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Ex VC of UNIZIK kidnapped in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Monday, November 26th, 2012

By SaharaReporters, New York Kidnappers today snatched Professor Ilochi Okafor (SAN), a former vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka in Anambra state. Professor Okafor was kidnapped Sunday morning in front of residence at the Independence Layout in Enugu while on his way to church. The kidnappers later took off with him in a […]

Ogun police foil ATM robbery, recover N6 loot

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Ogun, State News Monday, November 26th, 2012

Luck ran out of some robbers on Sunday in Sagamu, Ogun state South-West Nigeria when Police recovered a sum of six million naira looted from an ATM of a commercial bank. Reports say the robbers acting on hints that the machine has just been reloaded, blew open the ATM using methane gas and other dangerous […]

Breaking News: Boko Haram attacks SARS police HQ in Abuja

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Monday, November 26th, 2012

Gunmen believed to be members of the deadly Islamic Boko Haram insurgents have attacked the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters in Abuja in a bid to free their members detained in the building. Reports say two policemen were killed in the gun battle and some detainees were freed. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) headquarters in […]

Man forces wife to drink petrol, sets her ablaze ‘…No, she killed herself’

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Sunday, November 25th, 2012

Pandemonium broke out in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State at the weekend when a man set his wife ablaze for complaining to her sister-in-law on phone about the husband’s alleged maltreatment . The suspect later reported himself to the police. The man, whose name was given as Ndubuisi Okafor, a trailer driver, who […]

Gov. Elechi suspends three commissioners

Posted by admin Ebonyi, Governors, Headlines, State News Sunday, November 25th, 2012

PAST misdeeds rather than improper dressing might have been the major reasons Ebonyi State Governor Martins Elechi suspended three members of his cabinet from office for three months recently. Governor Elechi had through a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Dr. Onyekachi Eni, suspended the Commissioners for Works and Transport, Chukwuma Nwandugo; Justice and Attorney […]

Victims of Kaduna bombings died in service to Nigeria – Northern governors

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, November 25th, 2012

Alhaji Mu’azu Babangida AliyuArmed Forces Command And Staff CollegeChannels TVGovernor Of Niger StateKaduna StateNorthern States Governors ForumNSGF The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has described the bomb attacks on the Saint Andrews Protestant Church, in a military barracks of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, in Jaji, Kaduna state, as “cruel and wicked.” The […]

I’m not ashamed to own a plane- Oritsejafor – Says I had no idea how the jet came about

Posted by admin Headlines, Religion Sunday, November 25th, 2012

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, spoke with PASCHAL OKEKE shortly after the celebration of his 40 years in ministration. The cleric explained some knotty issues, particularly those relating to his new jet. Excerpts: RATHER than preaching repentance, it is prosperity that most clerics preach these days. Why is it […]

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi says powers temporary; calls for dialogue

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, November 25th, 2012

CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Sunday tried to reach out to a concerned citizenry, insisting that the sweeping powers he had assumed were temporary and aimed at ensuring a smooth transition to an elected parliament, as mounting unrest claimed the life of a Brotherhood member. In a statement issued on Sunday, Mursi’s office also […]

Breaking News: Car bomb rocks church in Nigerian military barracks

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Breaking News, Headlines Sunday, November 25th, 2012

(Reuters) – A car bomb was detonated at a church inside military barracks in Jaji in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Sunday, two military sources said. “A car drove into the church premises … then detonated the bomb,” one of the military officers told Reuters, asking not to be named. The National Emergency Agency confirmed there […]

Governor Yakowa’ s Convoy Kills Poor Orange Seller in Kaduna

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, November 25th, 2012

A roadside orange seller was killed on Thursday by a high-speed convoy belonging to Kaduna State governor, Patrick Yakowa, the victim of a car carrying one of his commissioners. And despite efforts to kill the story in the Nigerian media, an angry Kaduna resident who called SaharaReporters confirmed that the governor’s convoy not only killed […]