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Drunken graduates stab, rob, rape woman

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

The suspects Photo: Samson Folarin Samson Folarin Two graduates, Desmond Quadri and Richard Orji, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping a woman in the Ajah area. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects had attended a party together where they had some bottles of alcoholic drink. After the party, 24-year-old Quadri […]

Fayose begs Ekiti workers to call off strike (Can’t pay them after all that noise?)

Posted by admin Ekiti, General Politics, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has urged workers in the state to call off their strike and hold talks with the government. The governor said the salaries for local government workers were ready for payment, with limited additional funds available for sharing. However, he said, […]

Militants back Pro-Biafra agitators, give FG June 3 ultimatum

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Niger Delta militants on Wednesday gave the Federal Government till Friday, June 3, 2016 to release the corpses of 10 pro-Biafra agitators. The ultimatum is coming four days after some supporters of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra were killed during a clash with security agencies […]

I lost my wife, son, money to pro-democracy struggle — Prof. Banjo

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Banjo Professor Adesegun Banjo, a medical doctor and scientist, who launched an armed struggle against the military junta of General Sani Abacha tells KAYODE FALADE about his foray into guerrilla warfare, his incarceration at the Republic of Benin prisons and his health challenges. He refused to mention a lot of names in the interview How did you get […]

Synagogue: Lagos court fixes engineers’ trial for June 3

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Ikeja – An Ikeja High Court has fixed June 3 for the trial of the two engineers who constructed the collapsed seven-storey guest house of the Synagogue Church of All Nations at Ikotun, a Lagos suburb. The defendants are Akinbela Fatiregun and Oladele Ogundeji. Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo adjourned the case to give the Defence more […]

Gunmen kill two policemen in Abia

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

BY UGOCHUKWU ALARIBE ABA- Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot dead two policemen in Aba, Abia State, as they made to escape with a businessman they had abducted in the city. Police Area Commander in charge of Aba, ACP Peter Wagbara, had mobilised his men to block suspected escape routes that the kidnappers […]

Trump to visit UK on June 24 to open golf resort

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit Britain on June 24 for the official reopening of his Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland, a resort spokeswoman said Wednesday. “There will be an official ribbon-cutting ceremony with invited guests, and Mr Trump himself,” PR manager Lisa McGhee told AFP, confirming the June 24 date […]

Husband, 64, seeks dissolution of 32-year-old marriage over sex starvation

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Lagos – A 64-year-old man, Mustafa Ariori, on Wednesday urged a Lagos Island Customary Court, Lagos State, to dissolve his 32-year-old marriage to his 60-year-old wife, Tawakalitu, over alleged sexual starvation. Ariori, who runs a rental service, told the court that his wife had stopped preparing meals for him for over six years and had […]

Who are the Niger Delta Avengers?

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

Nigeria has been hit by growing unrest in the country’s oil-producing south by a new militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers. Here is what is known about them: – What’s the story so far? – The Avengers describe themselves as young, well-educated “worthy outlaws” and have since early 2016 been attacking Nigeria’s oil […]

Biafra: We acted in self-defence – Army

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Biafra, Headlines Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

We’ll take up arms to actualize Biafra — MASSOB By Henry Umoru, Chidi Nkwopara, Vincent Ujumadu, Anayo Okoli, Joseph Erunke, Levinus Nwabughiogu, Francis Igata, Peter Okutu, Okonkwo Nwabueze & Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWI — Following allegation of massacre of members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State […]