Communal clash: Enugu closes schools
BY CYRIL OZOR NSUKKA—Enugu State government has closed down about 16 primary and one secondary schools, as well government offices, including the local government secretarait in Ette, a border...
View ArticleMark leads senators on condolence to Plateau, calls for end to killings
The Senate President, David Mark has commiserated with the people of Plateau State and the immediate family of late Senator Gyang Dantong who was killed on Sunday expressing hope that his death and...
View ArticleGroup declares support for Tompolo over N-Delta security
WARRI – Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change, NDIMRC, has declared its intention to join forces with the founder of Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Chief Government...
View ArticleCourt remands man for stealing gov’s handset
Osogbo – An Osogbo Senior Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, ordered that a 32-year-old man, Kelvin Ighodalo, be remanded in prison, for allegedly stealing the mobile telephone handset of Governor Rauf...
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Why I can’t bite the hands that fed me – Rep. Bamidele
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor THE encounter between Rep. Opeyemi Bamidele and a group of newsmen was like a reunion of a fraternity of old. Even though a lawyer, Bamidele came to public renown...
View ArticleAlleged poisoning: Imo govt orders autopsy of deceased family members
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA Owerri – Imo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Obi Njoku yesterday ordered for autopsies on seven members of a family and their two in-laws, who died in Emekuku, near Owerri, on...
View ArticleS-Court strips RUSAL of ALSCON ownership
ABUJA — The Supreme Court has ordered that Russia’s RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium producer, be stripped of ownership of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, because the assets should...
View Article76 oil wells: S-Court delivers judgment today
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Barring any last minute intervention, the Supreme Court will today settle the dispute between the governments of Cross River and Akwa Ibom states over the ownership of 76...
View ArticleAlleged N5bn fraud: Kalu drags EFCC to S-Court
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the competence of the 107-count criminal charge preferred against him by the...
View ArticleTime to decide if we can remain as one country – Northern CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday in Kaduna condemned the persistent killings of Christians in the North and asked for...
View ArticleWhat If They Die?
MORE than 100 people were killed in two days in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau State. We may be paying attention to the killings – which are routine – because Senator Gyang...
View ArticleMicrosoft to acquire perceptive pixel Inc
By Emeka Aginam, in Sydney, Australia The software giant, Microsoft Corp. yesterday in collaboration with Perceptive Pixel Inc. (PPI) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under...
View Article12 legislators rejet amendment of Ramadan, Ram bonus
Kano -Twelve of the 40 members of Kano State House of Assembly have protested against the amendment of the Ramadan and Ram bonus law of the state by the Assembly. The House in Kano on Monday amended...
View ArticlePrezzo declares love for Goldie: What next?
By Charles Mgbolu Tension, as usual, reached boiling point in the last Big Brother star game eviction show which saw lovebirds Junia and Malonza, Prezzo and Goldie up for eviction, the latter survived;...
View ArticleSFU arrests woman for alleged N10.8m fraud
By IFEANYI OKOLIE LAGOS – Operatives of Special Fraud Unit, Lagos, have arrested one Bunmi Akintoye, alleged to have been involved in serial fraud cases. Vanguard gathered that the 33-year-old suspect,...
View ArticleEguavoen quits Enyimba
LAGOS (AFP) – Former Flying Eagles coach Austin Eguavoen has quit top club Enyimba citing personal reasons. “I have put in my resignation from Enyimba,” revealed Eguavoen, who joined Enyimba early...
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EL Sajjadah: The prayer mat that lights up when facing Mecca debuts
By Prince Osuagwu For Nigerian Muslims who may find it difficult to locate which direction is the West to carry out their prayers, there is actually nothing to worry about now. This is because a...
View ArticlePolice nab 3 suspected armed robbers in Lagos
Lagos -The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on Thursday night arrested three suspected armed robbers at their hideout in Ikorodu, Lagos. A reliable police source said in Lagos on Friday that the...
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Ground zero in 5D tech entertainment
By Prince Osuagwu It’s like Disney Island in reality and the feeling is indescribable. Sitting on red leather upholstery with a 5D pair of specs, suddenly, the electric motor fixed at the base of the...
View ArticleNasri handed three-match ban from France team
PARIS (AFP) – Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri was handed a three-match ban from the French national team on Friday following a French Football Federation investigation into his behaviour during...
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