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English fans boo Osaze Odimweigie

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

WEST Brom manager, Steve Clarke, on Saturday incurred home fans’ wrath when he ventured to introduce Nigerian international, Osaze Odemwingie for match hero, Romero Lukaku in a 2-1 win over Sunderland at The Hawthorns in a Barclay’s Premier League clash. Odemwingie came on in the 87th minute but was booed by home fans who are […]

South Africa’s blade runner Pistorius gets bail, prosecutors deny he shot by mistake

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

AFP – South Africa’s superstar sprinter Oscar Pistorius appeared in court on Friday to face murder charges. He has been accused of murdering his model girlfriend on Valentine’s day. Twenty-six-year-old Pistorius, known worldwide as “Blade Runner” because of his carbon fibre prostheses, arrived at the Pretoria magistrate’s court in the back of a police van […]

Gunmen kill family of 10 in Plateau

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Ten persons, including a two-month-old baby, were killed on Friday morning when gunmen attacked Kogwom village in the Vwang district of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau, a spokesman for the Special Task Force said. Two other persons, who sustained serious injuries, have been admitted at the Christian Hospital, Vom. Lt. Kingsley Egbo, Assistant […]

Julius Berger to build the 2nd Niger Bridge

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, February 22nd, 2013

The Federal Government has announced Julius Berger AIMS Consortium as the preferred bidder for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge that is to connect Delta and Anambra states. The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, stated this in Abuja on Friday after hours-long meeting with delegates from the consortium and various government agencies. According […]

Boko Haram, Ansaru target Lagos, others

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, State News Friday, February 22nd, 2013

-PunchTerror groups have begun a recruitment drive in the South-West with the aim of establishing cells in the zone, Saturday PUNCH’s investigations have shown. The recruitment drive by the Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan, it was gathered, was a prelude to attacks they were planning to launch in the […]

Pope quit over corruption, gay sex scandal – Report

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI resigned after an internal investigation informed him about a web of blackmail, corruption and gay sex in the Vatican, Italian media reports say. A team of three cardinals were asked by Benedict to verify allegations of financial impropriety, cronyism and corruption exposed in the so-called VatiLeaks affair. In December, they handed the […]

Mimiko, Ladoja, Obi may defect to PDP

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, All People Grand Alliance (APGA), Anambra, Headlines, Ondo, Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko; his Anambra counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi; and a former Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Rashidti Ladoja, may soon defect to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Competent sources at the national headquarters of the party said on Friday that the party had concluded arrangements to have these men in its […]

Corruption charges: Daniel heads for appeal over ruling

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Friday, February 22nd, 2013

By DAUD OLATUNJI,Abeokuta Erstwhile Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Friday, urged the Ogun State High Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta to stay its proceeding on count 1-13 concerning criminal charges on alleged abuse of land administration filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Daniel, through his lead counsel, Prof. […]

Kenya: Gunmen open fire at mosque near Somali border

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Seven people have been shot dead in an attack on a mosque in a village in north-eastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, officials have said. Villagers told the BBC that 10 gunmen opened fire as people were leaving the mosque after early morning prayers. Five men were killed and then two women who heard […]

Opinion: Sports minister’s earthquake Super Eagles’ magic

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Uncategorized Thursday, February 21st, 2013

FEBRUARY 22, 2013 BY ’TUNJI AJIBADE(TUNJIOA@YAHOO.COM) There is a need for two standing ovations. One is for Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi. The other is for the Super Eagles. Mallam Abdullahi’s should precede that of the Eagles. It’s because earlier on the minister had championed something, before the Super Eagles championed something else, winning […]