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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 […]

Boko Haram: 1,000 die in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe in 3 months

Posted by admin Adamawa, Borno, Headlines, State News, Yobe Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

FROM ISAAC ANUMIHE, Abuja No fewer than 1,000 Nigerians have been killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in the last three months. Similarly, about 249,446 persons have been displaced and over three million people have been affected and economic activities destabilised in the sustained violence. Speaking at the […]

School proprietor arraigned for raping pupil in Abia

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

From OKEY SAMPSON, Aba A 53-year-old school proprietor, Lemmy Amachi Chukwu, was on Monday arraigned before the Ukwa East Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Akwete, Abia State for allegedly raping a 12-year-old primary five pupil of his school. Police prosecutor, Chris Kpatuma, who is also the divisional police officer (DPO) for Ukwa East Police Division, […]