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Customs implements new auto policy ahead of January deadline

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

Ahead of the January 2015 for the implementation of the new auto policy, the Nigeria Customs Service has begun the collection of additional 70 percent on new vehicles and thirty five percent on fairly used ones. The introduction of the new rate on new vehicles also pitched Customs agents against officers at the Port Terminal […]

Military reveals Boko Haram’s tricks to use mechanics, others to deploy IEDs

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

Primary targets – Barracks, public places, govt establishments By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — In the aftermath of the heavy casualties inflicted on Boko Haram insurgents in recent weeks, indications have emerged that the group is recruiting auto-mechanic and car wash operators across the country to use their centres as loading bays to plant Intelligent Electronic […]

The SCOAN calamity, the Church in Nigeria

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

THE Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, building collapse calamity of Tuesday September 15, will serve as a real test for the Lagos State government’s support for Christians and Churches. When Governor Babatunde Fashola started off about eight years ago, his government said the noise from churches within residential areas was too much. It demanded […]

Even girls embarrass me over my big ass — Evia Simon

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Friday, September 19th, 2014

By DAMILOLA SHOLOLA Evia Simon is sexy and beautiful. But if you miss anything about the up and coming star, her massive buttocks is sure never to be missed. Even Evia herself says her “ass” has caused her embarrassments too often than she cares to remember, not only from men but also from women. Our […]

‘No’ vote wins as Scotland rejects independence (Enjoying being a parasite?)

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

Scotland rejected independence on Friday in a referendum that left the centuries-old United Kingdom intact but paved the way for a major transfer of powers away from London. Despite a surge in nationalist support in the final fortnight of the campaign, the “No” secured 55.30 percent of the vote against 44.70 percent for the pro-independence […]

I was never admitted in any London hospital- Tinubu

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived Lagos yesterday. On his arrival, the former Lagos State governor quickly dismissed insinuations that he was ill. He said he was never admitted in any London hospital, wondering where his “detractors” got the information that he was very ill – a rumour […]

FG summons Egyptian envoy over airline’s ill-treatment of Nigerian passenger

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

By Okey Ndiribe The Federal Government has summoned the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Ashraf Salama, over the ill-treatment meted out on a Nigerian teenager, Master Joshua Kunle Abdulazeez, by Egypt Air. An official of the airline had torn the teenager’s Nigerian passports in Istanbul, Turkey, while on his way to Ukraine to resume studies […]

84 S’Africans killed in Synagogue collapse – official

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

Johannesburg – The number of South Africans known to have died in the collapse of a multi-storey megachurch in Lagos last week has risen to 84, Pretoria’s high commissioner to Nigeria said Friday. “The number has risen from 67 to 84, with more bodies discovered on Thursday,” Lulu Mnguni told AFP, adding that the toll […]

Obama welcomes Scotland ‘No’ vote on independence

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Friday, September 19th, 2014

US President Barack Obama congratulated Scotland Friday on its “full and energetic exercise of democracy,” as he welcomed the result of its historic referendum rejecting independence from the United Kingdom. “We have no closer ally than the United Kingdom, and we look forward to continuing our strong and special relationship with all the people of […]

Synagogue: Woman walks out from rubble after four days

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Scene of the collapsed SCOAN building on Tuesday. | credits: Goke Famadewa Rescue workers, residents and others at the site of a collapsed six-storey structure belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations were on Tuesday excited by the rescue of a woman four days after the incident occurred. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 45-year-old unnamed […]