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Police bars youth from inspecting Amaechi’s projects

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, September 21st, 2013

Scores of youths attending an event organised by the Rotary Club with the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, were on Friday barred by policemen from inspecting some state projects in Port Harcourt. The youths, who were about 600 in number, were said to be waiting for Government House buses to convey them from the […]

Two men caught with human head

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, September 21st, 2013

Two men were on Friday in Ibadan paraded by the police for possessing a decomposing human head. One of the men, Seyi Akinola, was arrested in an ambush operation by the police while Ajitoni Ogundeji was named by Akinola as his accomplice in the crime. Ogundeji, who is a farmer and a hunter, was alleged […]

Bloody confusion in Abuja

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Saturday, September 21st, 2013

There was confusion in Abuja on Friday as operatives of the State Security Service raided a building in Apo Quarters, killing eight people. Though the SSS claimed that those killed were members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, eyewitnesses and survivors denied the security agents’ claim. Survivors alleged that the attack was masterminded by […]

SSS foils plot to kidnap Yar’Adua’s daughter

Posted by admin Headlines, Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10) Thursday, September 19th, 2013

Suspected kidnappers THE State Security Service on Thursday said it had foiled a plot to abduct one of the daughters of late President Umaru Yar’Adua. The SSS said two suspects, Hamza Abubakar and Lawrence Okoro, had been arrested in connection with the foiled kidnap attempt. Deputy Director, SSS, Public Relations, Ms. Marilyn Ogar, told newsmen […]

Anti-Christ Remarks of El-Rufai: Christian Youth Organizations Threaten Retaliation on Prophet Mohammed and Sultan of Sokoto

Posted by admin Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Top Stories Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

Mallam Nasir El-Rufai The words of war between Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN has taken a dangerous dimension. Today, 18.09.2013, the umbrella body of Nigerian Christian youth organizations, Christian Youth Vanguard (CYV), issued a statement in Abuja and […]

NFF rules out Abuja Stadium for World Cup play-off (After spending billions to build it)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

From ROMANUS UGWU, Abuja The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) may have technically ruled out the possibility of the Super Eagles using the newly refurbished Abuja National Stadium for the FIFA World Cup play-off tie despite the official unveiling of the stadium today. The Chairman of the Security Sub-committee of the Federation, Chief Effiong Johnson, who […]

Police arrest bizman for allegedly stripping female officer naked

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

BY NWABUEZE OKONKWO ONITSHA — Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ballah Nasarawa, yesterday, arrested the businessman that allegedly molested and stripped naked a female police officer (names withheld). The suspect, whose identity was withheld by the police, was, however, released on bail immediately after visiting some important offices at state police headquarters, Awka. […]

Nigerian storms Abidjan police station with cutlass, chases policemen away

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

Abidjan – A Nigerian suspected to be mentally deranged, Bethel Chima, has been shot in the legs after running amok with a cutlass inside a police station in Port-Bouet Abidjan. Chima, who is in his 30s is said to have been living in Abidjan for the past eight years. Some Nigerians residing in Port-Bouet said […]

Super Eagles are 100% sure of victory against Ethiopia

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) said it was confident the Super Eagles have a 100 per cent chance of beating Ethiopia to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals. NFA’s Assistant Technical Director, James Peters, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja he was sure the team would be in Brazil […]

Ibori hid assets in Oando, says Briish prosecutors

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

-Punch Convicted former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori, hid some of his assets in an indigenous integrated oil company, Oando Plc, according to a British prosecutor. The prosecutor was quoted by Reuters in a report on Monday as saying that the former governor, who is serving a 13-year jail term in the United Kingdom for […]