Debtor set up lynched UNIPORT students – IG
THE Police on Monday in Abuja confirmed that the four University of Port Harcourt students killed by a mob at Aluu, Rivers State, were not robbers. A debtor who set them up masterminded their killings,...
View ArticleExpelled PDP leaders back Mimiko
Five expelled members of the Ondo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party were among top leaders of the party who on Monday publicly declared their support for Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s re-election...
View ArticleNigeria worst performer among African powerhouses – Mo Ibrahim Index
Nigeria, again, got a poor rating in the 2012 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, published on Monday by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The country was scored low in human rights, political freedom,...
View ArticleAnxiety over Peter Rufai’s health
There is palpable fear over the health of former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai who was said to have slumped while at work on Monday evening. This is coming barely a week after the death of his...
View ArticleMan throws wife into pit latrine in Ogun
Ogun Police Command on Tuesday in Abeokuta paraded a suspect for allegedly killing his wife by throwing her into a pit latrine over a misunderstanding. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr....
View ArticleN32.8bn pension scam: Court again adjourns till Nov 6
An Abuja High Court has again adjourned to November 6, 2012 for ruling on an application to quash criminal charges in the N32.8 billion Police Pension Fund scam against three of the six accused...
View ArticleFlood: Justice Tabai to head funds management committee in Delta
Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has named named Retired Supreme Court Justice, Justice Francis Tabai, as the chairman of the committee to manage the N500 million flood disaster grant allocated...
View ArticleDelta commissioner, Hope Eghagha, regains freedom
Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Hope Eghagha, was on Monday night released by gunmen who had held him captive for over two weeks. Eghagha, who was a lecturer at the University of...
View ArticleHillary Clinton takes responsibility for Benghazi attack
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday assumed responsibility on Monday for last month’s deadly attack on the U.S diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya on September 11. The...
View ArticleToday is World Boss’ Day
Today is World Boss Day, set aside for employees to “recognize those in supervisory positions. Popular ways to say “thanks” include cards, a lunch in the boss’s honor, flowers, or gift certificates,”...
View Article‘We’ll finance acquisition, upgrade of Abuja, Enugu discos’
The Interstate Consortium, which emerged the preferred bidder for both Abuja and Enugu electricity distribution companies, has said it has the financial capacity to finance the acquisition and...
View ArticlePolice apologise for using gun on blind man
British police apologised on Wednesday for using a stun gun on a blind man after officers mistook his white cane for a samurai sword. Officers were responding to “a number of reports that a man was...
View ArticleInflation rate dropped to 11.3% in Sept – NBS
Consumer inflation has eased for the third straight month to 11.3 per cent year-on-year in September, down from 11.7 per cent in August. The National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday that food...
View ArticleSenate approves forfeiture of undeclared foreign exchange funds
The Senate on Wednesday, read for the third time, a bill to amend the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, which provides for the forfeiture of all undeclared funds in breach of Section 12 of the...
View ArticleFlood relief fund or national cake?
The much anticipated reprieve finally came via the Tuesday morning (October 9) presidential broadcast. President Goodluck Jonathan announced the release of N17.6bn to assist states and communities that...
View ArticleAchebe and trouble with truth
For a couple of weeks now, excerpts from Chinua Achebe’s latest book, There was a Country, has sparked controversy and mass hysteria on the two sides of the Nigerian divide, so to say. It’s most...
View ArticleMubi massacre and rising insecurity
The October 1 massacre of over 40 persons, mostly students, in Mubi, Adamawa State, suggests strongly that the Nigerian government is fast losing the battle against insecurity. The seeming helplessness...
View ArticleSubsidy scam: Suspects get stringent bail terms
An Abuja High Court on Wednesday imposed stringent bail conditions on the Managing Director of Alminnur Resources Limited, Alhaji Saminu Rabiu, and his Brila Energy Limited counterpart, Jubril Rowaye,...
View ArticleLASG denies abandoning road project
The Lagos Sate Government on Wednesday said it did not abandon the Ota-Ona/Awolowo Road project in Ikorodu. The government said that it was a policy of the administration in the state that no project...
View ArticleAluu killings: Court remands 13 suspects in prison
THE Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday remanded 13 suspects arrested in connection with the killing of four students of the University of Port Harcourt. The accused...
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