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We’ll send Nnamdi Kanu back to prison – Anambra community

Posted by admin Anambra, Biafra, Headlines, State News Sunday, July 30th, 2017

Tony Okafor, Awka The Nri community in Anambra State, believed to be the ancestral home of the Igbo, has threatened to jail the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for allegedly invading the area and desecrating sacred places. The community said it had concluded arrangements to drag the pro-Biafran agitator to […]

Picture: Osinbajo pulls Wike, Amaechi together to witness as he commissions fertilizer plant in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Sunday, July 30th, 2017

Osinbajo pulls Wike, Amaechi together to witness as he commissions fertilizer plant in Rivers By Jimitota Onoyume Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, his predecessor and Minister of Transportation, were seen together in public, yesterday, with acting President Yemi Osinbajo, who visited the state to commission a world class fertilizer plant […]

Ogun: Monarch, killed by assassins, corpse and car burnt

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Sunday, July 30th, 2017

SAMSON FOLARIN Some assassins have killed the traditional ruler of Owo town, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Patrick Fasinu. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that Fasinu had gone for a meeting of traditional rulers in the Ilaro area on Wednesday. He was said to have dropped off his driver along […]

Ambush on oil workers: Army recovers additional 21 corpses

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Oil Politics Sunday, July 30th, 2017

The Nigeria Army on said it has recovered 21 additional bodies in an operation to rescue oil exploration crew abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Kukasheka, in a statement, said that the army recovered vehicles and various calibres of weapons in the operation. “So far […]

Arizona: Angry girl (pictured) forwards unsolicited photo of manhood to sender’s mother

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Sunday, July 30th, 2017

A 20-year-old lady has been forced to send an unsolicited photograph of a penis to the sender’s mother. The sender was not previously known to the young lady, though. On her Tinder wall, Madison Kohn writes as part of her dating biography, “If you send me dick pics I will send them to […]

Former England football star, John Fashanu, locked in Abuja prison for two days

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, July 30th, 2017

Former England football star, John Fashanu was last week locked up in an Abuja prison over involvement in a land related scam. The former Wimbledon player and television personality was arrested and held for two days because he was involved in a scam to sell land that wasn’t for sale, The Sun UK reported. […]

Russia 2018: Abedi tips Eagles to fly over Indomitable Lions

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

By Chidera Akalonu Ghanian soccer legend, Abedi Pele has tipped Super Eagles to beat Cameroon in September’s back-to-back Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The Super Eagles are currently on top of Group B table with 6 points from two matches with the Indomitable Lions managing just 2 points from two matches. And the former Ghana […]

Kaduna, Taraba, herders/farmers crisis: NAF, deploys fighter jets

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, Kaduna, Navy, State News, Taraba Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

From Molly Kilete, Abuja, Agaju Madugba, Katsina The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), yesterday, said it had deployed two of its fighter jets to Taraba and Kaduna states to restore peace and and order. This is coming just as it announced the establishment of a new Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Kafanchan, Kaduna State to stop […]

Pictures: Drama as policeman tackles mad man on Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

Jesusegun Alagbe There was a mild drama at about 4pm on Tuesday when a mentally ill man stood in the middle of the road at Maryland Junction, Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway, impeding traffic flow. The man, who was wearing dirtytraditional attire and black sandals, obstructed motorists going towards the Ikorodu end of the expressway, ordering them […]

Troops rescue NNPC kidnapped Staff, recover corpses

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Oil Politics Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

Troops rescue NNPC kidnapped Staff, recover corpses The Army said it had rescued all the NNPC staff kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno on Tuesday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, also said that the corpses of an officer, eight soldiers and a […]