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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 […]
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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, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Immigration tragedy: Protesting youths clash in Abuja 1 By Our Reporter on March 26, 2014 · National From ROMANUS UGWU, Abuja There was a mild drama at the Ministry of Interior yesterday when two groups of demonstrating youths stormed the ministry to protest the death of the 17 Nigerian youths during the recent recruitment exercise […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Missing plane: China demands Kuala Lumpur turn over satellite data 0 By Our Reporter on March 26, 2014 · National China has demanded that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that a Malaysia Airlines jetliner had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, killing everyone on board, as gale-force winds and heavy rain […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Chaotic Abuja: Minister bemoans capital city turned jungle 0 By By FRED ITUA on March 26, 2014 · Abuja Metro, COVER, Specials Crisis looms in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over a recent clampdown on street urchins, beggars, Keke NAPEP (tricycle) operators, owners of local bars, illegal shanties, roadside food vendors, okada riders and […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University, Prof. Bashiru Okesina The Vice Chancellor of the Osun State University, Prof. Bashir Okesina, says the university has engaged the services of members of the Oodua People’s Congress to protect its students from rapists and hoodlums. Okesina said this while addressing a press conference in Osogbo on Monday as part […]
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Benue, Borno, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Ten persons were killed in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Tuesday, when two suicide bombers rammed their cars into a police patrol vehicle. Also, 27 people were reportedly killed on Tuesday in Benue State after a brutal attack which took place in Agena Village in Gwer-East Local Government […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke The first civilian Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Isiaka Adeleke, has said that elders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state asked him to pick form and run for the office again. Adeleke said that there was no way he would have turned the request of the elders down, since […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi Shareholders of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc have asked an Abuja Federal High Court to order the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, to pay them N10bn as damages over what they described as the fraudulent banking and investment practices […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
SUPER Eagles skipper, Joseph Yobo A landlord was horrified when he saw the state in which a penthouse flat leased in the name of ex-Everton player Joseph Yobo had been left. There were burn marks on the carpet, a dirty kitchen and bathroom, and holes in the wall left from a flat-screen television. But […]
