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Opinion: Everyone is crazy in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, July 26th, 2014

Few weeks ago, I got a call from a friend asking me out for a drink, but I was already at the Lagos airport. “I’m not going to be around for the next few days,” I told him. “I’m going to Abuja.” His immediate reaction was – “Why? What’s wrong? Do you want to bore […]

Why Abdulmutallab failed to blow up our plane – US

Posted by admin American Politics, General Politics, Headlines Saturday, July 26th, 2014

The United States has said that the Nigerian terrorist, Umar Abdulmutallab, failed to successfully carry out a bomb attack in 2009 because the explosives he was wired with became ‘degraded’ after he wore the same pair of underpants for two weeks. Abdulmutallab had, at the age of 23, confessed to and convicted of attempting to […]

3-year old wounded in US shooting

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Saturday, July 26th, 2014

The flare-up in gun violence igniting the streets of Chicago caught a 3-year-old boy in the cross fire early Saturday morning, local police said. The child is in critical condition. The boy was with his mother and another man, in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood, when the shooting occurred outside a home on South Sacramento […]

At least 76 bodies pulled from Gaza rubble in truce

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, July 26th, 2014

GAZA CITY – The bodies of at least 76 Palestinians were recovered from the rubble across the Gaza Strip in the first few hours of a 12-hour humanitarian truce Saturday, medics said. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 76 bodies had been brought to hospitals in north, central and southern Gaza, as well as Gaza […]

NFF ready to renew Keshi contract

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, July 24th, 2014

ABUJA (AFP) – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) announced on Thursday they are set to begin talks with coach Stephen Keshi over a new contract. Keshi took over as coach in 2011 and his first contract ended after the World Cup in Brazil. He has since been linked with the vacant South Africa post. The […]

MH-17: Dutch resist calls to expel Putin’s daughter

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, July 24th, 2014

by Charles ONIANS THE HAGUE, July 24, 2014 (AFP) – Calls to expel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughter from the Netherlands over flight MH17 have fallen flat, with many noting that their Argentine-born queen has not been punished for her father’s junta past. Despite calls from Ukrainian activists and right-wing Dutch newspapers for Maria Putin, […]

RUSSIA to re-open trade mission in Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, July 24th, 2014

Abuja – The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Nikolay Udovincheko, says Russian Trade Mission to Nigeria will be reopened to promote trade and economic ties between the two countries. Udovincheko stated this during a courtesy visit by the Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria, Mr Ima Niboro, to the Russian Embassy on Wednesday in […]

Immigration nabs human trafficking kingpin, rescues 5 victims

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Thursday, July 24th, 2014

Katsina —The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, said it had arrested a human trafficking kingpin, Muntari Hamidu, 30, and rescued five victims in Katsina State. The state Comptroller of NIS, Mr Emmanuel Ogbumuo, who disclosed this at a news conference, yesterday, in Katsina, said the suspect had been on the watch list for a long time. […]

Opinion: Why the military cannot defeat Boko Haram

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Thursday, July 24th, 2014

Bayo Olupohunda | credits: File copy To begin this piece, one fact has become undeniable. Our country is at war. According to the latest Human Rights Watch report, Boko Haram has killed 2, 053 Nigerians in the North-East in six months! The Nigerian military is at the forefront of the war on terror but […]

NFF decides Keshi’s fate today

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, July 24th, 2014

WHETHER or not coach Stephen Keshi will continue to be in charge of the Nigerian senior national football team, the Super Eagles will be among top issues to be discussed when the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) meets today […]