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15 killed in Kano floods

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

Fifteen persons have been confirmed dead in floods which also destroyed property estimated of N120m in Kano State on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The state Rehabilitation and Emergency Relief Agency, which confirmed the deaths, added that over 2,000 persons were displaced. Director of Operations at the agency, Alhaji Shehu Maitama, told the […]

Police parade Ogun pastor over human skull

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

The police in Ogun on Tuesday paraded Pastor Michael Oyewole (29) and Mathew Akiode (30) at the command’s headquarters Eleweran, for allegedly exhuming human skull in Sabo, Abeokuta. The state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, told journalists that Akiode was caught committing the offence in the midnight. Okoye added that after Akiode’s arrest, the suspect […]

Pharmacists, two others arraigned for Cynthia’s murder •To be buried Sept 7

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, August 27th, 2012

A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, was filled to capacity on Monday as the police arraigned four suspects for the murder of Cynthia Osokogu, daughter of Maj-Gen Frank Osukogu (retd.), on July 22, 2012. The accused – Okwumo Nwabufo (33), Ezike Olisaeloka (23), Orji Osita (32) and Maduakor Chukwunonso (25) – were charged with eight […]

Chelsea to pay Moses £50,000 weekly Moses

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, August 27th, 2012

Newly-signed Chelsea player, Victor Moses, will earn £50,000 a week after he signed a five-year deal with the European kings. Moses, 21, has finally joined Chelsea after several of their bids were turned down by fellow English Premier League side Wigan Athletic. MTNFootball.com learnt that the former Crystal Palace star will earn at Stamford Bridge […]

Kenya: Chaos Erupts in Mombasa After Killing of Cleric

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, August 27th, 2012

Mombasa is a scene of chaos as Muslim youth protest the killing of controversial cleric Sheik Aboud Rogo. A crowd of rowdy youth overpowered police, who had gone to the scene of the killing to collect the body of the Sheik, and buried the deceased. The protests are fast spreading to the northern part of […]

Dana DNA shocker

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Monday, August 27th, 2012

By AZOMA CHIKWE, OGE OKONKWO, JOB OSAZUWA, EVONGWA, and JOAN IKEKHIDE A sister to the late Mr. George Moses, a former Assistant Comptroller of Fire Service who died in the Dana plane crash of June 3, 2012, Mrs Atinuke Okere, has said that his ghost has appeared at the Lagos family, demanding immediate burial. There […]

Falconets arrive Tokyo ahead of q/final clash with Mexico

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, August 27th, 2012

By CHIMAOBI UCHENDU Players and officials of Falconets have arrived the city of Tokyo ahead of their quarter final match against Mexico scheduled for Thursday. The team’s media officer, Ejiro Femi Babafemi, told Daily Sunsports that they were lodged at Hilton Hotel in the heart of the city and had the feel of the playing […]

Opinion: Ibori bribe money? Give it to Delta

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Monday, August 27th, 2012

Dan Onwukwe (08023022170)( dan_onwukwe@yahoo.com ) There is always something about former governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori that rivets attention. Ibori is now serving a jail term in Britain after being convicted on charges of fraud, money laundering and corruption, by the Southwark Crown court 9. It’s all about his stories. Ibori’s stories have […]

Adamawa flood disaster: 15 bodies recovered from River Benue

Posted by admin Adamawa, Africa & World Politics, Headlines, State News Monday, August 27th, 2012

From DAVID MOLOMO, Adamawa Corpses of 15 persons swept away by flood, which followed heavy rains and unexpected release of water from Lagdo Dam in the Republic of Cameroon have been recovered from River Benue in Adamawa State. Daily Sun gathered that relations of victims recruited divers to help fish out bodies from the river. […]

Cynthia: 4 murder suspects docked

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, August 27th, 2012

By FAITH OMORUYI It was a tense moment yesterday when alleged killers of 25-year-old Cynthia Udoka Osokogu were arraigned in a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba. The duo that allegedly killed her were arraigned along with two pharmacists who sold the drug they allegedly used to murder the victim. The defendants include Okwumo Echezona […]