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Kogi: Okene residents accuse soldiers of brutality

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

Residents of Okene in Kogi State on Sunday alleged that soldiers deployed to maintain peace, law and order in the area were brutalising them. They also alleged that some of them had been maimed and some of their belongings destroyed by the soldiers. Some of the complainants said they came out for their legitimate businesses […]

JTF kills 20 suspected terrorists in Borno

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

Joint Task Force said on Sunday it killed 20 suspected Boko Haram members in a shootout as they raided an Islamist hideout in Maiduguri. One soldier was also killed in the attack. Security forces had intelligence that some members of the group were holding a gathering at a location in Maiduguri, said Colonel Victor Ebhaleme, […]

Tension in Onitsha over mosque demolition

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Police in Anambra State have denied some Muslims residing at the Headbridge Mosque, Onitsha were attacked on Sunday by persons allegedly acting on the orders of the Anambra State Government. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Raphael Uzoigwe, told our correspondent that the mosque was among the structures earmarked for demolition, following the […]

Hundreds turned away at Benny Hinn’s Toronto crusade

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, August 11th, 2012

Written by New Nigerian Politics For hundreds of expectant worshippers at Benny Hinn’s crusade in Toronto, their cups runneth over with frustration and anxiety when they were turned away from Toronto’s largest church, Prayer Palace, venue of the crusade. Church officials cited lack of space and strict adherence to fire code at the 3000-seater auditorium […]

Militant group condemns attack on Warri journalists

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News Thursday, August 9th, 2012

BY Emma Amaize WARRI—A militant group, Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, has criticised the attack on journalists in Warri, Delta State, by a group of ex-militants on Tuesday. NDLF, in a statement by its spokesperson, ‘Captain’ Mack Anthony, described the invasion of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Correspondents’ Chapel, Warri Office, by supposed ex-militants as […]

Olympics: Bolt reignites Lewis feud after double

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Thursday, August 9th, 2012

LONDON (AFP) – Sprint king Usain Bolt said he had lost all respect for Carl Lewis after the US sprint legend restated his concerns over the toughness of Jamaica’s drug-testing policy. Speaking after winning the 200m at the London Olympics to seal a second consecutive sprint double, Bolt said he held sprint icon Jesse Owens […]

Picture: Ghanaians bid late President Atta Mills farewell

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, August 9th, 2012

BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE (with agency report) …Ex-president’s death raises stakes for 2012 presidential polls TODAY is a special day for Ghanaians. It is a day that they would bury Professor John Evans Atta Mills, the first Ghanaian president to die in office. Today is a climax of a three-day burial programme, which began on Wednesday. […]

Eaglets’ 5-1 victory excites Amuneke

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Calabar – Golden Eaglets’ Assistant Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has expressed joy at his team’s 5-1 spanking of Diamond Stars Academy FC in a friendly at St Patrick’s College, Ikot Ansa, Calabar on Wednesday. The national U-17 team is currently camped in Calabar, ahead of the 2013 CAF U-17 qualifier against Niger Republic in September, this […]

Olympics: Help us find our athletes, Cameroon beg British police

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Cameroon Olympic officials have asked for help in tracking down seven of their athletes who have gone missing during the London Olympics, organisers said on Wednesday. The seven, including five boxers, a swimmer and a football player, have disappeared from the Olympic village in east London and are suspected of having left to stay in […]

RCCG, Adeboye deny colour messages

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, August 9th, 2012

A message making the rounds on BlackBerry messenger, social networks and as text messages advising people not to wear red, blue, pink or purple has been repudiated by the Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye. The message broadcast on social networks reads : ”Pls no one shud put ? […]