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Police to quiz Ekweremadu over ‘forged’ Senate rules

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Sunday, July 5th, 2015

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu | credits: File copy The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday said the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, had summoned the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over alleged forgery of the Senate Rules on election of its principal officers. The PDP said Ekweremadu is expected to […]

Siasia to contest Bayelsa gov

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Sunday, July 5th, 2015

The younger brother of Coach Samson Siasia has expressed his desire to contest the Bayelsa State governorship election next year. Moses, who spoke at a news conference in Yenagoa, on Saturday, lamented that Bayelsa had witnessed several broken promises since its creation in 1996. The 35-year-old described the unemployment rate in the state as alarming, […]

NFF fires Keshi, Amodu takes over

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, July 5th, 2015

Stephen Keshi The Nigeria Football Federation has terminated the appointment of Stephen Keshi as Head Coach of the Senior National Football Team, Super Eagles. A statement by the NFF Executive Committee on Saturday said this decision was made, “having thoroughly reviewed the reports/findings of the NFF Disciplinary Committee and NFF Technical and Development […]

Military take over security in Anambra prison

Posted by admin Anambra, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Sunday, July 5th, 2015

Following the relocation of Boko Haram detainees to the Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State, the military have taken over the security of the facility. SUNDAY PUNCH investigations showed that security operations in the Federal Government facility are no longer the exclusive preserve of the officials of the Nigeria Prison Service. The development, sources told our […]

6 die in suicide bomb attack on Redeem Church

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Yobe Sunday, July 5th, 2015

Potiskum (Yobe)- The Police in Yobe on Sunday confirmed the killing of six persons in a suicide bomb attack on a church in Potiskum. Mr Toyin Gbadegesin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu that the death included the suicide bomber. The spokesman […]

Pictures: Sandra Bassey is Most Beautiful Model In Nigeria Int’l

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, July 3rd, 2015

By Benjamin Njoku 21-year-old Sandra Okon Bassey forth night ago wrote her name in gold as she emerged Most Beautiful Model Nigeria International. Sandra who was former Miss Niger Delta and the face of Independence Nigeria 2014, won the crown at this year’s edition of the Most Beautiful Model In Nigeria and African Designers concert which […]

‘Don’t remove Ekweremadu’

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Senate Friday, July 3rd, 2015

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu | credits: File copy A group, Democracy in Action, has warned the All Progressives Congress against removing the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The group, in a statement by its Chairman, Dr. Donald Abraham, on Thursday, insisted that Ekweremadu’s election followed due process and vowed to resist any […]

Female highway bombers kill 10 in Borno – Police

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Friday, July 3rd, 2015

The Police command in Borno State on Friday confirmed the killing of at least 10 persons after Thursday’s two highway suicide bombings in some parts of the state. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Aderemi Opadokun, confirmed this to newsmen in Maiduguri. Opadokun said a suicide attack occurred at Malari village along the Bama/Konduga […]

IG redeploys Lagos, Ogun, Rivers CPs

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, Ogun, Rivers, State News Friday, July 3rd, 2015

Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase | credits: http://www.thescoopng.com Following a rise in the crime wave, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has redeployed the Commissioners of Police in Lagos, Ogun and Rivers states and replaced them with new hands. Lagos had last week recorded a violent bank robbery during which millions of naira […]

Nurse drops newborn baby, fractures his skull

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Friday, July 3rd, 2015

A hospital and police are investigating what might have caused a veteran nurse to drop a newborn baby, fracturing his skull. Jacqueline Hunt, the baby’s mother, told WPXI-TV that a pediatrician said the nurse was feeding and burping her 1-day-old son, Eli, at Uniontown Hospital when the nurse became “drowsy and fell asleep and dropped […]