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Shake-up in CBN, Emefiele redeploys deputy governors

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Thursday, June 19th, 2014

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday began the reorganisation of the institution with the redeployment of the deputy governors of the bank. The development was confirmed in a statement issued by Mr. Isaac Okoroafor of the Corporate Communications Department of the CBN. The statement stated that with the […]

Arisekola Alao dies at 69

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, June 19th, 2014

Are Musulumi of Yoruba land and billionaire businessman, Alhaji Azeez Arisekola Alao, is dead. Family sources told our correspondent that the religious leader died in his London home on Wednesday where he had been since last week Thursday. He died on the day he was expected back in Nigeria. He was aged 69. The family […]

Tinubu has turned APC into a private property – Tom Ikimi

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics Thursday, June 19th, 2014

The estranged pioneer member of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Tom Ikimi, on Wednesday attributed his grouse with the party to the tyrannical approach to leadership by some of the leaders of the APC, including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He said before Tinubu singlehandedly chose the former Edo State governor, John Odigie-Oyegun, he had threatened “fire […]

21 people die in football watching explosion in Yobe

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories, Yobe Thursday, June 19th, 2014

At least 21 people were killed in an explosion which ripped through a football viewing centre in Damaturu, Yobe State on Tuesday, Agence France Presse quoted a medical source as saying on Wednesday. “We received 21 dead bodies and 27 injured victims from the blast,” said the source at the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in […]

Hotels targeted in deadly Kenya attack

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, June 16th, 2014

At least 48 people have been killed after unidentified armed men attacked Mpeketoni, a coastal town in Kenya’s Lamu county, and set fire to three hotels and a police station, reports say. The area is in the heart of the East African country’s tourism industry. The attackers targeted several buildings on Sunday, including hotels, a […]

Police arrest 63 suspected cult members in Akwa Ibom

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Monday, June 16th, 2014

The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Sunday arrested 63 persons, suspected to be members of ‘Black Axe,’ a cult group. DSP Etim Dickson, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, announced this while briefing newsmen in Uyo. He said that the suspected cult members were arrested during their initiation at Effoi village forest, near Eket. The […]

Muslims killed in Sri Lanka mob attacks Muslims killed in Sri Lanka mob attacks

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, June 16th, 2014

At least three people have been killed and more than 80 people injured in overnight mob attacks led by Sinhala Buddhist monks in two coastal Sri Lankan towns, according to medics. Sri Lanka’s police on Monday extended a curfew across the popular resort towns of Aluthgama and Beruwala after Muslim properties and mosques came under […]

Okorocha condemns attempt to bomb church in Imo

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Monday, June 16th, 2014

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has condemned Sunday’s attempt to bomb the Living Faith Church, located on Port Harcourt Road, Owerri. Okorocha, who addressed newsmen condemned the act, and commended the security agencies for their timely intervention. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the two improvised explosive devices were hidden under a flower […]

Abuja-Kaduna rail 85% complete, says minister

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, June 15th, 2014

The Abuja-Kaduna standard rail project is 85 per cent completed, the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said. Umar announced this on Saturday in Doko, Kaduna State, at a ceremony to mark the attainment of 100km of track-laying for the railway modernisation project. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Vice President Namadi Sambo […]

Boko Haram kills 15 in Borno market

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Sunday, June 15th, 2014

Boko Haram sect | credits: File copy The terrorist sect, Boko Haram, on Sunday reportedly killed 15 persons, mostly traders in a local market in Daku village in the Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The terrorists were said to have stormed the market in the early hours of Sunday, armed with AK47 rifles, […]