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Spike in executions around the world worries capital punishment opponents

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, January 26th, 2014

EDGAR Arias Tamayo took 17 minutes to die. The 46-year-old Mexican national was taken into the Texas execution chamber, strapped down and given a lethal injection which would eventually kill him. He didn’t have any final words to say, instead choosing to remain silent. Tamayo, who was convicted of the 1994 shooting and killing […]

Jealous lover hurls grenade at wedding party

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, January 26th, 2014

Nine people were killed and 30 others injured in a grenade attack on a wedding party. The bride suffered a broken thigh after she was hit by shrapnel while the groom was injured in his hand. Source: Supplied. A GRENADE was lobbed at a wedding party in Cambodia, killing nine people and wounding 30 […]

North Korean leader reportedly orders the execution of all family members of uncle

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, January 26th, 2014

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s unclde Jang Song-Thaek (second right) pictured in court before being executed on December 12 for allegedly trying to overthrow his nephew. It has been reported Jang’s family has also been executed. Picture: AFP Source: AFP THE entire family of Kim Jong-un’s uncle, executed less than a month ago, have […]

Those fighting me are fighting God —Okorocha •Tells opposition to stay clear of Imo

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Saturday, January 25th, 2014

Views: 861 IGovernor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has declared that whoever fights him and his administration is actually fighting God. “I believe that the mandate given to me by Imo people is divine and God will help me accomplish it. Those fighting Rochas and this government are fighting God,” he declared while reacting to the Supreme […]

Miracle of Cape Town: How Super Eagles came from 3 goals down to beat Morocco and zoom into CHAN semi-finals

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, January 25th, 2014

Views: 169 Nigeria have secured a place in the semi-final of the African Nations Championship after beating Morocco 4-3 after extra-time in the quarter-final match played at the Cape Town Stadium. A first half brace from Mohsine Moutaouali and a goal from Iajour Mouhssine ensured Hassan Benabicha’s side got a three-goal lead in the first […]

Breaking News: Amaechi dares police, Ogoni elders; storms Ogoniland for rally

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News Saturday, January 25th, 2014

Views: 1001 Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has made good his words to personally attend today’s rally in Ogoniland despite fears of a breakdown of law and order and advice against doing so. “We are off to Bori for the rally and His Excellency is going with us,” a source close to […]

Jonathan, Ekweremadu hail Eagles over CHAN miracle

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, January 25th, 2014

Views: 610 President Goodluck Jonathan and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu have saluted the home Super Eagles on their exhilarating come-back victory over their Moroccan counterparts this evening in Cape Town in the quarter-finals of the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN). “President Jonathan applauds the indomitable spirit with which the Super Eagles fought back from […]

Eagles clinch 4-3 comeback win over Morocco in CHAN quater finals action

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories Saturday, January 25th, 2014

The home-based Super Eagles on Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa, came back from three goals down to overcome Morocco’s Atlas Lions 4-3 in extra time and advance to the semi-final of the ongoing African Nations Championship. The victory brought back memories of 1989: when Nigeria came back from four goals down to beat USSR […]

The face of wickedness – girl locked up in cage by dad for 30 months

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Friday, January 24th, 2014

■ Parents put teenage daughter in a cage for two and half years From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Tongues have begun to wag in Bayelsa following the discovery of a 16-year-old girl, Blessing Olokumo who had been locked up in a cage for the past 30 months by her parents over an alleged witchcraft induced illness. […]

School Principal, Six Other Homosexuals Stoned in Bauchi Court

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, State News Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

Bauchi — There was pandemonium at the Upper Court 4 in Anguwan Jaki, Bauchi State, yesterday, as an angry mob almost lynched seven suspected homosexuals brought to court for trial. One of the suspects was identified as the Principal of a Government Secondary School in the state. The development forced security personnel at the court […]