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General Politics, Headlines, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
The police on Tuesday announced a major breakthrough in their investigation into the lynching of four University of Port Harcourt students. The videotaped lynching of the students sparked outrage nationwide and the clip of the killings went viral on the Internet. The IG disclosed the arrest during a security meeting with Chief Executive Officers and […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
CNN Poll: Nearly half say Obama won showdown Posted by CNN Political Unit Hempstead, New York (CNN) – Give a slight edge to President Barack Obama. Forty-six percent of voters who watched Tuesday night’s presidential debate said that the president won the showdown, according to a CNN/ORC International nationwide poll conducted right after Tuesday night’s […]
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Abuja (FCT), Akwa Ibom, Headlines
Monday, October 15th, 2012
The parents of Lucy Ukpong who was reportedly shot dead by policemen in Abuja on Friday will on Monday (today) visit the Federal Capital Territory Police Command to demand justice for the killing of their daughter. The Ukpongs, who reside in Akwa-Ibom State, were scheduled to arrive in Abuja on Sunday to meet with their […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, October 15th, 2012
Father of one of the students murdered by a mob at Aluu, River State, Mr. Mike Toku, has described as a deliberate cover-up the continued denial by members of the community that they had no hand in the killing of his son, Lloyd Toku insisted that his son and three other students of the University […]
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Headlines
Monday, October 15th, 2012
A popular Yoruba musician, Ogundare Foyan-mu, is dead. The Ijala composer, aged 80, died on Saturday morning at his residence at Taraa, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, having spent about 67 years on the stage. Foyanmu became famous for his dexterity in Ijala and produced his first album in 1956. Before his demise, he had already produced about 20 […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Monday, October 15th, 2012
WORKERS of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) across the country have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the management, within which to effect improvement in their conditions of service or, in the alternative, down tool. This was part of the agreement reached at the just-concluded meeting of the NYSC national coordinating committee of the Amalgamated Union of […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, October 15th, 2012
The Police in Kaduna have confirmed the killing of 22 persons following attack by a notorious gang on Dogon-Dawa village in Kaduna State, North-Central Nigeria. The state Commissioner of Police Olufemi Adenaike who confirmed the incident, disclosed that gunmen suspected to be armed bandits attacked their victims who were returning from the mosque after early […]
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Headlines, NNP News, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Saturday, October 13th, 2012
Written By New Nigerian Politics After missing the last edition of the continental soccer fiesta jointly hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, Nigeria found its magic in Calabar today when it demolished follow West Africans, Liberia 6-1 to qualify for the 2013 event to be hosted in South Africa. Trouble started for the boastful visitors in the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, October 13th, 2012
This evening, exactly at 4pm local time at the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Super Eagles of Nigeria will file out against the Lone Star of Liberia for the second leg of 2013 Africa Nations Cup qualifier. The first leg ended 2-2 draw in Liberia a fortnight ago. In order to avoid the mistakes of the […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Saturday, October 13th, 2012
By JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU, Calabar TWO members of the United Nigeria Chaplaincy, and an official of a non governmental organization have been arrested and handed over to the Cross River State Police Command for alleged certificate forgery, falsification of documents and embezzlement of over N9 million. A statement by the State Security Adviser, Mr. Rekpene Bassey […]
