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Bloodbath in Enugu as Fulani herdsmen kill 40

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

Catholic church,11 houses burnt It’s a national issue, not ethnic —OKOROCHA Cattle owners, not herdsmen, should be questioned—OHANAEZE By Emeka Mamah, Clifford Ndujihe, Chidi Nkwopara & Chinenyeh Ozor NSUKKA—About 40 persons have so far been reportedly killed by some Fulani herdsmen at Nimbo in Uzo- Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, sources told Vanguard […]

Over speeding caused Ekiti doctors death, says FRSC

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

The Kaduna State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, attributed the accident that claimed the lives of six Ekiti State medical doctors to over speeding. The Sector Head of Operations, Deputy Corps Commander, Salisu Galadunci stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. FRSC-operatives […]

Court sentences ‘dentist of horror’ to 8 years in jail

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

A French court on Tuesday sentenced a Dutch dentist to eight years in jail for deliberately mangling his patients’ mouths in a case which saw him dubbed “the dentist of horror”. Jacobus van Nierop, 51, went on trial in March for ripping out healthy teeth and leaving dozens of patients with injuries including broken jaws, […]

NFF Leadership Tussle: Coalition Slams Giwa

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

Nigerian Civil Society Groups and youth organizations have slammed the the Chris Giwa- led faction of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), over what they described as his recalcitrant attitude in the leadership crisis of the nation’s apex football governing body. Pinnick-Giwa They said Giwa’s attitude is capable of jeopardizing the Nigerian football. Converging under the aegis […]

Six doctors killed on Abuja-Kaduna road

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Kaduna, State News Monday, April 25th, 2016

The Nigeria Medical Association has confirmed that six doctors traveling to Sokoto state for its Annual General Conference died in a car accident along the Abuja-Kaduna Express Way on Sunday. According to a statement issued yesterday by it’s National President, Kayode Obembe, the deceased were all members of the Ekiti Chapter of the association. This […]

LASU sacks 19 staff over WAEC result falsification, abscondment

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Monday, April 25th, 2016

LASU sacks 19 staff over WAEC result falsification, abscondment — 25th April 2016 By Gabriel Dike No few than 19 staff of the Lagos State University (LASU) have been dismissed from service for falsification of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) O’ level result which they use to gain employment. Another reason for the sack […]

War Against Corruption: Ex lawmaker jailed for N1.4bn fraud

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, Headlines, Kogi, State News, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10) Monday, April 25th, 2016

-Punch Ramon Oladimeji A Federal High Court in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Monday convicted a former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Gabriel Daudu, of money laundering and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday, found Daudu guilty on 77 out of the 208 […]

Warri, PH refineries now producing petroleum – Kachikwu

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Monday, April 25th, 2016

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has announced that the Port Harcourt Refining Company and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company are now producing a combined volume of seven million litres of petrol daily. According to him, the PHRC now […]

Congolese music star, Papa Wemba slumps and dies on stage during a concert in Ivory Coast (RIP)

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines Monday, April 25th, 2016

Ivory Coast to host all-night tribute to Papa Wemba April 25, 2016 A still frame taken from Ivory Coast national television RTI 1 on April 24, 2016 shows Congolese music star Papa Wemba performing during the FEMUA music festival in Abidjan, before collapsing on stage. Papa Wemba, who won renown by helping to bring the […]

Campus Sex Files (5): Dear Professor Oluchi, I am falling for my boyfriend’s twin brother – I need help

Posted by admin Campus Sex Files, Headlines Friday, April 22nd, 2016

Dear Professor Oluchi, My boyfriend has a twin brother, but I didn’t have a chance to meet him since we have been dating in the last eight months until last week when he flew in for holidays from California where he studies medicine. They are not identical twins and I believe I am in love […]