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Buhari asked to declare ‘state of emergency’ in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories Monday, March 14th, 2016

The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Abayomi Adesanya, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State. Adesanya said a state of emergency was necessary in order to forestall political violence and the breakdown of law and order in the state. The APC chieftain, in […]

Oliseh to appear before House of Reps

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Legislature, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 14th, 2016

Oliseh to appear before House of Reps advertisement TOP HEADLINES y Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh will appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Sports on Thursday in Abuja to discuss his sensational resignation as coach of the national team, AfricanFootball.com reports. A top source at the […]

Presidency denies cancelling Osinbajo Indian trip because of Saraki

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency Sunday, March 13th, 2016

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo 882 Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday denied the cancellation of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s planned trip to India for fear that the embattled President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, may become acting President. An online news medium, Sahara Reporters, had reported that Osinbajo’s planned trip was cancelled when it was […]

IG redeploys AIG, three CPs for Rivers polls March 14, 2016

Posted by admin Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News Sunday, March 13th, 2016

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has directed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 6, Calabar, Adisa Bolanta, and three Commissioners of Police to relocate to Port Harcourt on Monday (today) for preparations forwards the rerun, holding in the state on Saturday. This, he said, was in furtherance of […]

Badeh’s presence excites inmates, ex-CDS rejects prison food

Posted by admin Air Force, Armed Forces, Headlines Sunday, March 13th, 2016

84127 The presence of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal, Alex Badeh (retd.) in Kuje Prison, Abuja, has generated excitement and curiosity among the inmates. It was learnt that the inmates were amazed to see the former military chief in prison custody barely one year after his image loomed large across the […]

Picture: NDLEA busts Mexican-Nigerian drug cartel

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Sunday, March 13th, 2016

7643 National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has discovered a methamphetamine laboratory run by Mexicans and dislodged a major drug trafficking organisation in the country. Officials of the Special Enforcement Team NDLEA discovered the illicit methamphetamine production laboratory in Asaba, Delta State. According to the Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the “super” methamphetamine laboratory, […]

Ooni of Ife pays N24 bride price, takes new wife from Benin in a colourful ceremony

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Sunday, March 13th, 2016

43268 It was a colourful blend of two cultural heritages, as the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, was on Saturday betrothed to his new wife, Wuraola Obanor, at a traditional marriage held in Benin, the Edo State capital. The wedding rites were performed in the traditional Benin culture at the residence […]

I will jail you in absentia, court warns DSS operatives

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 11th, 2016

Chief Ifeanyichukwu Nwokoye 1517 Tony Okafor, Awka An Anambra State High Court presided over by Justice R.O Onunkwo on Thursday gave four officials of the Department of State Services in the state who were involved in a battery matter two months to appear before it or risk being sentenced in absentia. The court order was […]

Housewife defies doctor’s order, gives birth to triplets at home

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 11th, 2016

Mrs. Etoor and the triplets at home 246 Chukwudi Akasike A housewife, Mrs. Blessing Etoor, defied doctor’s instruction that she would be delivered of her babies by Caesarean section. Mrs. Etoor, an indigene of Eleme in Rivers State by marriage, who now has 10 children (six girls and four boys) through multiple births, eventually gave […]

S’African special forces to train Nigerian soldiers – Minister

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 11th, 2016

S’African special forces to train Nigerian soldiers – Minister advertisement TOP HEADLINES Fidelis Soriwei The Ministry of Defence has said Nigeria is not asking South Africa to deploy its special forces to assist in the fight against Boko Haram. Reports on Tuesday had said the Minister […]