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Boko Haram cowards escape, regroup in Adamawa mountains

Posted by admin Adamawa, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Monday, May 20th, 2013

Hundreds of members of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, who are fleeing military attacks in the border communities of Borno State, are regrouping in the mountainous forests of Adamawa State, a top Defence source told The PUNCH on Monday. The source said that militants, who were dislodged from Sambisa Game Reserve and other camps […]

Customs arrest suspects with $2.7m at Lagos airport

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, May 20th, 2013

Murtala Muhammad Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted $2.7m (or N432m) from five suspected money launderers while attempting to travel abroad. The Public Relations Officers of the command, Mrs. Thelma Williams, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos that the arrests were made between January and March 2013. She […]

‘Govt hasn’t banned Hijab in public schools’

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, May 20th, 2013

Lagos State Government says it has not banned the use of Hijab in public schools. It said rather, the issue was still being looked into with a view to taking a stand on it. In a statement on Monday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Lateef Ibirogba, the government said it was still making […]

Anambra agog for Achebe’s funeral

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Monday, May 20th, 2013

The Ogidi community near Onitsha in Anambra State has begun a comprehensive sanitation and demolition of shanties in preparation for the funeral of the late Prof Chinua Achebe. The Anambra Waste Management Agency (ASWAMA) and the Onitsha municipal council have embarked on the clearing of refuse dumps in the area. The government ordered the demolition […]

Ghana stampede kills four at TB Joshua’s church

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, May 20th, 2013

Police say they were overwhelmed by the large crowd when a stampede killed four people at a church in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Sunday. Thousands of people flocked to the evangelical church for “holy water”, which they believed had healing powers, leading to the crush. “All of us were caught by surprise. No-one knew the […]

Picture: Obasanjo shares 40% cassava bread with African leaders

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, May 20th, 2013

By Jimoh Babatunde with agency report Former Nigeria’s President ,Olusegun Obasanjo, took the 40 percent cassava flour inclusion in bread to Tanzania recently as he urged the Tanzania President to promote the use of cassava in confectioneries in his country to transform agriculture. He noted that the use of cassava flour in bread would stimulate […]

Aviation workers threaten to ground flight operations today

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Monday, May 20th, 2013

Workers of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency on Sunday vowed to paralyse activities in the aviation sector, including flight operations, on Monday (today), after a meeting between their union leaders and NAMA management over salary dispute ended in a deadlock on Friday. The planned industrial action is coming on the heels of a 14-day ultimatum […]

Confed Cup: Rangers struggle without Mba

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, May 20th, 2013

Rangers defender Ugonna Uzochukwu scored the match winner three minutes from full time to give the Nigerian representatives 1-0 win over CS Sfaxien in the CAF Confederations Cup played inside the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu. Uzochukwu got the red card minutes later after he picked up his second booking of the day but it […]

Chief Justice plan to sack lazy judges

Posted by admin Headlines, Judiciary Monday, May 20th, 2013

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma-Mukhtar, has warned that judges who do not deliver up to four judgments in a year risk sacking. The CJN said besides the outcome of petitions filed against judicial officers, the National Judicial Council would henceforth use its performance evaluation reports to sack unproductive and lazy judges. A […]

Jesse Jackson backs amnesty for Boko Haram

Posted by admin American Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines Monday, May 20th, 2013

American civil rights leader and Baptist minister, Rev. Jesse Jackson, has thrown his weight behind the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to offer amnesty to members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Jackson, a two-time United States of American presidential candidate, also said Nigeria “is divided, not so much by religion, region and tribe but […]