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Over 14 killed, 100 injured, 520 houses razed as armed youths invade Akwa Ibom village

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

By TOM MOSES IKOT AKPAN UDO—WHY is the Akwa-Ibom State Government observably indifferent in bringing to book the armed youths, who in August 2008, invaded the peaceful Ikot-Akpan Udo community, Ukpum Ette clan, Ikot –Abasi Local Government Area of the state, killing 13 persons and razing over 500 houses despite the cries of the people […]

Hollywood: Actors of colour to boycott Oscar

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

Hollywood Director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith, said they would boycott next month’s Oscar Academy Awards ceremony because black actors were shut out of nominations. The Oscar acting nominees announced recently that award lacked black performers for a second straight year; leading to the revival of the Twitter feed #OscarsSoWhite that emerged in […]

The making of new LASU VC

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, January 18th, 2016

The making of new LASU VC How the battle was fought and won, and the challenges ahead By Gabriel Dike Peace and stability seem to have returned to the one-time crisis-ridden Lagos State University (LASU), with the appointment, last week, by the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, of Prof. Olarenwaju Fagbohun as the eighth […]

El-Rufai creates 17,000 jobs with free feeding for 1.5m pupils

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Monday, January 18th, 2016

From Noah Ebije, Kaduna Kaduna Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai yesterday flagged off the free feeding programme for 1.5 million pupils in the state, which was held at the Aliyu Makama Road Primary School, Barnawa area of Kaduna metropolis. In his remarks on the occasion, el-Rufai said the free feeding programme was the beginning of a […]

Sokoto uncovers N1.5bn lying idle in 100 bank accounts

Posted by admin Headlines, Sokoto, State News Monday, January 18th, 2016

Monday, January 18, 2016 advertisement undefined TOP HEADLINES The Sokoto State government says it has uncovered N1.5 billion belonging to it lying idle in 100 dormant accounts in various commercial banks in the country. The state government attributed the discovery to the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) system two weeks […]

You’re Fired!: Multimillionaire industrialist Jimoh Ibrahim sacks top executive on live TV

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, January 18th, 2016

The Group Managing Director of Energy Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, did the unthinkable Monday when he sacked Bolu Afolayan, the Managing Director of one of his companies, Newswatch Media Ltd. during a live TV broadcast in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. This followed a prostest by some members of Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, a the 5th […]

Picture: Mad woman gives birth in Kaduna market

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Monday, January 18th, 2016

advertisement TOP HEADLINES By Luka Ibinnyat & Mayen Etim KADUNA-A mentally-deranged woman, simply known as Hassana, gave birth in broad daylight to baby boy at Kaduna Central Market, yesterday. Hassana delivered the baby in front of a bank adjacent the Kaduna State Media Corporation, KSMC, while hundreds of citizens watched […]

At least 20 Dead After Al Qaeda affiliate attacks hotel in Burkina Faso

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, January 16th, 2016

AP In this grab taken from video by Associate Press Television, the scene of an attack on a hotel, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. OUAGADOUGOU, Jan 16 (Reuters) – At least 20 people died and others were taken hostage when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital city of Burkina Faso […]

Oshiomhole breaks silence, speaks on successor

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Saturday, January 16th, 2016

EDO State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday broke his silence over his position on the choice of his successor as he told members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state that while he would ensure there are primaries, he, however, would not be indifferent to the choice of […]

Ex-Super Eagles coach Keshi’s wife, Kate, buried amid eulogies

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, January 16th, 2016

Wife of former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, Kate Keshi, was buried in Benin, Edo State, on Friday, amid eulogies. Mrs Keshi, who died on December 9 in the United States during a protracted battle with cancer, was interred at the family residence in Ugiokhuen Quartres, Ugbor Road, Benin. Before she was committed […]