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Nigeria: How Okonjo-Iweala’s Mother Was rescued

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, December 15th, 2012

SIX days after a 10-man kidnap gang seized Professor Mabel Kamene Titi Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, the 82-year-old retired professor of Sociology at the University of Nigeria, UNN, Nsukka, was released, yesterday morning, by her kidnappers in Benin City, Edo State, after collecting between […]

Egyptians vote in divisive referendum on constitution

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, December 15th, 2012

People in Egypt are voting on a new constitution endorsed by the Islamist president, which has divided the country and sparked deadly unrest. President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood have campaigned heavily in favour of the draft document, which may define Egypt for years to come. Opponents say it is poorly drafted and overly […]

Nelson Mandela undergoes operation to remove gallstones

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, December 15th, 2012

South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, has had an operation to remove gallstones, according to a government statement. The operation was successful and Mr Mandela is recovering. Mr Mandela, who is 94, was admitted to hospital last Saturday after suffering a recurrence of a lung infection. Tests revealed the presence of gallstones and doctors […]

Gunmen on motorcycle shot dead Kano Minority Leader

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Friday, December 14th, 2012

Police in Kano on Friday confirmed that two gunmen on a motor bike gunned down Hon. Danladi Isa Kademi, minority leader of the Kano state House of Assembly in Northern Nigeria. “I can confirm that Danladi Isa Kademi, a lawmaker at the Kano state house of assembly was shot dead by two gunmen around 6:00 […]

Press Release: Gov. Akpabio urges military to defend democracy

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Friday, December 14th, 2012

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio has urged the military to continue to defend the nascent democracy that the nation is enjoying positing that democracy held better prospects for development than military dictatorship. Chief Akpabio made the call in a lecture on “Democracy and the rule of law: challenges and prospects” he delivered […]

Rochas Okorocha reign of fraud and deceit on road revolution contractors

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Friday, December 14th, 2012

On Monday, November 19, 2012, the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chinedu Offor, in an interactive program on one of the Radio Stations in Owerri stated that contractors who had been paid without doing their work will be arrested and prosecuted. The Rescue Mission Government of the State claims it had already expended 13.9 […]

Soldiers arrest 63 suspects over Okonjo’s kidnap

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, December 14th, 2012

PROF. Kanene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: Nigeria Army said on Thursday that soldiers had arrested 63 people in raids as they searched for Prof. Kamene Okonjo, the 82-year-old mother of Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. “Yesterday the Four Brigade raided Ogwashi-Ukwu in search of Mama,” Army spokesperson […]

Okonjo-Iweala’s mother arrives Ogwashi-Ukwu

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Friday, December 14th, 2012

Vanguard can authoritatively report that Prof Kaneme Okonjo, the mother of Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala who was released Friday morning, has arrived home at the Obi’s Palace in Ogwashi-Ukwu. Our correspondent reports that there was tight security around the palace as visitors were denied entry into the house […]

Horrible Pictures: 16 yr-old cable vandal survives electrocution

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Friday, December 14th, 2012

Y PETER DURU MAKURDI — A 16-year-old boy, Terseer Iorparegh, was yesterday caught stuck in a high tension cable while attempting to vandalize the PHCN cable along Naka road in Makurdi. Vanguard gathered from the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Gabriel Suswam on Public Utilities, Mr. Gaddafi Asemanya who was at the scene said residents […]

Yoruba race on the brink of extinction – Leaders, monarchs

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, December 14th, 2012

y Alakam Japhet, Bashir Adefaka & Ikenna Asomba LAGOS — Eminent Yoruba leaders, Thursday, concurred that the Yoruba race was on the brink of extinction if something is not done quickly to revitalise its cultural values and heritage. The Yoruba leaders who spoke during the public presentation of two books, City of 201 Gods: Ile […]