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Mikel scores as Chelsea power into FA Cup 4th round •Man U bundled out •All the results & 4th round fixtures

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, January 5th, 2014

Nigerian international John Obi Mikel sparkled like the big star he is this afternoon when he captained English Premiership giants Chelsea to an away victory that saw them through to the fourth round of the FA Cup. Mikel, who was playing his 300th game for the Blues, set up a fourth round tie against Stoke […]

Six dead in Kaduna unrest

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, Raw Politics, State News Sunday, January 5th, 2014

Six people suspected to be Fulani herds men were reported killed today and an unspecified number of cows stolen in Bungel village, Kajim District in Marwa Chiefdom of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria. The Secretary Mobgal Fulbe Development Association, Kaduna State, Ahmad Mairiga Yandeh, said the incident, which also resulted in […]

15 now ‘born again’ return certificates to WAEC •Confess to cheating during exams

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Sunday, January 5th, 2014

In what may come as a big surprise to most people, no fewer than 15 persons recently returned certificates issued to them by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). They said they had to give up the certificates because they cheated during the examination, and now as Born Again Christians, they could not live with […]

PHOTONEWS: Calabar Carnival 2013

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Saturday, January 4th, 2014

PHOTONEWS: Calabar Carnival 2013 Posted: Jan, 04 2014, 4:01AM Photos from the December 2013 Calabar carnival as recorded by Kayode Ogundamisi for Saharareporters.com wp_posts

Mission to TB Joshua: Wife of ex-Zimbabwean Prime Minister flees home in husband’s absence

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, January 3rd, 2014

When Zimbabawe’s immediate past Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai recently decided to travel to Lagos, Nigeria, to consult controversial pastor/prophet, Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua, little did he know that he would no longer find his wife at home on his return to Harare, the Zimbabwean capital. Tsvangirai’s political fortunes had dipped following his party’s loss of […]

It’s political madness to defect to APC, says Kaduna PDP Chairman

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Friday, January 3rd, 2014

The Chairman of the Kaduna chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Abubakar Haruna has described as ‘political madness’ the gale of defection of members of the party to the All Progressive Congress. In an apparent reference to the defection of the five governors of the party to the APC, he likened the defection to a […]

‘Nigeria now losing 40,000 barrels of crude daily’

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Friday, January 3rd, 2014

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State on Thursday said the Federal Government had succeeded in bringing down the volume of crude oil being lost to thieves in the country to about 40,000 barrels from 100,000 daily. Uduaghan said this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after attending a meeting inside the Presidential Villa, […]

Niger panics over state of Federation Account (How about generating your own income?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger, State News Friday, January 3rd, 2014

THE Niger State Commissioner for Finance, Kpako Bello, on Thursday expressed fears that should the indices that affected the inflow of income into the Federation Account last year persists, it will be difficult for the state to pick up its bills. The commissioner, at a press briefing on the state’s 2014 Appropriation Bill, said anything […]

Opinion: A letter to CBN Governor

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Friday, January 3rd, 2014

Niran Adedokun Dear Lamido Sanusi, Let me start by wishing you a very happy New Year and congratulate you on the near completion of your tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. That can be no mean task, especially with the complexities of the nation and the unpredictability of politicians that you have […]

Wife arrested while exporting heroin to husband

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Friday, January 3rd, 2014

by Comfort Oseghale Nsofor advertisement A 34-year-old housewife, Ngozi Nsofor, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for attempting to export 195 grammes of heroin to her husband in Liberia. The drug was allegedly concealed inside a bag of female artificial hair and was […]