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British lawmaker killed in shock attack

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, June 17th, 2016

A pro-EU British lawmaker was killed in a shock daylight street attack on Thursday, halting campaigning for the referendum on Britain’s membership in the bloc just a week before the crucial vote. Jo Cox, a 41-year-old mother-of-two from the opposition Labour Party, was shot in the face while lying on the ground by a […]

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Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, June 17th, 2016

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Abuja quack doctor arrested after 10 years’ practice

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Friday Olokor, Abuja The police have arrested a suspected quack doctor, Victor Akpan, in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja. PUNCH Metro learnt that Akpan, who had been running a private hospital for 10 years, allegedly operated with forged and stolen certificates. As a quack doctor, he was said to have performed caesarean sections, removed fibroids and […]

The family of Stephen Keshi has proposed July 28 for his burial

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

The family of Stephen Keshi has proposed July 28 for his burial, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The late former Super Eagles coach’s elder brother and spokesman for the family Sylvester Keshi told NANin Illah, Delta State, on Tuesday that the family had begun preparations for the burial. Sylvester said, “For now, we are proposing July 28 for […]

Edo govt owed Amodu, academy staff N25m —Investigation

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Amodu Shuaibu Alexander Okere, Benin Late ex-Super Eagles coach, Amodu Shaibu, as well as staff of the Edo State Football Academy, were owed N25m by the state government, before he died last Saturday, our correspondent has learnt. Amodu died in his sleep at his residence in Benin, the state capital, and was later buried at […]

Christian pupils wear church garments to schools in Osun

Posted by admin Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Osun State branch of Christian Association of Nigeria carried out its threat to instruct Christian pupils to appear in their schools in choir robes and other church garments as some students of the Baptist High School, Iwo, appeared in the school in church apparel on Tuesday. The students in such religious […]

Police arrest Nasarawa monarch for robbery

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Monday, June 13th, 2016

UMAR MUHAMMED A 50-year-old district head of Dagachi Bukan-Sidi, Lafia, Mohammed Agabi, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for his alleged involvement in a robbery activity in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawal Shehu, speaking during a parade of the suspect in Lafia, said the district head was arrested […]

Former Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu has died at the age of 58, the national football federation has announced.

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, June 11th, 2016

Shuaibu Amodu was sacked before the 2002 and 2010 World Cups Former Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu has died at the age of 58, the national football federation has announced. Nigeria’s technical director, Amodu, who had four spells as coach of the Super Eagles, had complained of chest pains on Friday. Amodu led Nigeria to qualification […]

Five charged over Nigeria blasphemy murder

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Friday, June 10th, 2016

Five charged over Nigeria blasphemy murder Posted at11:24 Five Muslim men have been charged with the murder of an elderly Christian woman over an alleged blasphemy in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, police said, AFP news agency reports. The suspects are accused of killing a woman last week after she allegedly insulted the Prophet Muhammad. The 74-year-old was […]

Family suspects foul play in Keshi’s death

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, June 10th, 2016

BY MONICA IHEAKAM THE remains of the late Coach Stephen Keshi has been moved to the Stella Obasanjo Hospital, Benin City, Edo State for autopsy, even as members of his family suspect foul play in his death. The media has been awash with stories of cardiac arrest, as a possible cause of the death of the […]