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Biafra: Anyaoku rejects IPOB’s appointment

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Thursday, March 10th, 2016

16601 Gbenga Adeniji and Ihuoma Chiedozie A former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has rejected his nomination as one of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra’s representatives to negotiate or discuss on behalf of the group. IPOB had on Wednesday listed Anyaoku as one of the “credible Igbo elders” that would represent it in […]

American missionary sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping orphans in Kenya

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

A former missionary convicted of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya was sentenced on Monday to 40 years in a US prison. Matthew Lane Durham, 21, had faced up to 30 years on each of four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. He was ordered to pay restitution of […]

Man, 33, defiles 8-year old (Is it open season?)

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

Apapa Senior Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded Chibuike Dike, 33, in prison for allegedly defiling an eight-year old girl. Dike, who resides at No.15, Okem Close, Ilufe, Ojo, Lagos, pleaded guilty to a two-count charge bordering on breach of peace and defilement. The prosecutor, Insp. Tony Elibeh, told the court that the accused […]

Housemaid, artisans to pay income taxes in Lagos -(Goodluck with finding them and collecting)

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced that it had widened its tax net to include domestic workers and artisans. The Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, made the announcement at a news conference in Alausa. He said that the new tax regime was in line with Gov. Akinwunmi […]

How over 500 security agents rescued Lagos schoolgirls

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, March 7th, 2016

The suspects 98643 Sesan Olufowobi, Afeez Hanafi and Olaleye Aluko A huge public outcry and the pressure on security agents may have been contributory factors to the rescue of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The girls — Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoola and Deborah Akinayo — were kidnapped by […]

Hotelier arrested for raping, impregnating 15-year-old niece

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, March 7th, 2016

Apapa Magistrates’ Court Photo: Afeez Hanafi 36458 Afeez Hanafi A 43-year-old hotelier, Femi Kulajolu, has been arrested by the police attached to the Isokoko division, Lagos State, for allegedly raping his younger brother’s 15-year-old daughter, Lola (pseudonym). It was gathered that the minor was eight-month pregnant as a result of the alleged rape. PUNCH Metro […]

Fayose threatens to bar DSS from Govt House

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Monday, March 7th, 2016

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to bar the Department of State Services from the Government House and other government establishments in the state. The governor stated this in his reaction to the alleged invasion of the Ekiti State House of Assembly by the DSS on Friday. Two members of […]

Picture: Labour (state) minister, James Ocholi, wife, son killed in car crash: PDP condoles with Buhari

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, March 7th, 2016

The SUV after the crash on the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway …on Sunday. Photo: Olatunji Obasa and Godwin Isenyo (inset:)Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN) 13601 Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, has on behalf of the party’s National Executive Committee, condoled with […]

The people of the Niger Delta are “one people from the same tree” – Olu of Warri

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Saturday, March 5th, 2016

The people of the Niger Delta are “one people from the same tree” This is a basic fact, but it assumes far greater significance when this open secret is revealed by HRH Omoba Godfrey Ikenwoli Emiko, the Olu of Warri, leader and symbol of the Itsekiri Nation. His actions since his coronation on December 12, […]

Disturbing pictures: Residents apprehend, brutalise teenage robbers in Ogun community

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Saturday, March 5th, 2016

The suspects 95280 Nonye Ben-Nwankwo and Kunle Falayi Two daring robbers, aged 15 and 16 , got into trouble on Tuesday, a day after they burgled a house in Oke Afa area of Magboro, Ogun State when they simply strolled through the same street with their loot. A resident, Mr. Ayoade Ahmed, told our correspondent […]