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18-year-old undergraduate stabs father to death

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Residents of Langbasa, Ajah, Lagos State are still talking about 18-year-old Olanrewaju Kayode-Aremu, who stabbed his father, Victor Kayode-Aremu, to death. Police authorities said the suspect stabbed his 46-year-old father to death while the man was attempting to enter his room. PUNCH Metro learnt that Olanrewaju was a student of University of Ilorin, Kwara State, […]

I ’ve forgiven Peter Obi – Umeh

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, says he has forgiven all the “dissidents that had a hand in the crises that nearly tore the party apart in recent time”. Umeh stated this in Ogidi, Anambra State during the party’s South-East stakeholders’ meeting. The APGA chief, who recalled the party’s history […]

ThisDay bomber cried for missing heaven – Witness

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

A prosecution witness on Tuesday told an Abuja Federal High Court that a suspected Boko Haram member, Mustapha Umar, wept bitterly over his failure to die in a suicide mission. Umar is standing trial for allegedly bombing a plaza housing the offices of some newspapers in Kaduna in April 2012. The witness, a police detective, […]

LASG rejects Hijab in public schools

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Lagos State Government says pupils in its public schools are only allowed to wear conventional uniforms to the school. It added that usage of other appendages, including Hijab, a head scarf for Muslim women, would not be allowed. The Commissioner for Education Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, said this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Ikeja, […]

Group slams north, ACN for opposing state of emergency in Borno, others

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Borno, Headlines, Party Politics, State News Monday, May 13th, 2013

By Nnamdi Ojiego Human rights organisation, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, Sunday, berated the north and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for kicking against the call for imposition of emergency rule in some volatile states in the northern part of the country. Media reports quoting the spokespersons of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Mr. […]

20 killed, houses destroyed as gunmen attack Benue communities

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Monday, May 13th, 2013

By Citizen Ochu James No fewer than 20 people Weekend lost their lives and several property destroyed in Okpancheni and Ekwo area of Agatu local government of Benue state when unknown gunmen numbering about 19 invaded the area. According to an eye witness, the incident occurred at about 6:00 am on sunday, when the hoodlums […]

Be calm, Lagos assures residents on flooding

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, May 13th, 2013

Lagos State Government has advised residents to remain calm whenever it rains occasioning a rise in the level of water. It says the water is merely flash flood recorded during the rains, which will only be temporary and will disappear as soon as the rain stops. The government added that it had invested a lot […]

Mikel eying Europa league title

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, May 13th, 2013

At the end of another eventful season, Nigeria midfielder Mikel Obi believes it is “business as usual” at Chelsea, as the Blues bid to end the campaign with silverware before appointing a new manager this summer. There are numerous parallels to last season, when Chelsea won the FA Cup and Champions League titles under interim […]

Ogun releases N200m for LG workers’ salary arrears

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Monday, May 13th, 2013

Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees says Ogun State Government has released N200m to settle part of the arrears owed council workers in the state. Workers in the 20 local governments in the state, under the aegis of NULGE, had given the state government a 21-day ultimatum to settle the arrears owed them or risk […]

Private jets used to smuggle cash, fugitives – FG

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, May 13th, 2013

The Federal Government on Sunday said illegal consignments and cash in local and foreign currencies were being smuggled on daily basis in and out of the country aboard private jets. It also said some persons that securities agencies had declared wanted were being airlifted out of the country aboard private and chartered jets. As a […]