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Disturbing picture: Bomb kills one in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, February 18th, 2013

Twenty-seven years after the death of Publisher of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, a similar incident occurred Monday under the Festac link bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, which left chairman of the local Dredgers Association dead. Commissioner of Police for Lagos State Command, Mr. Umar Manko in a statement […]

Fashola splashes N59m on Eagles

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, February 16th, 2013

By Solomon Nwoke, Monsur Olowoopejo …Says victory calls for soul searching Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said that Super Eagles victory in the recently concluded African Nations Cup in South Africa calls for soul searching as he splashed a total of N59 million on the team and the supporters club members. Rewarding the […]

Help… don’t let me die in kidnappers’den –Woman abducted in Lagos after returning from US for mother’s burial

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories Friday, February 15th, 2013

Less than two months after 29-year-old Kemisola Ogunyemi lost her mother, her family now has a fresh problem to contend with. The tragedy of losing her mother on December 26, 2012 had brought Kemisola and her husband, Akin, back home from the United States where they had lived in for about a year. But the […]

Jigawa establishes seven Sharia Courts -Registrar (When will it establish schools?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Jigawa, State News Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

The Jigawa State Government said on Thursday it had established seven additional Sharia courts to improve the administration of justice in the state. The Chief Registrar of the Sharia Court of Appeal, Bala Musa, told newsmen in Dutse that the courts were established in 2012. Mr. Musa said the action was designed to increase the […]

I had cancer – Chime

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

• Enugu gov recounts battle with deadly tumour From CHIDI NNADI and PETRUS OBI, Enugu Four days after he returned from his accumulated leave which he spent in London, Governor Sullivan Chime on Monday night told journalists in Enugu that he used the period of his vacation to treat himself of nose cancer. Soon after […]

Boko Haram recruits women for arms struggle

Posted by admin Boko Haram, State News Sunday, February 10th, 2013

Nigeria’s terror outfit, Boko Haram, is said to have commenced the recruitment of women for the movement of arms and ammunition in the North Eastern geo-political zone. It was learnt that the leadership of the JTF had informed operatives of the special task force during a briefing in Maiduguri, that the sect was recruiting women […]

Three S.Korean doctors killed in Potiskum

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Kano, State News Sunday, February 10th, 2013

KANO (AFP) – Three doctors killed in a knife attack in a volatile town in northeastern on Sunday were South Korean and not Chinese as originally reported, police said. Men armed with knives slit the throats of the three Korean doctors in a pre-dawn attack in the town of Potiskum, police said, in the latest […]

Over 30 gunmen attack police station in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Saturday, February 9th, 2013

By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano. KANO – Police officers, Friday night, successfully repelled an attack by suspected terrorists on Minjibir Divisional station, 32km east of Kano city. Security sources told Vanguard that the assailants, numbering over 30, stormed the station at about 8.30pm on motorcycles and tricycles and launched an offensive on the station. The sources […]

Edo gov. Battles ACN leaders, awaits PDP onslaught

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Africa & World Politics, Edo, Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Saturday, February 9th, 2013

Edo LG Polls: Oshiomhole battles ACN leaders, awaits PDP’s onslaught SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City Political tension in Edo state is heating up daily as political gladiators rally behind their supporters ahead the April 14, 2013 Local Government Council election in the state. Being an Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) controlled state, the leadership of the […]

Jubilation as Chime returns to Enugu, keeps mum

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Saturday, February 9th, 2013

By Tony Edike, Enugu Governor Sullivan Chime of EnuguState, yesterday, returned to a tumultuous reception in Enugu after his extended vacation abroad. Chime, who wore dark glasses and acknowledged cheers from the crowd that gathered at Akanu Ibiam airport, Enugu, did not speak with newsmen who were anxious to have his message to the people […]