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Disturbing Pictures: Alleged sheep gives birth to a human lamb

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, June 23rd, 2017

By Nwafor Sunday Reports have it that an alleged sheep delivered a human lamb in South African on Thursday. This however generated lots of arguments and environmental concern perhaps a quiz from anonymous Facebook friend threw me into confusion. He asked, Is this not a consistent rape by a man that caused this? Things are […]

Amaechi’s wife didn’t extort money from us – Ex-Rivers LG bosses

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, June 23rd, 2017

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt FORMER local government chairmen and commissioners in Rivers State during the administration of Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, have faulted a statement credited to Governor Nyesom Wike that the wife of the ex-governor extorted money from them. The former chairmen and commissioners said in a statement signed by the former chairman of Asari-Toru […]

I am the rightful monarch of Lagos, Oba Akiolu tells court

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has insisted before an Ikeja High Court, on Tuesday that he remains the rightfully elected monarch of Lagos. This he disclosed at the resumed hearing of a suit challenging his right to the throne as Oba of Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 22, […]

Benue: Man sacks wife for `enjoying sex’ with armed robbers

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

A Benue State-born man (name withheld) has sacked his newly married wife because she was making some ‘funny moaning’ sounds while being raped by armed robbers in his presence. According to Daily Post, the incident played out in the couple’s residence on Bello Street in the Iyana-Ejigbo area of Lagos State, when armed robbers visited […]

Nigerian lady graduates as overall best in Rutgers University

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

A Nigerian, Adebimpe Daniells recently finished as the 2017 Graduating set of Rutgers University-Newark USA with a First Class in Information System. According to reports, she finished as the overall best student in the 2017 graduating set at the State University of New Jersey. She also presented the valedictory speech on behalf of the […]

Picture: Italy arrests Nigeria’s ‘Rambo’ for torturing, killing migrants in Libya

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

A Nigerian human trafficker known as “Rambo” has been arrested in Italy on charges of torturing and killing migrants held captive in Libya, Italian police said Tuesday. The suspect named John Ogais, 25, was traced to a reception centre in Calabria in southern Italy and clapped in cuffs on charges of belonging to a […]

How Kuku, aides, pocketed over N35.2m from Amnesty funds in two months – Witness

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Saturday, June 17th, 2017

Ayogu Nnamdi, a prosecution witness in the trial of Henry Ugbolue, an aide to Kingsley Kuku (former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta) on Thursday, June 15, 2017 told Justice M. M. Kolo of the FCT High Court Wuse, Abuja that the accounts of Great & Gamaliel Alliance Limited received a turnover […]

Kidnapped Delta polytechnic registrar regains freedom after payment of N5 ransom

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Saturday, June 17th, 2017

The registrar of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Mr. Collins Onyenwenu, who was abducted last weekend by gunmen, has regained his freedom after reportedly paying a ransom of N5 million. SaharaReporters learned that the registrar was released on Tuesday after four days in the kidnappers’ custody. The gunmen seized Mr. Onyenwenu around 3.30 pm last Saturday. He was at the time traveling […]

Seven passengers kidnapped from bus in Rivers State

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, June 17th, 2017

Seven passengers have been abducted from a commercial bus traveling on a highway in Rivers State, the police have said. The incident was said to have taken place Wednesday evening along Omoku-Elele Road. The bus was coming from Omoku to Port Harcourt, the state capital. The police spokesperson in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, told PREMIUM […]

Niger Delta militants give northerners uptil October 1, 2017 to leave the region – Set to declare Republic of Niger Delta

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Top Stories Saturday, June 17th, 2017

Plan to declare own republic • Lament failure to make arrest over anti-Igbo ultimatum • Threaten attack on oil wells owned by northerners A coalition of Niger Delta militant groups rose from a meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State yesterday ordering all northerners to quit the oil-rich region. The militants threatened to attack all […]