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‘It Is Sad That Youth Now Have Cancer’

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Delectable, six-feet tall Funmilola James is the National Coordinator of Breast Without Spot. She spoke with DEBO OLADIMEJI on what it takes to be a volunteer with the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and how it is helping in cancer prevention in Nigeria. AGAINST the backdrop of the need to fight cancer that is becoming a global […]

BA plane develops fault, grounded at airport .

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

A BRITISH Airways (BA) plane with over 120 passengers billed to travel to London was grounded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) after a technical fault on Monday. The Guardian learnt that one of the engines of the aircraft developed a technical fault just before take-off from the airport, as a result of […]

NSCDC nabs man attempting to rape 10- year-old girl in Jigawa .

Posted by admin Headlines, Jigawa, State News Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

THE Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, has arrested a father of three, Aminu Ahmed, of Jodan Quarters, Birnin Kudu, while allegedly attempting to rape a 10-year-old girl. The Public Relations Officer of ASC Abdullahi Adamu Shehu, who made the disclosure Monday, said NSCDC officials made the arrest following a tip- […]

16 people injured as commercial bus rams into canal

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

BUT for Providence, Lagos would have witnessed another tragedy Monday when a commercial vehicle plying Adekunle Fajuyi Road GRA, Ikeja area of Lagos, had a brake failure and rammed into a water channel. All 16 passengers in the bus had various degrees of injuries. The bus, with Registration No. KRD 709, XC, was conveying passengers […]

We demanded N100m from Okonjo-Iweala but we got N13m, says suspect

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

How palace messenger plotted the kidnap of Finance Minister’s mother MORE drama is unfolding everyday in the investigation into the atrocious abduction on December 8, 2012 of octogenarian and 82-year-old mother of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, from the palace of her husband, the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-uku, Aniocha South Local Council Area […]

Gunmen kill 11, burn houses in fresh Plateau crises

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Bodies found floating on river FRESH crises in different parts of Plateau State have resulted in the death of 11 persons and the burning of houses. After a resumed attack on Wase Tofa village, four bodies of the victims were found Monday floating on River Wase. According to an eyewitness, Dauda John, “four people were […]

Man hangs self in Ebonyi

Posted by admin Ebonyi, Headlines, State News Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Abakaliki – An unidentified man in his early 30s, was on Tuesday found hanging on a tree in a forest at Achara Community, a boundary town in the Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The body was found in a decomposing state, indicating that the man must have died sometime last week. Residents of the […]

Boston attacks ‘cowardly’ act of terror, says Obama

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday branded the Boston bombings a “cowardly” act of terror, but said it was still unclear if a foreign or domestic group or individual was behind the attacks. “This was a heinous and cowardly act,” Obama said at the White House. “Any time bombs are used to target […]

Picture: Flood sinks Onitsha: Seven drown, goods destroyed by downpour

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha Residents of the commercial city of Onitsha especially traders at Electronics Market, Bridge head were thrown into mourning yesterday following a late evening downpour that killed seven persons and destroyed goods estimated at over N1.5 billion. Daily Sun gathered that the downpour which started at about 7:00p.m on Sunday wreak havoc […]

Boko Haram: Gov Aliyu suspects foreign backing

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Niger, State News Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

From AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna Governor of Niger State and Chairman, Northern states Governors Forum, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu has expressed fears over possible international backing to the Boko Haram Islamist sect. He said there might be more to the issue of Boko Haram than meets the eye, especially the possibility of international dimension to the […]