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20 burnt to death, 5 injured in Ife-Akure road crash

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

No fewer than 20 people were burnt to death in a road accident that occurred yesterday, when two 18-seater buses collided and caught fire at Iwaraja-Ijesha junction along Akure-Ife Road in Osun State. According to an eyewitness, an 18-seater bus, which was heading probably for Ekiti State or Iwaraja swerved from its lane to avoid […]

Lagos records 42 murder cases in 2 months

Posted by admin Lagos, State News Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

At least 42 murder cases were recorded in Lagos between January and February this year. Summary of the crime statistics and achievements recorded in the months under review showed that Lagos State Police Command arrested 85 suspected armed robbers and also killed 14 purported bandits. The police record showed that only one policeman was killed […]

Jos church attack: Suicide bomber, COCIN member –Defence HQ

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Plateau, State News Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday identified Mr. Adams Joseph Ashaba, as the Boko Haram suicide bomber, who allegedly masterminded the bombing of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) in Jos, the Plateau State capital on February 26, disclosing that he was actually a member of the church. The bomber had allegedly attacked COCIN that […]

Fresh killings in Borno, Kano as Jos buries blast victims

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Kano, Latest Politics, Plateau Monday, March 5th, 2012

VIOLENCE continued to reign in some states of the north at the weekend as members of the Boko Haram sect killed five people, including a 10-year-old child. The sad incident persisted as three of the four victims of the February 26 bombing at the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) Headquarters in Jos were buried […]

Jonathan, Amosun greet Obasanjo at 75

Posted by admin Ogun, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), State News Monday, March 5th, 2012

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his 75th birthday today. In a letter released in Abuja, President Jonathan thanked God that Obasanjo has spent virtually all of his adult life “in dedicated patriotic service to our fatherland.” Also, Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, congratulated the former President. Amosun, in a statement […]

MEND Behind Killing of 4 Marine Policemen in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Niger Delta, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

Authorities of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, codenamed “Operation Pulo Shield”, on Friday deployed local divers to retrieve the corpses of its officers, including a lieutenant colonel, who were shot dead on Thursday morning by suspected oil bunkerers, along Brass-Ogbia waterways, in Bayelsa State. Though, the identities of the slain officers […]

Explosion at Suspected Bomb Factory Kills Three

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

A SUSPECTED Boko Haram factory house located in Kaleri and London Chiki area of Maiduguri metropolis in Borno State exploded around 10.30am yesterday, killing three persons said to be in the place at the time of the incident. The blast was heard about three kilometres radius. Other bomb-making materials recovered by the Joint Task Force […]

S’Court Upholds Uduaghan, Okorocha’s Elections

Posted by admin Delta, Imo, Judiciary, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

THE Supreme Court yesterday in Abuja put judicial seals on the elections of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, as it dismissed the appeals seeking to nullify their victories at the polls. In separate judgments, the Supreme Court predicated its decision on the same legal pedestal and reasoning. The […]

Bayelsa Killing: JTF Declares Officer, Three Others Missing

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

…MEND Claims Responsibility For Thursday’s Killings THe Joint Military Task Force (JTF), code named Operation Pulo Shield, has declared missing the Commander of the Brass Unit of its command and three others shot by suspected oil bunkers along the Brass-Ogbia waterways of Bayelsa State. JTF Media Coordinator, Lt. Col. Timothy Anthinga, confirmed to The Guardian […]

10 die in Lagos road accident, others wounded

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

About 10 people died on Friday at the Otedola Estate on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway when five vehicles, including a trailer, ran into some oil pipes, which were lying carelessly on the road. The oil pipelines, which were four in number, fell off another trailer on Thursday night at about 9 pm. The trailer […]