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School massacre: Yobe secondary schools closed

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Yobe Sunday, July 7th, 2013

Secondary schools have been ordered closed across Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Yobe after a massacre in which suspected Islamist extremists killed 22 students and torched their school. Yobe Governor Ibrahim Gaidam condemned as “cold-blooded murder” Saturday’s attack on the Mamudo boarding school. Nigeria blamed Islamist militant group Boko Haram – which targeted two schools in […]

CHAN: Nigeria thrash Ivory Coast 4-1, seal a place in the finals in South Africa

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, July 7th, 2013

Morocco shocked title-holders Tunisia and Nigeria overpowered Ivory Coast in 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers. A brace from star midfielder Sunday Mba helped Nigeria trounce nine-man Ivory Coast 4-1 in Kaduna and virtually seal a place in the finals for the first time. Morocco are equally well-placed to compete in South Africa next January […]

We’re searching for Fashola’s successor – ACN

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Party Politics, State News, Top Stories Sunday, July 7th, 2013

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has refuted speculations that Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the National Leader of the Party, Bola Tinubu, has been chosen to succeed Governor Babatunde Fashola as Lagos governor. The speculations, which have become a subject for debate on the Internet, has it that Tinubu […]

First ladies’ impunity should stop — Falana

Posted by admin First Ladies, Headlines Saturday, July 6th, 2013

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, in this interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, says the office of the First Lady is illegal and the roles of president/governors’ wives should be limited W hat does the Nigerian constitution say about the office of the First Lady and what are the roles assigned to […]

Boeing 777 plane crash-lands at San Francisco airport

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, Top Stories Saturday, July 6th, 2013

A Boeing 777 aircraft has crash-landed at San Francisco international airport, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, officials say. Pictures posted on Twitter showed passengers jumping down the inflatable emergency slides and leaving the area, as plumes of smoke rise from the plane. Fire fighters and rescue teams are at the scene […]

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi owed five months’ salary (Someone in NFF has embezzled his salary)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, July 6th, 2013

By Oluwashina Okeleji BBC Sport, Lagos Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has not been paid since he led the Super Eagles to a third Africa Cup of Nations title five months ago. However, the ex-Super Eagles captain has not made an official complaint. And the Nigerian Football Federation has told BBC Sport that the situation is […]

FIFA bans Cameroon from international football

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, July 6th, 2013

The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) says it does not understand why the country has been banned from all football activity by Fifa. On Thursday, Fifa suspended Cameroon “on account of government interference” in the Fecafoot elections in June. “It is a big surprise; I don’t see any government intervention in what happened,” Fecafoot vice president […]

Appeal Court removes Obong of Calabar

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Saturday, July 6th, 2013

*Orders fresh selection CITING lack of due process, the Appeal Court sitting in Calabar yesterday removed Etubom Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu as the Obong of Calabar. The judgment read by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba and confirmed by Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyawu and Onyekachi Otisi upheld the earlier verdict of a lower court that due process was […]

Boko Haram: ‘Dozens dead’ in school attack in Nigeria’s Yobe state

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, National Politics, State News, Top Stories, Yobe Saturday, July 6th, 2013

At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say. Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state. Dozens of schools have been burned in attacks by Islamists since 2010. Yobe […]

Cashless policy: Dream still far from reality

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines Saturday, July 6th, 2013

By Emmanuel Edukugho In what can best be described as an attempt to broaden the scope of electronic payments for goods and services, five states and the FCT are set to join Lagos which adopted the cashless initiative last year, owing to the high level of commercial activities and cash deposits they record. On its […]