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Daily Archives: September 4, 2015

Army seizes N50m worth of dry fishes, meat from Boko Haram

By Ndahi Marama The military has seized over 2,000 cartons of smoked fishes and many bags of dried meat worth about N50 million from Boko Haram. Deputy Director Army Public Relations and spokesman, 7 Division Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Colonel Tukur [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

African Boy Invents Land-rover And Laptop Using Wood

A young man from Mubende Uganda has invented something worth revealing. The young boy created a land-rover and a laptop from wood. This got many his community people amused at his extremely creative stance.   Not long ago, two Nigerian [...]

September 4, 2015 General
Arjen Robben

Bayern Munich’s Dutch striker, Robben sidelined for a month

Bayern Munich’s Dutch striker, Robben sidelined for a month   Bayern Munich’s Dutch striker Arjen Robben has been ruled out of action for a month on Friday after picking up a groin injury in the Netherlands’ 1-0 Euro 2016 qualifying [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
female student cake laced

Student nabbed for giving colleague cake laced with Indian Hemp

Student nabbed for giving colleague cake laced with Indian Hemp The Police in Delta have arrested a male undergraduate of Delta State University, Abraka for allegedly giving a female student cake laced with Indian hemp. Police spokesperson, DSP Celestina Kalu said [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

NBC, stakeholders collaborate on digitization process

  Mrs. Debby Odutayo, President, EMCOAN   Digitization process: The Electronic Media Content Owners Association of Nigeria (EMCOAN) has indicated interest to work with Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) as the regulatory board expressed willingness to partner with her in the actualization [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

Ikeja Disco Company Staff Electrocuted To Death On A High Tension Wire

This is just so sad and heart breaking a Staff of Ikeja Disco Company was yesterday electrocuted on a high tension cable in front of the Police College Ikeja. who according to sources who where eye witnesses and took photos [...]

September 4, 2015 Incidents

Rooney hopeful of Martial impact at Man Utd

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney admitted on Friday that he knows little about new signing Anthony Martial, but backed the French teenager to prove a success at Old Trafford. United sent shock waves across Europe on Tuesday when they bought 19-year-old [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Lagos man stab neighbour with a bottle

Lagos Man Stabs Neighbour With A Bottle ….see His reason

A 33-year-old unemployed, John Ena, charged with stabbing his neighbour with a bottle on her head for playing loud music, was on Wednesday arraigned in Lagos. Ena, a resident of No. 13, Palace Road, Alagbado, Lagos, is being tried for [...]

September 4, 2015 Incidents

Nigerian Woman Helen Mukoro Running For President In Spain

Nigerian Woman Running For President : Meet Helen Mukoro, a Nigerian-Spanish Lawyer who hailed from Delta state.She worked briefly in Delta State Governor’s office before she left Nigeria to Spain in 1992. Nigerian Woman Running For President :Mukoro gained prominence [...]

September 4, 2015 International, Video
Why I signed result sheets for 15 wards, witness tells Akwa Ibom guber tribunal

Why I signed result sheets for 15 wards, witness tells Akwa Ibom guber tribunal

Barr Bassey Okon Willie, a witness for the Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel and the PDP, told the governorship tribunal sitting in Abuja Friday that he signed all the result sheets for Oron Local Government Area.  Willie said this during [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Boko Haram Islamists

Boko Haram: Over 2.1m people flee homes

Boko Haram: Over 2.1m people flee homes   Mounting attacks by Nigeria’s ferocious Boko Haram Islamists have sent more than 2.1 million people fleeing their homes in northeast Nigeria, the International Organization for Migration said Friday. Revising sharply upwards its previous [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Nigeria to raise $4bn in treasury bills in Q4 – CBN

Nigeria to raise $4bn in treasury bills in Q4 – CBN

Lagos – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it plans to auction N814.78 billion in Treasury bills between Sept. 17 to Dec. 3. According to the bank’s data on Friday, it will auction N215.14 billion worth of the 3-month [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

Osun Osogbo festival: Marking 10 years of world acceptance

By Gbenga Olarinoye Participants at the Osun Osogbo Festival                 OSOGBO – Last week was  particularly busy for tourists and people who cherish tradition and culture of the people of Osogbo in particular [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Prof. Jega assumes work as PLASU governing council chairman

Prof. Jega assumes work as PLASU governing council chairman

Bokkos (Plateau) – Prof. Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Governing Council, Plateau State University (PLASU), Bokkos on Thursday assumed work by inspecting some projects and presiding over the council’s meeting in Bokkos, near Jos. The projects inspected by the former INEC boss [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
I have borrowed only N10bn – Gov. Ortom

I have borrowed only N10bn – Gov. Ortom

BY PETER DURU, MAKURDI Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has disclosed that his administration had so far borrowed only N10 billion from financial institutions. The Governor who was reacting to insinuations that his administration was piling debts in the [...]

September 4, 2015 Video, What the papers say
Baby Left In Locked Car Sparks Controversy - New Zealand - A photo of a baby inside a locked car outside a New Zealand supermarket has sparked outrage online. The photo shows a newborn baby wrapped in a blanket in a car seat, with a note on the blanket saying to call if there were any issues. A mobile phone number is on the note.

Desmond Tutu out of hospital after one week

Desmond Tutu out of hospital after one week South African archbishop Desmond Tutu was discharged from hospital on Friday, his foundation said, after more than two weeks of medical care to treat a nagging infection. Tutu, 83, has been in [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

Death of school proprietress, biz partner in hotel room

By Emem Idio Late Mrs. Ebiegberi Ejor School proprietress death:YENAGOA –THE Amungo Family of Adubabiri compound in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase,  to investigate the circumstances surrounding [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
NASS top staffers at loggerheads over aides’ N9bn allowances

NASS top staffers at loggerheads over aides’ N9bn allowances

By Henry UmoruABUJA- STRONG indications have emerged that crisis looms at the National Assembly as Legislative aides to the Senators and members of the House of Representatives have concluded plans to paralyse activities at the National Assembly on Monday. Vanguard [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Publish the state financial account, Archbishop Obinna tells Okorocha

Publish the state financial account, Archbishop Obinna tells Okorocha

By Chidi Nkwopara state financial account: OWERRI—Sequel to Imo State government’s acknowledgment of the receipt of Federal Government’s bailout fund, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has again challenged Governor Rochas [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Publish the state financial account, Archbishop Obinna tells Okorocha

Publish the state financial account, Archbishop Obinna tells Okorocha

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Sequel to Imo State government’s acknowledgment of the receipt of Federal Government’s bailout fund, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has again challenged Governor Rochas Okorocha to publish [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Publish the state financial account, Archbishop Obinna tells Okorocha

Publish the state financial account, Archbishop Obinna tells Okorocha

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Sequel to Imo State government’s acknowledgment of the receipt of Federal Government’s bailout fund, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has again challenged Governor Rochas Okorocha to publish [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Publish the state financial account, Archbishop Obinna tells Okorocha

Publish the state financial account, Archbishop Obinna tells Okorocha

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Sequel to Imo State government’s acknowledgment of the receipt of Federal Government’s bailout fund, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has again challenged Governor Rochas Okorocha to publish [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

OJUELEGBA CRASH: Lagos residents call for regulation of truck movement

By Evelyn Usman, Bose Adelaja & Yinka Adetona FOLLOWING the death of three persons, when a trailer fell off Ojuelegba bridge last Wednesday, Lagos residents have called on the relevant authorities to regulate the movement of heavy duty trucks in [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say
Banking System

Idle dollars outside the economy

Idle dollars outside the economy For over five weeks now the Nigerian foreign exchange system has been on drama sketch. It is unbelievable that at a time of harsh economic circumstances manifesting in the form of sharp decline in foreign [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

Dickson’s Patience with Dame pays off

By Samuel Oyadongha It was a big relief for the camp of the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson following the reported settlement of the rift between the governor, former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and other stakeholders. Before now there [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

How APC infiltrates, works against Anambra PDP — Emeakayi

By Vincent Ujumadu The Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been in crisis since 1999. In a deliberate effort to end the crisis, the national leadership of the party recently conducted congresses at the ward, local [...]

September 4, 2015 What the papers say

Team Nigeria goes for gold as All Africa Games begin

By John Egbokhan After the woeful performance of her athletes at the recently concluded IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing, Team Nigeria’s contingent to the 11tth All Africa Games starting today in Brazzaville, will be seeking a better outing at [...]

September 4, 2015 Video, What the papers say