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Ambode, security chiefs vow to rescue Lagos monarch

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday presided over an emergency security council meeting attended by heads of security agencies in the State. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni told journalists that government and all security agencies in the State are bothered about the emerging crime of kidnapping, and that efforts are on […]

Ortom approves payment of N400m to pensioners

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom Attah Ede Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has approved the release of N400 million for the payment of pension and gratuity to local government and state pensioners every month. The governor disclosed this while playing host to the national leadership of Benue State University Alumni Association at Benue People’s House […]

Michelle Obama: Trump defends wife over plagiarism

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Melania Trump addresses delegates on the first day of the Republican National Convention on Monday, July 18, 2016 Photo: AFP/Robyn BECK Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, appeared to take liberal inspiration from a 2008 speech by first lady Michelle Obama for her own address to the US Republican convention. The move drew fire from critics as […]

Akwa Ibom: Police inspector rapes girl in the bush, detains her and collects N10,000 as bail sum

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Etim Ekpimah, Uyo A police inspector attached to Mkpat Enin Police Division in Akwa Ibom State has allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint. The victim, a senior secondary pupil of Community Secondary School in the area, on Tuesday said she was returning from church on Thursday, last week, when a police team accosted her. […]

Le Guen rejects Super Eagles job

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Le Guen Frenchman Paul Le Guen has reportedly rejected the Nigeria Football Federation’s offer to lead the Super Eagles as Technical Adviser. According to reports, the 52-year-old rejected the offer because the Glass House failed to meet his terms and conditions. Herve Penot, a reporter at L’ Euipe, wrote via his handle @hpenot_lequipe: “Paul Le Guen […]

I can become a hero like Kanu – Musa

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

LEICESTER’S £16m record buy Ahmed Musa is desperate to become a Premier League legend — like his close pal Nwankwo Kanu, The Sun reports. But the diminutive striker realises it is a tall order to top anything his fellow Nigerian achieved when 6ft 5in Kanu towers above him. At 5ft 7in Musa, 23, has always looked up […]

Watch out for this suspected ATM fraudster, EFCC warns Nigerians

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

The suspect The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised the alarm about the activities of identity thieves and automated teller machine fraudsters in the country. It has also urged Nigerians to be more careful when carrying out transactions via ATMs and to avoid disclosing their Personal Identification Numbers to others. In a post on […]

Gunmen abduct Lagos monarch, baby, two others

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, July 17th, 2016

Oba Goriola Oseni Afeez Hanafi and Olaleye Aluko Some gunmen have abducted the traditional ruler of Iba community, Lagos State, Oba Goriola Oseni – the Oniba of Iba land. Also abducted were a woman, her three-month-old baby, and a businessman. PUNCH Metro learnt that the gunmen, who were suspected to be militants, stormed the community in […]

Man flees as lover dies in Lagos hotel •Female hotel worker found dead

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, July 17th, 2016

Taola Hotel Samson Folarin and Afeez Hanafi The police in Lagos State have launched a manhunt for a man suspected to have murdered his lover at a hotel on Prince Adeyemi Street, Ikotun, Lagos. It was learnt that the suspect, whose name had yet to be ascertained, had lodged in a room in the hotel […]

World football legend, Pele visits Nigeria

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, July 17th, 2016

Brazil’s football legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimentor, popularly known as “Pele’’ will be the country in August for a two-day programme on youth development and empowerment. The facilitators of the visit, Winihin Jemide Series (WJS) and Youth Experience Days Africa (YEDA), made the disclosure at a news conference on July 15 in Lagos. The football […]