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Two suspected bombers blow selves up

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

Part of Kaduna metropolis was on Tuesday thrown into confusion as two suspected suicide bombers blew up themselves while taking an object suspected to be a bomb to an unknown destination. The two suspects, according to an eyewitness, were on a motorcycle heading towards the northern part of the state at about 3pm when the […]

Kogi: Fulani threaten to withdraw cattle from market

Posted by admin Headlines, Kogi, State News Monday, August 13th, 2012

By Boluwaji Obahopo LOKOJA—Kogi State chapter of Miyette Allahi Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has threatened to withdraw its animals from the state markets over harassment and arrest of its members by the police. Chairman of the association, Alhaji Shuabu Idrisa, weekend, after a stakeholders meeting between Fulani Ardos and Miyette Allah cattle breeders […]

OLYMPICS: “No gold, no silver, no bronze, N2.3 bn down the drain”

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Monday, August 13th, 2012

LAGOS—The story of Nigeria at the 2012 London Olympics is “No gold, no silver, no bronze, N2.3 billion down the drain.” And now a top Nigerian sports official who is a member of an international sports federation wants the federal government to compel the sports ministry to account for how they spent the N2.3 billion […]

I am innocent of LASTMA official’s death, says banker

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, August 13th, 2012

By EVELYN USMAN LAGOS — The female banker, accused of crushing an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, to death last Friday, on Lekki/Ajah Expressway, has said she is innocent of the said offence. The woman, Mrs. Yinka Johnson, a staff of a new generation bank, said it was an on-coming commercial vehicle […]

Opinion: My ordeal at the South African High Commission

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, August 13th, 2012

The South African High Commission recently informed me of something I was not aware of about myself. In very clear terms and very few words, I was told that: “With reference to your application for a visitor’s Visa, please be informed that your application has been denied for the following reason(s): INVALID COPY OF YELLOW […]

Picture: Man dupes American visa applicants of N4.9m

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, August 13th, 2012

A suspected fraudster, Chinedu Ezeona, was paraded before journalists on Friday at the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding a woman of N4.9m. PUNCH Metro had reported on May 9, 2012, that the SFU arrested the suspect and paraded him before journalists for allegedly defrauding a woman of N2.5m after […]

Olympics: Team Nigeria returns home empty handed

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Monday, August 13th, 2012

The London 2012 Olympic Games ended on Sunday with Team Nigeria returning home with no medal, raising questions over the N1.9bn budgeted for the Nigeria’s participation at the Games. It was an unusual record compared to the nation’s achievements at the Games in the past two decades. It was one that reminded Nigerians of the […]

African Youth Championship: Flying Eagles beat Tanzania 2-0

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Flying Eagles on Sunday defeated the Ngorogoro Heroes of Tanzania 2-0 in the second leg of their qualifiers for the 2013 African Youths Championship. Nigeria have thus advanced to the third round of the qualifiers on a 4-1 aggregate having won the first leg 2-1 in Dar es Salaam two weeks ago. The match, which […]

Picture: Tears as man brutalised by soldiers is buried

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Adewale Olupitan-Hassan, who died after being allegedly brutalised by soldiers attached to the Flag Staff House, Force Road, Lagos, has been buried. At a prayer session held at his Opebi residence before his remains were interred at the Atan Cemetery, Lagos, on Saturday, friends, associates and family members paid tribute to the retired director of […]

Bloody Picture: Mortuary attendants brutalize photo journalist over release of Dana crash victims

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, Raw Politics, State News Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Leadership Newspaper has petitioned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umaru Manko, over the beating of its photojournalist, Benedict Uwalaka, by some mortuary attendants at the state’s University Teaching Hospital. Uwalaka was attacked while covering the release of the corpses of the victims of Dana plane crash to their families. A legal practitioner, Adamu […]