

10 die in Bauchi auto crash

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, State News Friday, December 24th, 2010

TEN persons were confirmed dead, while 10 others were critically injured in an auto crash which occured in the early hours of Thursday on the Darazo-Bauchi road. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the victims were members of a cultural troupe. Head of Operations, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi sector command, Haruna […]

Militants’ attack: FG to reclocate affected Ijaw community

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Friday, December 24th, 2010

The Federal Government has assured the Ijaw community of Ayakoromor in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, who were forcefully ejected from their traditional homes by militants of resettlement and adequate security. In pursuance of this commitment, relief materials had been delivered by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to the displaced persons in the […]

Siasia names Eagles for US tournament

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, December 24th, 2010

Nigeria coach Samson Siasia will lead a squad of players from Nigeria’s domestic league to an invitational tournament in the USA in February. Siasia has called up 30 players from the Nigeria Premier League in preparation for the United States President’s Day Celebration Soccer Invitational Tournament, the Green Soccer Bowl. The tournament takes place […]

Ojukwu flown abroad for treatment

Posted by admin Headlines, Raw Politics Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

CHIEF Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, national leader of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who has been on intensive care at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, since Sunday last week, has been transferred abroad for treatment. The ambulance conveying him moved from the intensive care of the UNTH at 11.00 a.m. on Thursday. The national […]

Drama as Police dock alleged DDC machine thieves

Posted by admin Headlines, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

The uncooperative attitude of the police yesterday almost marred the arraignment of suspects alleged to have stolen 20 Direct Data Capturing, DDC, machines at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The drama that trailed the arraignment began when the suspects were brought to the premises of the Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court at about 10.30 […]

2011: Steer clear of partisanship, IG warns CPs

Posted by admin Headlines, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, yesterday, warned police commissioners in the country to steer clear of partisan politics and ensure their relationships with the governors of the states began and ended with providing security for lives and property. He said as the 2011 general elections approached, the “boys would soon be separated from […]

Arms shipment: Court grants Iranian suspect bail

Posted by admin Headlines, Latest Politics Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

An Iranian, Azim Aghajani, who allegedly conspired with three Nigerians, Ali Usman Abbas Jega, Aliyu Oroji Wamako and Muhammad Tukur Umar, to import 13 containers laden with rockets and other ammunition into Nigeria on October 25, 2010, was yesterday granted bail by an Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama. The Iranian has been under the […]

$180m Halliburton scam: Court grants EFCC leave

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines, Latest Politics Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

An Abuja High Court sitting in Maitama, yesterday, granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, leave to arraign six Nigerians accused of complicity in the $180 million Halliburton bribery scam. Justice Ishaq Bello who gave the anti-graft agency the nod equally fixed January 27, 2011, to take the plea of all the accused persons. […]

Obama calls Jonathan on Cote d’Ivoire

Posted by admin Headlines, Latest Politics, Presidency Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has placed a phone call to President Goodluck Jonathan, congratulating him over Nigeria’s leadership role in handling the political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire. Vanguard gathered that Obama spoke with Jonathan on Wednesday afternoon, ahead of an emergency ECOWAS meeting in Abuja on Friday to discuss the situation in Cote d’ Ivoire. A […]