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30 pipeline vandals feared dead in Lagos explosion

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, January 13th, 2013

About 30 persons believed to be pipeline vandals were burnt to death yesterday at Arepo off the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway in the latest attack by vandals on NNPC pipelines. The fire which started at about 2am behind the community raged for much of yesterday. The police said it was sparked by an argument among the vandals […]

Another online publisher detained in Nigeria by SSS

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, January 13th, 2013

BY SHARPEDGE NEWS EDITORIAL DESPITE the refrain of tolerance by the Goodluck Jonathan government, a citizen’s Monday evening experience at the hands of security agents stationed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos is the latest proof that the legacy of autocratic harassment of citizens, no thanks to the military era, remains with Nigeria. […]

Policeman shoots tout at Lagos airport •Gunmen kill one in Onitsha

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Saturday, January 12th, 2013

A police corporal shot a suspected tout on Thursday night for refusing to give him N500 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The policeman, whose identity is yet to be released by the Airport Command of the Nigerian Police Force, was said to have been shot in the stomach at the public car […]

Fraud in Rivers Urban Development Ministry ACN Calls For Investigation

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, January 12th, 2013

The Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, says the continued flagrant abuse of government offices and positions by government officials and political office holders in the state is an indication that the Peoples Democratic Part, PDP, ruling State government has lost control and should surrender before the entire state is grounded. […]

Two Katsina senators, eight Reps may lose seats

Posted by admin Headlines, House, Katsina, Legislature, Senate, State News Saturday, January 12th, 2013

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday said the Independent National Electoral Commission lacked the power to withdraw the certificate of return issued to any candidate declared the winner of an election by its returning officer. Justice Gladys Olotu gave the judgment in a suit filed by some candidates of the Congress for Progressive […]

Oshiomhole’s allegations on Oyerinde unfounded –IG

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has dismissed as unfounded the allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that the police was shielding the killers of his private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde. The IG said on Friday that he would respond to the governor’s allegation at the appropriate time and in “due course.” During the […]

Certain Visitors to Canada, including Nigerians, Must Now Provide Biometric Data

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Beginning in 2013, the Canadian government will begin requesting biometric data from some temporary visitors to the country. According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), the biometric program will help to strengthen Canadian immigration overall, as it will provide visa officers with more extensive tools for assessing an applicant’s request for temporary residence. This data […]

Primitive Saudi begins e-tracking of women

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Saudi men are now receiving automatic text messages from the government whenever their wives exit the country. It is part of a new program to electronically track women and ensure that they don’t leave the country without permission from their male “guardians”. The response from liberal feminists in the West? Silence. Saudi Arabia constitutes one […]

Opinion: Ghana: Our political system is broken

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, January 12th, 2013

I am back in the US after campaigning in the Central and Ashanti regions of Ghana. My observations while campaigning in the villages led me to believe that we have a political system in which the electorate does not understand what they are voting for. At this time I simply want to present my observations. […]

Airlines delay flights over poor visibility

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Nigerian aviation authorities, in the early hours of yesterday, restricted flight operations across the country on account of the effects of the harmattan which occasioned poor visibility. According to a source, flights were grounded in the early hours on account of the harmattan haze which tore through major airports across the country, reducing flight visibility […]