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Inmates reject food at Kirikiri prison

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, February 24th, 2013

Condition of inmates at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos may have deteriorated to the level that starving prisoners now allegedly reject the food they are given due to its terrible quality, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. A source in the prison told our correspondent that the condition of the cells and medical services in the […]

S.Africa to name and shame corrupt officials

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, February 24th, 2013

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South Africa will name public service officials convicted of corruption, a cabinet minister said Sunday, amid criticism authorities are too soft on graft. “In the next few days, we will be publishing all the names of people who have been convicted in cases of corruption, and all those whose assets have either […]

Football dispute sets off sectarian riot in Taraba

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News, Taraba Sunday, February 24th, 2013

KANO (AFP) – A disagreement over a football pitch set off sectarian riots in a central Nigerian town that killed at least one person and left homes, mosques and churches burnt, officials said Sunday. Authorities have slapped a round-the-clock curfew on the town of Wukari, located in Taraba state, following Saturday’s rioting, which was said […]

Benin Republic angered by French travel advisory

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, February 24th, 2013

COTONOU (AFP) – The West African nation of Benin on Sunday reacted harshly after France warned its citizens there to be on alert for possible revenge kidnappings or attacks over its military offensive in Mali. Benin’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it had learned “with astonishment and amazement” about the warning through the […]

Train crushes mad woman to death in Osun

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Sunday, February 24th, 2013

From BAMIGBOLA GBOLAGUNTE, Osogbo Asuspected mad woman was last weekend crushed by a train on the railway line along Olaiya junction in Osogbo, Osun state capital. Residents in the area described the middle agedwoman as a popular person who had turned the rail line to her place of abode. It was gathered that the train, […]

Mali conflict: US deploys 100 troops to neighbour Niger

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

The US has deployed 100 troops to Niger to assist French forces in neighbouring Mali, the US president has said. The armed troops will provide intelligence support, President Barack Obama informed Congress on Friday. France deployed troops to Mali in January to counter al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants. The US and Niger signed a status of forces […]

Nse Ikpe-Etim’s life after marriage

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry), Uncategorized Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

One of the many changes that will not occur in the life of Nse Ikpe-Etim after her marriage to Mr. Clifford Sule is the change of name. Nollywood Now can authoritatively confirm that the actress will not be adding ‘Sule’ or ‘Clifford’ to her already compounded name on screen. Another change that will not happen […]

5 killed, 300 houses burnt in Taraba crisis

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Taraba Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

From JOHN MKOM, Jalingo No fewer than five people were killed and about 300 houses set ablaze yesterday in early morning religious crisis that engulfed Wukari, headquarters of Wukari Local Government in Taraba State. A House of Assembly member representing Wukari II State Constituency in Taraba State, Ishaya Gani, who confirmed the incident to Sunday […]

Ojukwu’s library attacked

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha Some vandals suspected to be hired thugs have invaded the Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Library/ International Conference centre under construction in Owerri and pulled some parts of it down. The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, who is constructing the […]

Mother, son to die by hanging for murder

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri An Owerri High Court, presided over by Justice Ngozi Opara, has sentenced a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Felicia Uzoma and her 23-year-old son, Mr. Kelvin Uzoma, of Umuozu Ngugo community, in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, to death by hanging for the murder of nine-year-old Kasarachi Oforji, who was beheaded […]