The Special Court in Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has sent three female beggars to jail for begging in unauthorised places. One of the convicts is 20-year old Shadia Nasiru who was caught begging with three hired children in Maryland area of Lagos. The others are Binta Sanni, 46, and Aisha Isala, 42. Officials […]
Published on August 16, 2012 by pmnews The victim of the armed robbery raid at a bank in Apapa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday, Inspector Taiwo Ajetunmobi, 51, left behind three wives, eight children and a 90-year old mother. When P.M.NEWS correspondents visited his residence at Ebute Meta, Lagos, yesterday, the three wives, Princess Elizabeth […]
A gang of armed robbers yesterday stormed Ifaki-Ekiti, a town in Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State and robbed a first generation bank. The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Sotonye Wakama, who confirmed the incident disclosed that after a gun duel, the police recovered three vehicles from the armed bandits who came in large number. […]
August 17, 2012 by Agency Reporter As part of security measures ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, the Plateau State Police Command has closed the Rukuba and Polo grounds, usually used as Muslim praying ground during the festivity. Police Commissioner, Emmanuel Ayeni, said in a statement in Jos on Thursday, that the step was one of […]
From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha A 25-year-old prayer warrior with a pentecostal church went berserk yesterday and bathed a 15-year-old girl with Holy Ghost hot water in the commercial city of Onitsha. The suspect, who is currently cooling her heels in the police cell at the Central Police Station, Onitsha, went on the rampage in the […]
Read Part 1 – http://newnigerianpolitics.com/2012/08/04/gov-okorocha-and-the-lga-cash-pot-by-kenneth-uwadi/ By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | Augtust 17, 2012 – According to Albert Einstein ‘The world is a dangerous place, not only because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing’ Another philosopher, William Blake said “When I tell the truth, […]
By Tony Edike ENUGU – CULT related killings resumed in Enugu Thursday with the shooting to death of four persons including a councilor. This is coming on the heels of unconfirmed reports that the abductors of the Vice Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Professor Cyprian Onyeji, have demanded a ransom […]
BY BEN EFE Fraudsters parading themselves as Imo State government officials have conned former Nigerian Olympian, Gloria Alozie and a score of European athletes into parting with their money, in the name of participating in a phantom Imo Marathon. Alozie who won a 100m hurdles silver for Nigeria at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, disclosed […]
A group, Congress of South-West Youths (COWSY), has criticised the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, over his recent call for resignation of the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji. Okupe had recently called for Ikuforiji’s resignation based on his pending trial by the Economic […]
The recently installed Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, His Grace, Most Reverend Dr Alfred Martins, on Thursday, during his maiden press briefing, which was held at the Catholic Church of Assumption, condemned the brutalisation of Mr Benedict Uwalaka, a photojournalist with the Leadership Newspaper, by men alleged to be mortuary attendants. According to the cleric, “it […]
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