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Five robbers killed in police shootout in C’River

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Sunday, April 20th, 2014

No fewer than five suspected armed robbers were on Saturday killed after a bloody shootout with the police in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. Several other suspects were said to have escaped with various degrees of injuries. An eyewitness, Nya Moses, a resident of Akpabuyo, said he counted at least five dead […]

N76bn Abuja CCTV destroyed, stolen (What a wasteful country)

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Friday, April 18th, 2014

Vice-President Namadi Sambo Two years after the completion of a $470m (N76.bn) National Public Security Communications System Project in Abuja, most of the installed 1,000 cameras for the Closed-Circuit Television in the city have either been vandalised or stolen, investigation by Saturday PUNCH has revealed. Checks showed that the solar panels and batteries of the […]

Police arraign two brothers for N46m fraud

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, April 18th, 2014

The police on Friday arraigned two brothers, Oluwatosin Bakare, 36, and Ayinde Bakare, 56, both of Ijun Ajuwon, Ogun, in a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for N46m fraud. The prosecutor, DSP Peter Amadi, told the court that on Aug. 28, 2013, Ibrahim Umar and Co, (Barristers and Solicitors) of the Supreme Court […]

NFF can’t work against Eagles, Keshi —Maigari

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, April 18th, 2014

NFF president Aminu Maigari | credits: File copy The Nigeria Football Federation has denied planning the downfall of coach Stephen Keshi and the Super Eagles as the team prepare for the World Cup in Brazil. NFF president Aminu Maigari lashed out at some reports which said the football body was planning to replace Keshi with […]

World Bank approves $150m for Nigeria, Ghana, others

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, April 18th, 2014

The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved $150m to finance 19 university-based Centres of Excellence in Nigeria and six other countries in West and Central Africa. A statement issued by the bank on Thursday said Nigeria would get the highest share of $70m from the International Development Association funding. According to […]

Pakistan president leads 70-man delegation to Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, April 18th, 2014

President Mamnoon Hussain of Pakistan will begin a three-day working visit to Nigeria from Monday, April 21, the Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner, Ahmed Sirohey said in Abuja. The visit is the first of a Pakistan’s president to Nigeria in 32 years and Hussain is leading a 70-man delegation, Sirohey told reporters. According to […]

Column: 2015: Beyond manipulation of religious identity

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, April 18th, 2014

There is a difference as Yusuf Bala Usman reminded us in a persuasive book many years ago, between the expression of religious identity, which is healthy, and the manipulation of religious identity, a cynical elite stratagem to gain or retain power. What is on display in the ongoing debate about the prospects of an All […]

Easter: Police assures Lagosians of adequate security

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, April 18th, 2014

Ahead of the coming Easter celebrations and carnival, the Police in Lagos have assured the residents of adequate security throughout the festivities saying every measure has been put in place by the security agencies to ensure the safety of the people. Briefing newsmen after the week’s State Security Council meeting presided over by the State […]

Abuja blast: First lady donates medical items to victims

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News Friday, April 18th, 2014

The First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday in Abuja distributed medical items to the hospitalised victims of Nyanya bomb blast. The blast which occurred on April 14, in Nyanya, a suburb of the FCT, was officially reported to have claimed 75 lives. The First Lady was represented by the National Coordinator of her NGO, […]

Soyinka, others decry influx of foreigners

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Wole Soyinka Friday, April 18th, 2014

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka some academics and researchers have expressed worry over unchecked influx of foreigners into Nigeria’s territory. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday at the end of a three- day colloquium organised by the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding. Soyinka, who is […]