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Picture: Ex-Oyo gov, Ladoja, loses son in auto crash

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Friday, May 30th, 2014

A former Governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja, on Thursday lost one of his sons in an auto crash on the Eko Bridge in Lagos. The deceased, identified as Adebola Ladoja, was driving a Golf saloon car, marked, AKD 107 CJ, and was said to be on his way to Lagos Island when a Daf […]

Passengers panic as Emirates slashes Dubai-bound flights

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, May 30th, 2014

Nigerian passengers heading for Dubai have had to make alternative arrangements to arrive at their destination by making connecting flights through Abu Dhabi and other destinations in the Middle East following a recent announcement that Emirates Airlines had cancelled one of its twice-daily flights to Dubai. Emirates Airlines originally operated one flight per day from […]

38 men gang rape a teenage girl in Malaysia – Police swing into action

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, May 30th, 2014

Malaysian police have detained 13 men and are still looking for other suspects following allegations that a 15-year-old girl was raped by 38 men in an abandoned hut, a report said on Friday. The media reported that the assault took place in the Northern state of Kelantan on May 20 when the girl met a […]

Boko Haram attacks police station, army base…kills 40 soldiers, policemen in Yobe

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, State News, Yobe Wednesday, May 28th, 2014

Boko Haram insurgents continued their rampage on Monday night, killing 49 security operatives and civilians in two communities in Yobe and Borno states. In the attack on Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, they left 20 soldiers and 20 policemen dead while in Chinene, Gwoza LGA of Borno State, they cut the […]

Travel note: On a visit to Nigeria (2)

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, May 28th, 2014

On Friday, May 9, 2014 some 250 plus passengers arrived to chaos and hostility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. I was amongst them. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean was the beautiful Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport – but on this side of the ocean was the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, […]

UN Security Council approves sanctions against Boko Haram, US says

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, United Nations Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions against the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group Boko Haram, which has carried out a wave of deadly attacks and the recent abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria, the United States said Thursday. U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power welcomed the council’s action, calling it “an important step […]

Akwa Ibom Govt. react to story on child witches -By Anietie Ekong

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

Dear Sir, It is unfortunate that the writer is ascribing the action of perhaps one person or a few persons to an entire state and hiding under that cover to launch an attack on the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio. Or how else do I describe a report on the so-called child […]

Rejoinder: Okonjo-Iweala will not share money

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE Rejoinder. May 26, 2014 REJOINDER TO SAM NDA-ISIAH: OKONJO-IWEALA WILL NOT SHARE MONEY TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY Sam Nda-Isaiah is someone that all of us would like to respect particularly since the publisher of Leadership newspaper has declared his intention to run for President under the banner of the All Progessives […]

Press release: Service chiefs bomb Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by admin Headlines, Press Releases Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE News Release. May 24, 2014 “SERVICE CHIEFS BOMB OKONJO-IWEALA”: PUNCH LIES AGAIN In its front page story, today May 24, 2014, ”Service Chiefs ‘Bomb’ Okonjo-Iweala”, PUNCH, in its usual tradition of lies against the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, claimed that military Service Chiefs […]

I forgive Obasanjo — Orji Kalu (You need to return your stolen Abia millions, ask for forgiveness & submit yourself for prosecution)

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Sunday, May 25th, 2014

By PETER DURU A former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Kalu, stated, yesterday, that he has forgiven former President Olusegun Obasanjo despite the moves against his businesses during the Obasanjo presidency. Kalu, who made the pronouncement when he spoke to journalists in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, said he would however not forget what […]