Kaduna Speaker Impeached
After series of attempts to remove the embattled Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Muazu Usman Gangara, representing Giwa East Constituency failed, some members of the state assembly today...
View ArticleLawyer Commits Suicide In Office
A 44-year-old lawyer, Kofi Yawson-Adjei, yesterday committed suicide by hanging himself.According to Ghanaweb.com, Yawson-Adjei, who is the Secretary of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GIS) and...
View ArticleAwoonor’s Body To Be Flown To Ghana Tomorrow
The body of Professor Kofi Awoonor who met his tragic death at the Westgate Mall in Kenya is expected to be flown into the country on Wednesday, 24 September, a family spokesman has said.Ghanaweb.com...
View ArticleLandlord, Wife Killed By Tenant
A tenant in Uyo, Akwa Ibom allegedly set his residence ablaze on Monday, killing his landlord and landlady.The house is located at Asuquo Eyo Street in Ifa Ikot Okpon in the Uyo Local Government Area...
View ArticleParents Burn Son With Pressing Iron
A teenager has been burnt on the chest with a hot pressing iron by his parents for allegedly stealing their neighbours’ belongings.The victim, Chibuzor Kemkem, 15, was also allegedly battered with...
View ArticleRape: Kwara CAN Calls For Stiffer Laws, Parental Control
The Women wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kwara, on Tuesday called for stiffer legislations to curb the increasing waves of rape cases across the country.The Chairperson of the...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Man For Alleged Theft Of N6.8m From ATM
The Police Command in the FCT have begun investigation into the alleged theft of N6.8 million from the ATM of a bank at Jabi District, Abuja, on Saturday.DSP Altine Daniel, the command’s spokesperson,...
View Article2 Brothers Arraigned For Alleged Robbery
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded two brothers, Mohammed Abubarkar, 25, and Jaye Abubarkar, 22, for allegedly robbing Audi Jare and three others on 13 September.The Prosecutor, Inspector...
View ArticleINEC Warns Politicians Against Overheating Polity
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday warned politicians against overheating the polity ahead of the 2015 general elections.Its Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega gave the warning...
View ArticleBritish schoolboy robs bank with fake gun
A British schoolboy described as a “model pupil” on Tuesday admitted robbing a bank while carrying a fake gun.The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, held up a branch of Barclays bank...
View ArticleSenate Mandates Committees To Investigate Apo Killings
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its committees on National Security and Intelligence and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to investigate the September 20 killings in Apo, Abuja, Nigeria’s...
View ArticleMAPOLY lecturers reject new rector
Amosun: ASUP faults rector’s appointmentAbiodun Onafuye/ AbeokutaA crisis may be looming at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Ojere, Abeokuta in the western Nigerian state of Ogun as the...
View ArticleBritish female terrorist in focus as Nairobi siege ends
Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tuesday that a siege of a Nairobi shopping mall was over, but said losses from the attack by Islamist gunmen were “immense” and at least 67 people had...
View ArticleProtests in Sudan over fuel price hikes
Sudanese demonstrators angry over oil price hikes set fire to the ruling party’s headquarters in the capital’s twin city of Omdurman Tuesday as protests spread across the country, witnesses said.“I saw...
View ArticleForget 2015, New PDP tells Jonathan
The Abubakar Baraje led faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has advised President Goodluck Jonathan not to seek re-election in 2015.The group said in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday that...
View ArticleJonathan makes case for Nigeria in UN Council
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday in New York made a strong case for Nigeria’s election to the United Nations Security Council.Addressing the world leaders and other delegates at the opening of the...
View ArticleNigeria’s rights agency probes killing of squatters
Nigeria’s human rights commission said Tuesday it was investigating allegations that security agents shot dead eight unarmed squatters last week in the capital Abuja under the guise of fighting Boko...
View ArticleFemale teenager found dead in hotel room
JETHRO IBILEKE/BeninAn 18-year-old girl, Chinyere Onorfue, was found in a hotel room in Benin City, capital of Edo state, deadChinyere who allegedly checked into the hotel, with one Emmanuel Ajayi, on...
View ArticleAnambra Poll: INEC knocks out Nwoye, Ukachukwu In
Nicholas Chukwuejekwu Ukachukwu, is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November election, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in a statement on Tuesday.The...
View ArticleAnambra: APC rolls out campaign committee for Ngige
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday inaugurated a 25-man campaign committee to ensure victory for its governorship candidate, Senator Chris Ngige, in the Anambra governorship...
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