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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Jonathan, Hausa / Fulani leaders meet over Jos crises

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Plateau, Presidency, State News Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja met with the leadership of the Hausa/Fulani community in Plateau as part of ongoing efforts at finding lasting solution to the Jos crises. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, spokesman of the Hausa/Fulani community and a former Minister of State for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, […]

My divine march to victory has begun – Mimiko

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

ONDO State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has declared that he has the divine confidence that he is already marching to victory ahead of the October 20 gubernatorial election in the state. Dr Mimiko is the Labour Party standard- bearer in the election where he will be seeking a second term in office. Making an official […]

10 feared dead as Benue communities clash

Posted by admin Benue, State News Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

ABOUT 10 persons were feared dead,with property worth millions of naira destroyed in a renewed hostility between inhabitants of Ojantele and Ijegwu communities in Otukpo and Obi local government areas of Benue State. Nigerian Tribune learnt that fighting erup-ted between the border communities on Tuesday night, following a land dispute adjoining the warring neighbours. The […]