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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 […]

Money Laundering: Gov Lamido’s son released on bail

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

By AbdulSalam Muhammad & Aliyu Mohammad KANO —THE eldest son of the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, Aminu Sule, who was arrested, Wednesday, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano (MAKIA) for failure to disclose $40,000 at the airport on his way to Egypt regained freedom from the protective custody of the Economic and […]

Kidnappers demand N200m each for Okonjo, Rotimi’s wife

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, December 13th, 2012

Family members have established a discrete contacts with kidnappers of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, the mother of Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Eighty-three-year-old Okonjo was kidnapped on Monday. It was also learnt that the kidnappers had also reduced their ransom from $1bn to N200m. Sources told our correspondent on Wednesday in Asaba, Delta State, that the […]

Picture: Man attempts suicide twice over eye problem

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, December 13th, 2012

Taofeek Muraina never had it good as a child. His adulthood is not even better. This, perhaps, explains why the 40-year-old bricklayer thought it wise to die rather than being put to shame by friends and neighbours. Twice this year, he has attempted suicide. The first time, PUNCH Metro learnt, was about five months ago, […]

Bishop Oyedepo’s church razed down in Kwara

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, State News Thursday, December 13th, 2012

Some yet-to-be-identified people set ablaze a church building belonging to Living Faith Church Inc, aka Winners Chapel, along Airport Road, Ilorin about 2.30am on Wednesday. Church property worth several millions of naira were also said to have been destroyed by the fire. It was gathered that the plastic chairs in the church were removed to […]

Gov Lamido’s son arrested for money laundering

Posted by admin Headlines, Jigawa, State News Thursday, December 13th, 2012

DECEMBER 13, 2012 BY SIMON UTEBOR 156 COMMENTS Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido | credits: File copy Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday at Mallam Aminu Kano Airport arrested Aminu, the eldest son of Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, over alleged money laundering. Sources […]

Battle over $15m Ibori bribe shifts to Jan

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday fixed January 10, 2013 for hearing in the legal battle between the Federal Government and Delta State Government over the $15m former Governor James Ibori bribe money. The federal and state governments had been battling over the right to claim the controversial $15m allegedly received as bribe money […]

Customs seize ammunition, 117 bags of indian hemp

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs said on Tuesday in Abeokuta that it had seized 3,000 shotgun cartridges smuggled into the country. The command also seized 117 bags (392kg) of Indian hemp with a street value of about N1. 7m in the last three months. The Customs also confiscated 171 vehicles, 2,058 cartons […]

Governors demand $1bn from Excess Crude Account (greedy governors)

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

The 36 state governors have made a request to the Federal Government for the release of $1bn (N158bn) to them from the controversial Excess Crude Account for some developmental projects. The Deputy Governor, Sokoto State, Alhaji Mukhtar Shagari, said this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the 10th meeting of the National […]