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Argentina blames US for debt default

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Argentina has blamed the US for its debt default, calling the mediator in failed talks “incompetent”. Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich said his country was considering opening proceedings at international tribunals in The Hague after it was declared to be in technical default. The announcement came just hours after last-minute talks in New York with a […]

Katsina community holds prayers over insecurity

Posted by admin Headlines, Katsina, State News Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Residents of Funtua and its environs in Katsina State are mobilising for prayers as they had increased community surveillance to avert the activities of suspected insurgents in the area. The District Head, Alhaji Sambo Idris, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Funtua that he had instructed religious, traditional and community leaders in […]

Opinion: The rise of female suicide bombing

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Given the missed chance at assassinating Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) two Wednesdays’ ago, a blitzkrieg of female suicidal bombings, starting Sunday this week, seems intent on compensating for the failure. Except for the Lagos incident where Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, claimed he used a female suicide bomber to set off the explosion, none […]

Nasarawa House, CJ set to clash over Al-Makura

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Nasarawa State governor, Umaru Al-Makura | credits: feelfree.co The Nasarawa State House of Assembly and the state Chief Judge, Justice Justice Sulaiman Dikko, may be heading for a showdown over the composition of the seven-man panel put in place to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by Governor Tanko Al-Makura. The assembly wants Dikko to dissolve the […]

Abba may replace Abubakar as IG

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Mr. Suleiman Abba Barring any last change of plan, the Federal Government is expected to announce Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 7, Mr. Suleiman Abba, as a replacement for Mohammed Abubakar, the Inspector-General of Police, whose tenure ended on July 30, 2014. Findings indicated that President Goodluck Jonathan had already conveyed to Abba the news […]

WARNING: Disturbing Picture: Landlady’s children cut tenant’s private parts

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Yinka | credits: Samson Folarin A 35-year-old man, Yinka Offehin, is battling for his life at a private hospital in Lagos State after his scrotum was cut by the children of his landlady. The Edo State indigene, who resides on Popoola Street, off Abaranje Road in the Ikotun area of Lagos, was said to […]

Gunmen kidnap Senator’s mother in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Gunmen, Tuesday morning,kidnapped Senator Emmanuel Paulker’s 90-year old mother. The abduction took place at her residence at the Opolo suburb of Yenagoa. Details later.wp_posts

Woman strips naked to hug Mandela statue in S.Africa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

(AFP) – A woman stripped naked in Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg and caressed a huge statue of the liberation hero as astonished bystanders looked on, local media reported Wednesday. The young African woman first saluted the statue of the former president, who is revered for his role in defeating the racist apartheid system, before […]

Goal 50 award: Enyeama rated 27th

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama has been named in the 27th position in the 2014 Goal 50, which was released in full on Monday afternoon. The Akwa Ibom State-born player is the only Nigerian to be named on the list of the top 50 performers from last season, and the second-ever after Sunday Mba made the […]

I’ll contest 2015 gov poll, Ladoja insists

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

National Leader of Accord Party and former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has maintained that he has not endorsed any aspirant under the platform of the party to contest 2015 governorship ticket, noting that he will pick expression of interest form with a view to contesting 2015 gubernatorial election in the state. […]