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Gaddafi’s son apologises, asks for forgiveness

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 28th, 2014

Detained son of late Libyan dictator Moamar Gaddafi, Saadi Gaddafi, has apologised for what he called “my attempts to destabilise the country”. He also asked for forgiveness. “I should have helped achieve renaissance in the country. I shouldn’t have carried out such deeds,” he said without elaborating in a video broadcast late on Thursday on […]

Church robbery: Court grants suspects N100,000 bail

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 28th, 2014

An Ikeja Magistrate’s court on Thursday granted bail to eight armed robbery suspects said to have been involved in a church robbery in which phones and money estimated at N2m was said to have been stolen. Among the suspects is the son of the traditional ruler of Ojokoro Community, 31-year-old Adeola Taiwo. Others are Agozie […]

Disturbing Picture: Policeman kills wife, five others, commits suicide

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Friday, March 28th, 2014

The policeman. A policeman attached to the Ogun State Police Command, Corporal Sunkanmi Ogunbiyi, went on the rampage on Thursday in Abeokuta, killing six people, including his wife and a two-year-old child. Ogunbiyi, who worked at the State Criminal Investigation Department, was said to be having matrimonial problems with his wife Oluwatosin Faremi, who was […]

Explosion rocks Abuja shopping plaza

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), General Politics, Headlines, State News Friday, March 28th, 2014

A scene of a gas explosion at Shagari Plaza, opposite Area One shopping complex, Garki, Abuja…on Thursday. Residents scampered for safety on Thursday as explosion rocked Shagari Plaza on Moshood Abiola Way, Garki-Area One, Abuja. The quick succession in which the explosion occurred made customers and neighbours to scamper into safety. Many expressed fears that […]

I may lead Adamawa out of Nigeria into Cameroon – Lamido of Adamawa (Good riddens)

Posted by admin Adamawa, Headlines, State News Friday, March 28th, 2014

I MAY LEAD ADAMAWA OUT OF NIGERIA – LAMIDO OF ADAMAWA Kunle Oderemi and Clement Idoko – Abuja Thursday, March 27, 2014 advertisement A delegate and the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Aliyu Lamido has threatened to stage a boycott of the conference by his people. This is just as a 49-member body, on Wednesday, met […]

Army kills 11 Boko Haram members, arrests 31

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Thursday, March 27th, 2014

The Special Forces have arrested 31 fighters of the Boko Haram Sect who were attempting to flee the country through Taraba State and Gumti in Adamawa State into Cameroon. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an electronic mail on Thursday that one of those arrested was a mercenary claiming to be […]

NFF queries Keshi on attitude towards work

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, March 27th, 2014

The Nigeria Football Federation has asked Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, to explain several incidents bordering on his attitude to work. The memo signed by the federation’s Technical Director, Emmanuel Ikpeme, on behalf of the General Secretary asks the coach to explain why he proceeded on leave without permission and thus missing a reception hosted […]

Diezani private jets – Reps uncover a third (Corruption in high places)

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 27th, 2014

There were indications on Wednesday that members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts had come under intense pressure to tread softly on their ongoing investigation into the alleged financial excesses of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. It was also learnt in Abuja that Alison-Madueke chartered a third jet for […]

Confab: Nigerians move against sleeping delegates

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 27th, 2014

on Wednesday, more pictures of some delegates sleeping during the ongoing national conference circulated online. The pictures, which have since become Internet sensation, further attracted public criticisms as many were quick to ask if the delegates were being paid to sleep at the conference. The concerned Nigerians, in their posts on various social networking sites, […]

Sultan to Jonathan: Confab composition unfair to Muslims -(Must it be about religion all the time?)

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Sultan of Sokoto Thursday, March 27th, 2014

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Wednesday led some prominent Muslims in the country to the Presidential Villa, Abuja to protest what they called their marginalisation. At a closed-door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice -President Namadi Sambo and a few top government officials, the Sultan and the other muslim leaders specifically […]