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Nelson Mandela ‘responding to treatment’ – Jacob Zuma

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but remains in a critical condition, South African President Jacob Zuma said after visiting him. The former president and global statesman, 94, has been in hospital battling a recurring lung infection since 8 June. President Zuma’s statement urged the public to continue “providing support and showering him with love”. […]

NFF suspends four football clubs following 79-0, 67-0 match results

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

The Nigeria Football Federation has placed indefinite suspensions on four clubs after two scandalous results of 79-0 and 67-0 in a promotion play-off. In promotion play-offs into the Nigeria Nationwide League, the lowest tier of Nigeria’s domestic league, on Monday, Plateau United Feeders beat Akurba FC 79-0, while Police Machine FC demolished Babayaro FC 67-0. […]

Amaechi does not have a party structure —Wike

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

The Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, explains the crisis in the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, NIYI ODEBODE was there. Excerpts: What happened at the Port Harcourt Airport on Saturday, June 29, when President Goodluck Jonathan was returning to Abuja after his […]

Nursing mother commits suicide after baby dedication

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

A 35-year-old woman, identified as Ejobosele Okoruwa. has committed suicide in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government, Edo State, few hours after dedicating her three months old baby in a church. Ejobosele dedicated her baby on Sunday, while she killed herself in the early hours of Monday. Her lifeless body was found dangling from the ceiling […]

Mayhem in Rivers State House of Assembly, speaker, dep. gov., attacked: Gov. Amaechi’s order of arrest disobeyed by police

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News, Top Stories Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

The political crisis in Rivers State degenerated on Tuesday as an attempt to impeach the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Amachree, sparked a free-for-all. Five members of the House opposed to Governor Rotimi Amaechi had engaged about 13 of their colleagues in a fight shortly after the pro-governor lawmakers resisted the move […]

80% African offenders in China are Nigerians –Envoy

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

The Nigerian Ambassador to China, Aminu Wali, on Monday said Nigerians were responsible for about 80 per cent of the offences committed by Africans in China. Over 400 Nigerians, he added, were serving various jail terms in China for drug-related offences. Wali stated this in Beijing ahead of President Goodluck Jonathan’s state visit to China. […]

Opinion: The harm Nigeria does to the North

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

Last week, the National Teachers’ Institute announced that about 80 per cent of teachers in Northern Nigeria were not qualified to teach. Just before that, the Federal Ministry of Education had announced the cut-off marks for admission into the Federal Government Colleges, known as Unity Schools, with the shocking piece of information that while the […]

Picture: Man tortures son to death, buries corpse

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

A 34-year-old man, Arogundade Ahmed, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly flogging his son to death. According to eyewitnesses, Arogundade tortured his 13-year-old son, Qudus, to death because Qudus broke into someone’s house and attempted to steal. Arogundade was said to have killed his son in the presence of his […]

BOKO HARAM: North taking advantage of Jonathan’s weakness – Pastor Kure

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Top Stories Monday, July 8th, 2013

By SAM EYOBOKA Emmanuel Nuhu Kure is the National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, but based in Kafanchan, Kaduna State where he is the pastor of Throneroom Ministry, Recently, he was in Lagos for a programme at the National Stadium, and took time off to speak with Sunday Vanguard. Excerpts of interview….. […]

Fulani herdsmen kill 34 in Benue

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Monday, July 8th, 2013

BY PETER DURU MAKURDI— few hours after the invasion of Nzorov ward in Iyordye Akaahena village by Fulani herdsmen left scores dead, the marauders, yesterday, attacked Akuroko village in Guma Local Government Area, leaving about 34 dead. Vanguard gathered from sources that fighting was still ongoing at Akuroko village According to sources, “they came from […]