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Lekki doctor flogs, orders nurse to kneel down

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, June 22nd, 2018

Samson Folarin A doctor in the Lekki area of Lagos State, Dr Emmanuel Okolo, has been accused of brutalising a nurse, Dorcas Adeyera. The incident happened at the Awoyaya Hospital and Maternity Centre, Ibeju Lekki. PUNCH Metro gathered that Okolo and Adeyera’s misunderstanding stemmed from the treatment of a patient rushed into the medical facility in […]

DSS Arrests Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, Headlines, Legislature, Senate Friday, June 22nd, 2018

The Department of State Security has arrested the lawmaker representing Abia-South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. According to his Special Adviser, Mr. Nwokoma Okorie, Senator Abaribe was picked up on Friday morning at his barber’s shop in the Apo area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The DSS could not be reached for confirmation but […]

Police clear alleged billionaire cop in viral video, declare masked woman wanted

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Friday, June 22nd, 2018

Edgal Imohimi The Lagos State police command has unmasked the policeman called ‘MCON’ who was accused in a viral social media video by a masked woman as living above his means.Though the policeman’s name is Inspector Christopher Nnabugwu, he is a noble officer living an honest life, the command claims. In the video clip, a […]

U.S. deports 34 Nigerians over immigration, other offences

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Friday, June 22nd, 2018

The deportees arrived at the cargo session of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA), Lagos, aboard a chartered Omni Air International aircraft with Registration Number W342AX. The Spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, Joseph Alabi, confirmed the development, saying: “At about 14:30 hours (2:30 p.m.), we received 34 Nigerians who were brought back from […]

Zamfara killings: Residents relocate to Katsina as Masari pledges support Agaju Madugba, Katsina

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Zamfara Monday, June 18th, 2018

Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has pledged to provide succour to the thousands of traumatised Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the neighboring Zamfara State, currently seeking refuge in the state. The IDPs estimated at over 3,500 fled their Zamfara communities, to Dansabau village, in Kankara local Government Area of Katsina State, following the […]

Air force jets bomb Benue villages

Posted by admin Air Force, Armed Forces, Benue, Headlines, State News Monday, June 18th, 2018

Olaleye Aluko Fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force conducted air strikes on at least three Benue State communities on Saturday, in an operation which lasted several hours. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, confirmed the air strikes to our correspondent. He noted that it was an ongoing […]

The Eagles who will make Nigeria proud

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports Friday, June 15th, 2018

Yes, yours sincerely calls them the “gladiators”; because one is sure they will stretch every muscle, they will contest for every ball, they will run on the field for all of ninety minutes, fighting very hard for Nigeria, during the World cup competition. They will certainly make their shirts wet, very wet, as they play […]

World Cup: Nigeria will get to semi-finals, magical pig predicts

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, June 15th, 2018

In a case reminiscent of the psychic octopus named Paul, which made accurate predictions in the 2010World Cup, another magical animal, this time, a pig named Mystic Marcus, has predicted that Nigeria, alongside Belgium, Uruguay and Argentina, will progress to the Semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup starting on Thursday in Russia. Mystic Marcus […]

Dangote deep-sea pipeline to boost Nigeria’s power generation by 12,000mw

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, June 15th, 2018

The Dangote Group’s sub-sea pipeline infrastructure is expected to augment the natural domestic gas supply and add an estimated 12,000 Mega Watts (MW) to Nigeria’s power generation capacity. Dangote also has plans to construct a 570 MW power plant within refinery complex. The 12,000mw, which is being expected from the Dangote subsea pipeline is far […]

Stop attacking us, APC cautions Okorocha

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Imo, National Politics, Party Politics, State News Friday, June 15th, 2018

John Alechenu, Abuja The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has cautioned the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, against further verbal attacks on party leaders. The party advised the governor to work with the party leadership in his state instead of making libellous attacks on the APC and its leadership. The National […]