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Bribery: How Justice Wowo was framed in the Gambia –Witness

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Judiciary Saturday, September 7th, 2013

By Chioma Igbokwe A Gambian born British national, Mr Alieu Barry has described as blantant lies allegations of bribery for which a former Chief Justice of The Gambia Justice Joseph Wowo has been widely condemned and facing criminal charges in the West African country. Justice Wowo hails from Edo State in Nigeria but has been […]

Police begin search for abducted Archbishop of Anglican Communion

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, September 7th, 2013

The Police Command in Rivers State said on Saturday that its detectives had commenced search for Bishop Ignatius Kattey, the Archbishop of Niger Delta North of the Anglican Communion. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Angela Agabe, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt that Kattey was abducted with his wife, Beatrice, on […]

Olympics 2020: Tokyo wins race to host Games

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, September 7th, 2013

Play media 7 September 2013 Last updated at 20:51 GMT Olympics 2020: Tokyo wins race to host Games Tokyo has been chosen to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ahead of Istanbul and Madrid. The Japanese capital won a final round of voting by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Buenos Aires to beat […]

World Cup Qualifer: Nigeria silence boastful Malawi in Calabar

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories Saturday, September 7th, 2013

Olumide Nigeria earned passage into the final round of CAF qualification for World Cup 2014 with a 2-0 victory over Malawi in Calabar on Saturday. The Super Eagles were helped by goals from returnee striker Emmanuel Emenika and a penalty from attacker Victor Moses. The game began on a very competitive note with […]

Igbo hater, Fani Kayode, admits lying about having sex with Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca, withdraws claim

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories Thursday, September 5th, 2013

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn the statement credited to him that he had an intimate relationship with the wife of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu. Fani-Kayode, also a former Minister of Culture, in a statement by his lawyer, Mr. […]

Kenyan MPs vote to withdraw from ICC

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, September 5th, 2013

The African Union wants the ICC to drop the charges against Uhuru Kenyatta Continue reading the main story Related Stories Kenya ICC witnesses ‘disappear’ AU accuses ICC of ‘hunting’ Africans Kenya poll violence suspects Kenyan MPs have approved a motion to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an emergency debate. A bill to this […]

Pregnant woman, husband accused of stealing N14m

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, September 5th, 2013

A pregnant woman, Oluwaseun Ogunsanya; her husband, Olumide Ogunsanya, and one other, have been taken before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly forging and altering a company’s certificate of incorporation to steal N14, 068, 926. Oluwaseun, 34, a nurse, appeared in court in the same cloth with her husband on Thursday. The incident was […]

2015: Ex-militants caution ‘New PDP’ against stopping Jonathan

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday, September 5th, 2013

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan | credits: File copy SOME former militants in the Niger Delta have cautioned the ‘New Peoples Democratic Party’ and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi against stopping President Goodluck Jonathan from having a second term in office. The ex-fighters, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Thursday, […]

Anambra: Court strikes out Uba brothers’ motion

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Thursday, September 5th, 2013

Senator Andy Uba A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out an ex parte motion filed by Senator Andy Uba; his brother, Chris; and three others against their suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party by the National Working Committee of the party. Justice Ahmed Mohammed struck out the ex parte motion that […]

Corporal shoots ASP dead during argument at station

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News, Yobe Thursday, September 5th, 2013

Olusoji | credits: File copy When on April 6, 2013, Jane and Olusoji Elegbede got married in Lagos State, their joy knew no bounds. Although Olusoji was a policeman serving in Yobe State, which is fraught with security challenges, Jane did not mind living there with him. Their plan was to settle down, have […]