Day: 23 September 2013

September 23, 2013

SNAPSHOT: We doubt you’d EVER seen a kid this COOL

by Isi Esene Cameron, Peter 'Psquare' Okoye and Lola Omotayo's son will sure be breaking a lot of hearts in a few years - that's if he isn't already doing…

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September 23, 2013

Ombatse cult attack: Senators Ewuga, Adokwe differ on imposition of emergency rule in Nasarawa

by 'Jola Sotubo The call for the declaration of a state of emergency in Nasarawa following the recent crises that have rocked the state has led to a disagreement between…

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September 23, 2013

Ex bank workers sue CBN, NDIC, others over non-payment of entitlements

Fourteen thousand ex-workers of non-consolidated banks in Nigeria have sued the Central Bank of Nigeria over the bank’s alleged refusal to pay their entitlements. The ex-bank workers sued as registered…

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September 23, 2013

PDP crisis: Aggrieved governors may boycott planned peace meeting

by Adeola Balogun   The proposed peace talks between President Goodluck Jonathan and the 7 aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors might have missed their mark before they have even…

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September 23, 2013

Monsters: How herbalists gang raped housewife after defrauding her of N29.5 million

by 'Jola Sotubo Two herbalists in Osun State have been remanded in prison on the orders of a Magistrate Court in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegedly defrauding their client…

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September 23, 2013

Terrorism: 3 policemen killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Kano

by Adeola Balogun The death toll of lives lost to Boko Haram was again increased yesterday as suspected members of the sect reportedly shot dead three policemen in Kano. The…

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September 23, 2013

2015: Proof of President Jonathan’s one term agreement ‘missing’

by 'Jola Sotubo Those who are seeking to keep President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting for a second term in office might just have to serve under his leadership much longer…

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September 23, 2013

Eric Osagie: Akpabio, loyalty and the president

by Eric Osagie Conversely,  good leaders, in serving their people so well, demonstrate uncommon loyalty. Loyalty to God and loyalty to God’s people.  So, we can in the same vein,…

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September 23, 2013

Jonathan, Sambo, others taken to court over contempt charge

A Federal High Court in Abuja will on Monday, September 30, 2013 hear an application seeking to join President Goodluck Jonathan, nine  key members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as…

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September 23, 2013

Funke Egbemode: When politicians pray

by Funke Egbemode They see nothing good in me. They say I have not performed. Yet I work endless hours to improve the lot of my people. God , you…

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September 23, 2013

Shola Oshunkeye: PDP and its floundering Titanic

by Shola Oshunkeye Ogbulafor may have to eat those words now. Fourteen years into this democracy, and less than a third of the time he allotted for PDP to reign,…

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September 23, 2013

Terrible: How I was kidnapped and kept for days in open forest – Victim narrates ordeal

by 'Jola Sotubo A kidnapped member of staff of the Warri Refinery and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), has been rescued by men…

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September 23, 2013

BUSTED: 6 suspected cultists arraigned for robbery, attempted murder in Imo

by Adeola Balogun An Owerri Chief Magistrate Court has had six suspected cult members paraded before it on charges of armed robbery and attempted murder. The suspects aged between19 and…

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September 23, 2013

SCAM: Muslim cleric arrested in Lagos for duping friend of N9.5 million (PICTURED)

by 'Jola Sotubo   Operatives of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos State have apprehended a man whose tool of trade was posing as an Islamic cleric to…

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September 23, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Are we closer to a National conference?

by Ochereome Nnanna In spite of the fact that the North has been awarded “majority” status in the population, given the largest number of states, local governments, electoral wards, federal…

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September 23, 2013

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Time to stop toying with the PIB bill (Part 3)

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu The PIB can no longer be delayed. The oil companies must stop pussyfooting and tell the government what exactly they want. It is not enough to say…

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