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Enyeama saves Lille, Utaka scores

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Vincent Enyeama Lille recorded a vital away win against Toulouse at the Stadium Municipal on Saturday and it was all thanks to goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama whose performance ensured their hosts did not take advantage of his team’s weak defence line in the 2-1 win. Enyeama was virtually left at the mercy of the Toulouse strikers […]

Taiwo gives up on World Cup chances

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Taye Taiwo | credits: http://ynaija.com/ Bursaspor’s Taye Taiwo admits he is pessimistic over his chances of making Nigeria’s World Cup squad this summer. He has been pushing for a recall with 34 appearances for his Turkish side in all competitions so far this season. Current Super Eagles left back Elderson Echiejile has played just […]

Kogi gov’s convoy caused Iyayi’s death –FRSC

Posted by admin Headlines, Kogi, State News Sunday, April 6th, 2014

The Federal Road Safety Corps has stated that the holes found on the chest of the late former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Festus Iyayi, were caused by body parts of the vehicle in which he died after an accident. The FRSC also blamed a driver in the convoy of the […]

Nigeria, the giant disappointment of Africa (1)

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Tolu Ogunlesi | credits: File copy I landed in Sao Paolo, Brazil, on Saturday, to start a two-week reporting fellowship for journalists, organised by the School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. (More on the trip in the coming weeks). Brazil, which I’m visiting for the first time, has captured my imagination […]

Women are biggest victims of ritual killings – Okei-Odumakin

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin The President of Women Arise, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, on Sunday expressed concern over the high level of ritual killings in the South-West, saying women were the worst targeted. She also condemned what she termed as the barbaric, crude and bestial handling of women in Nigeria, describing the situation as “grossly unacceptable.” […]

Nine die in Ogun bus accident

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Sunday, April 6th, 2014

A scene of an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. | credits: File photo Nine passengers were burnt beyond recognition after fire gutted a Lagos-bound commercial bus on Warewa Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday. PUNCH Metro learnt that nine others sustained injuries in the accident which occurred around 4pm. Although police […]

Keshi denies sharing Eagles cash with NFF officials

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has described as untrue a statement by a former assistant coach of the team, Sylvanus Okpala, stating that the money given to the team by the Cross River State Government after last year’s Africa Cup of Nations triumph was shared by the Nigeria Football […]

Robbers kill contractor, shoot 12-year-old daughter in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, April 6th, 2014

A gang of robbers on Sunday shot dead a 59-year-old contractor, Alhaji Yusuf Surajudeen, in his home located on Adebola Street in the Ogudu, Ojota area of Lagos State. Surajudeen’s 12-year-old daughter, Aisha, was also shot in the face during the operation which lasted for less than an hour. When our correspondent visited the […]

Gang attack: 10 Nigerians hospitalised in S’Africa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories Friday, April 4th, 2014

Ten Nigerians have been hospitalised in South Africa, while 25 shops owned by Nigerians have been looted following attacks by organized gangs. The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from Pretoria on Friday that the attack began last week in Johannesburg and […]

Scores killed as soldiers kill Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Friday, April 4th, 2014

Scores of people were on Thursday killed in a Fulani settlement near Keana, in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in a gun duel between soldiers and suspected Fulani cattle breeders. Many were also said to have been wounded during the incident which occurred barely 24 hours after the military deployed troops in Benue […]