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Nollywood distress: Actor’s leg amputated

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Just as Nollywood fans heaved a sigh of relief over veteran Enebeli Elebuwa’s steady recovery from stroke-related complications, another Thespian, Pete Eneh, famous for his ‘fatherly’ roles in Nollywood films, has had one of his legs recently amputated by doctors at Parklane Hospital, Enugu. Eneh’s travails began last year, after he sustained an injury that […]

Missing N38m: NFF yet to query NPL (Check their personal bank accounts)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Friday, November 2nd, 2012

The Nigeria Premier League board has denied that they have been queried by the Nigeria Football Federation over the alleged missing N38m from the television broadcast rights of the league. The NPL Secretary Mr. Tunji Babalola who spoke with The PUNCH on the telephone on Thursday said that everything known so far on the matter […]

Policeman, seven others killed in Jos ambush

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Plateau, State News Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Four persons, including a policeman, were on Thursday killed in an ambush in Jos. The killings came as the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone ll, Mr. Mamman Tsafe, said the force had devised means of stopping the killing of policemen by armed robbers in the country. The policeman identified as Corporal Istifanus Samaila was said […]

Picture: Belgium-based writer wins $100,000 literature prize

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Belgium-based Nigerian writer, Chika Unigwe, got a big break on Thursday when she was named winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature. Her novel, On Black Sister’s Street, beat the two others shortlisted for the prize established in 2004 by the Nigeria LNG. These are Only a Canvas by Olusola Olugbesan and Onaedo: The Blacksmith’s […]

AWC: Falcons outwit Ethiopia 3-0

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Goals from Esther Sunday, Stella Mbachu and striker Perpetua Nkwocha on Thursday helped champions Super Falcons overcome a resilient Ethiopian side 3-0 at the ongoing African Women Championship in Bata, Equatorial Guinea. Falcons top Group B with six points from two games after beating Cameroon 2-1 in their first game. But the Falcons would have […]

Picture: Clean-up ahead of Williams sisters’ match

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Ogun, State News Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Kolade Olutekunbi, Secretary, Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan, said on Thursday that everything had been done to ensure a hitch-free outing for the William sisters’ proposed exhibition match. Olutekunbi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the centre court of the club would host the topflight exhibition encounter between Venus Williams and Serena […]

I’ll testify in Ibori’s $15m bribe suit– Clark

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, on Thursday, said he would appear before any court to testify in the alleged $15m bribe offered the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, by former Delta State Governor, James Ibori. Clark, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, also called on President Goodluck […]

Disturbing Pictures: Lagos Traffic Law: Policemen brutalise, strip okada rider

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, November 2nd, 2012

Some policemen reportedly took the enforcement of the Lagos Traffic Law to the extreme on Wednesday as they allegedly beat an unidentified okada rider and stripped him in Akoka, Lagos. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the victim was caught while riding at the junction of University Road and St. Finbarr’s College Road in Akoka. […]

Picture: Ex-councillor stabs teenager for refusing advances

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, November 2nd, 2012

A former councillor of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Onimole Babatunde, is currently being detained at the Area E Police Command, Festac, Lagos for allegedly stabbing an 18-year-old girl in the neck after she refused his advances at a night club. PUNCH Metro learnt that on October 26, Mariam Abubakar went to Pearl […]

Rejoinder: Biafra by Other Means: Achebe, Awolowo and the Civil War of 1967-70

Posted by admin Columnists, Headlines, Kunle Ojeleye Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

The editor, Kindly allow me a small space to thank DR. KUNLE OJELEYE for his wonderful contribution on the above subject matter. In fact, he analysed the whole episode without allowing tribal sentiments to becloud his reasoning. As some of elders can honestly conclude, there was more than enough portions of blame for the various […]