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Ekiti: Assassination fears grip politicians

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Saturday, September 27th, 2014

Fayemi and Fayose Politicians in Ekiti State are worried that more assassinations might take place in the state following the killing of a former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Omolafe Aderiye, on Thursday. Aderiye, a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party and a supporter of the state’s incoming governor, Ayo Fayose, […]

Synagogue miracles are not fake — TB Joshua

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, Religion Saturday, September 27th, 2014

The founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, has refuted allegations that he performs fake miracles. The pastor has come under severe criticisms owing to the church’s collapsed building which killed at least 115 people. A South African journalist, Jacques Pauw had alleged that Joshua’s miracles were not genuine. In his report […]

Shekau’s death will not end insurgency —Campbell

Posted by admin American Politics, Armed Forces, Headlines Saturday, September 27th, 2014

former United States of America Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell | credits: google.com A former United States of America Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has said the death of Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, is not as important as ending the ongoing insurgency in the North-East. The former ambassador argued that though Shekau, through his gruesome videos and fierce […]

Army deploys soldiers in Ado-Ekiti

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Ekiti, Headlines, State News Saturday, September 27th, 2014

| credits: www.africanexaminer.com The violence in Ekiti State forced the Military High Command to deploy soldiers in the state on Saturday. Our correspondent saw the soldiers moving around the state capital, Ado-Ekiti, to forestall breakdown of law and order. In a terse response to our correspondent, the spokesperson of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, Capt. […]

Enyeama back to lead Eagles against Sudan

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, September 27th, 2014

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama | credits: liveofofo.com Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama is back to lead the Super Eagles against Sudan in Nigeria’s third game in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers as coach Stephen Keshi named 24 players for the crucial encounter. Enyeama was unavailable, due to familyengagement, for Nigeria’s games against Congo and South Africa earlier this […]

Picture: China: Man offers $160,000 for a mother

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, September 27th, 2014

A man from China’s Sichuan Province wants a mother so badly that he’s offering one million yuan the equivalent of US$160,000 to any woman willing to take on the role, according to Global Times. Kuan-Yin Tsui, who is in his mid 30s, has suddenly become an internet sensation in his native China following the bizarre proposition. […]

2015: Mass defection looms in Ogun APC

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Ogun, Party Politics, State News Saturday, September 27th, 2014

There are strong indications that aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West, especially Ogun State, are set to dump the party next week. Saturday PUNCH’s investigations showed that the planned defection would be led by former Governor Olusegun Osoba’s group in the APC. It was gathered that the group, which had reached out […]

Dirty tricks petrol stations, attendants use to cheat customers

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, September 27th, 2014

Mrs. Bisola Ayeni, a businesswoman in her early 40s confidently left her house at Egbeda (Lagos) with an almost empty tank heading for Ikeja. The red light of the fuel indicator was blinking nonstop but Ayeni knew the quantity of fuel in her tank would take her to the next available filling station where she […]

Synagogue: Nigerian, Togolese, Beninoise victims still missing

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, September 27th, 2014

Veronica, one of the missing victims (inset) and a file photo of rescue workers at the site of the collapsedbuilding at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos Fresh information at the disposal ofSaturday PUNCH is that South Africa is not the only foreign country which lost its nationals in the collapse of a six-storey building […]

APC calls for Fayose’s arrest, prosecution for allegedly leading a band of thugs to beat up a Judge

Posted by admin Ekiti, Governors, Headlines, Judiciary, State News Saturday, September 27th, 2014

The All Progressives Congress has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Ekiti State Governor-elect Ayodele Fayose for allegedly leading a band of thugs to beat up a Judge and then instigating his supporters to attack and burn down the opposition secretariat in the state. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by […]