Nollywood star Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki of Aki and Pawpaw fame, will be getting married to Nneoma Hope Nwajah on Saturday, November 26, 2011. The traditional wedding will come off at the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church Primary School field, Obolo, Isiala Mbano, Imo State, Nigeria. Three governors, Abia State Governor; Chief T. A. [...]
The Police Command of Abia state has launched an investigation into how a day-old baby boy got missing from a private hospital, Analechi Hospital, located at 5 Ngbaronye/Udi Street, Amuzuku, Umuahia, Abia State. The police said that all the staff of the hospital were being interrogated on the matter, even as it ponders on the where- [...]
Aftermath kidnapping: Catholics rededicate desecrated churchFrom OKEY SAMPSON, AbaWednesday, November 16 , 2011 The Catholic Diocese of Aba on Monday organized a pilgrimage of reparation service at St. Michael’s Catholic Parish, Umuezi in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State to sanctify the church, which it said, was desecrated during the kidnap saga. Daily Sun [...]
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan By Chinedu Eze The Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that the N7.4 billion budgeted for the earth movement at the Asaba International Airport was to enhance pilots’ visibility and for the airport to accommodate large body aircraft. He explained that his administration was abiding by the conditions given by [...]
By Jimitota Onoyume P/Harcourt GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state has emerged the new Chairman Forum of governors of member states of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The governor who spoke shortly after his emergence at Government House, Port Harcourt said he would drum on the need for the commission to complete its ongoing [...]
DELTA State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba met behind closed doors in Warri, yesterday, with ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and former chairman of the Delta Waterways Security Committee, DWSC, Warri, Chief Ayiri Emami, to nip in the bud, a fresh crisis between Iteskiri and Ijaw ethnic groups over the planned boat [...]
BY DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun state, is contemplating sanctioning its governorship candidate in April election, Adetunji Olurin, for attending the recent 2012 Budget presentation by Governor Ibikunle Amosu of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to the state House of Assembly. The party at the weekend inaugurated two [...]
NSE Headquarters By Goddy Egene The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will soon embark on a nationwide investor education to expose the existing and potential investors to the opportunities in the capital market and how best to tap into them and reap the benefits. The Head, Corporate Division of the NSE, Mr. Bola Adeeko, disclosed this [...]
Sat12102011 Last update03:36:57 PM GMT Original Source : Ogun State
A man suspected to be the operations commander of the Boko Haram sect was yesterday arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano. Suleiman Mohammed, who hails from Ogbomosho in Oyo State, believed to have masterminded several deadly attacks in Kano, has been moved to Abuja for interrogation. The Kano State police commissioner, Mr. [...]
Barely 2 months and a half after top Yoruba actress,Mosun Filani had her traditional wedding ceremony in Ibadan,Oyo State,the beautiful Ekiti indigene had her white church wedding at Graceville Chapel,129,Awolowo Way,Ikeja,Lagos. That was 2 Sundays back.At the event,with the way Mosun looked,she must have been pregnant.She was fuller and more chubby. She finalized the marriage [...]
Following the flood on Monday night which washed away the temporary bridge constructed on the Bodija-Secretariat Road where the bridge is currently undergoing reconstruction, the Oyo State government has ordered the immediate closure of the road. Moses Alake Adeyemo, the state deputy governor, who ordered the closure while on an assessment tour of the site, [...]
May 14, 2012 Police: Gunmen kill two in attack on construction firm in north Nigeria, kidnap Lebanese worker LAGOS, Nigeria Police in northern Nigeria say unknown gunmen opened fire on construction workers, killing two before kidnapping a Lebanese employee of the firm. Kaduna state police spokesman Aminu Lawan said that the attack involved workers trying [...]
A consultant gynaecologist and obstetrician at Barua Dikko Specialist Hospital, Kaduna State, Dr. Joel Adze has stressed the importance of improving women’s access to safe abortion and post abortion care if maternal deaths and injuries are to be reduced in the state. Adze who spoke during a five-day Partnership for Transforming Health Systems, PATHS2, supported [...]
By Bashir Adefaka Alhaji Munir Ja’afar, mni, OFR, is the Crown Prince of Zauzzau Emirate (Yariman Zauzzau) and District Head of Anwa in Zaria, Kaduna State. He had earlier been commissioner at various ministries in Kaduna State; Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety (NIMASA); Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZ) [...]
A man suspected to be the operations commander of the Boko Haram sect was yesterday arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano. Suleiman Mohammed, who hails from Ogbomosho in Oyo State, believed to have masterminded several deadly attacks in Kano, has been moved to Abuja for interrogation. The Kano State police commissioner, Mr. [...]
KANO, Nigeria, May 13 (Xinhua) — Three persons were shot dead when unknown gunmen riding on a motorcycle attacked them in northwest Nigeria’s Kano State metropolitan on Sunday evening. Security sources told Xinhua that the gunmen parked their motorcycle and began sporadic shooting and injured five other peoples, while passers-by ran to avoid had been [...]
By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO— Department of Security Services, DSS, in Kano State, yesterday, paraded one Ayuba Usman, alleged to be main supplier of explosive material to terrorists in the state. Parading the suspect before newsmen, the state Director of DSS, Mr. Bassey Ettang, explained that Usman was identified by high profile suspects in their custody. [...]
Houses In C’River Destroyed By Windstorm, 500 Displaced
Over 40 residential buildings have been destroyed by windstorm in Mbarakom, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. As a result of the incident, over 500 persons have been displaced. Also, a 10-year-old girl, Miss Blessing Ekong, one of the many casualties of the storm sustained fractured thigh bone and spinal cord injury and [...]
INEC: Not business as usual for electoral offenders
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru A rare attempt to bring to book electoral offenders during the February 25 gubernatorial election in Cross River has commenced. It is the product of the grit of the State Electoral officer, Mike Igini who is translating his experience in civil activism into electoral transparency. THE fear of Mr. Mike Igini, Resident [...]
USAID Spends N60 Million Annually On VVF in Cross River
United State Agency for International Development (USAID) is spending more than N60 million annually to maintain the Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) Centre at Ogojo General Hospital in Cross River. USAID Country Project Manager, Mr Iyeme Efem disclosed this on Thursday to journalists in Calabar. “The Ogoja centre in Cross River state established last year, has [...]
NEMA Urges Cross River to Suspend Evacuation of Displaced Herdsmen
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has appealed to the Cross River State government to hold back its evacuation of the displaced Fulani nomads taking temporary shelter in the state. The appeal came just as thne state disclosed its plans to send away the displaced herdsmen. Deputy Governor Mr. Effiok Cobham had disclosed the resolve [...]
What entertainment industry holds for fans this year
From audio and video to fashion and tourism, the nation’s entertainment industry recorded spotty improvements in 2011. But prospects look brighter this year, if only the government and practitioners keep their eyes on the ball, write OBINNA EMELIKE and ANNE AGBAJE. Despite the huge creative talents that abound in Nigeria, it is unfortunate that many [...]
Celebrities: Their looks, Before and Now
BY MUKOSOLU NZOM The only constant thing in life they say is change, and the only thing which goes up and never comes down, is age. Today we expose some of our top celebrities as we go into the archives to refresh our readers minds with pictures of what they looked like in the early [...]
Seven killed in northeast Nigeria sect shooting
Nigeria (), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in [...]
Wolves v Everton Leighton Baines could be in line to return after David Moyes revealed the left back is recovering well from his hamstring injury, but Victor Anichebe is a doubt after limping out of Tuesday’s 1-1 draw at Stoke with a groin problem. Jack Rodwell (hamstring) is also expected to miss out. Midfielder David [...]
Enugu State News – NGO organises health debates in schools
Nigeria Newspapers Enugu State News – A Non-governmental organisation, Krisanctus Productions, Enugu has organised a debate for secondary schools aimed at promoting good health among the youth. Collaborating with the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Organisation, the NGO is holding leprosy awareness debates in secondary schools in three local government areas of Enugu State. The [...]
L.G boss builds Police barracks, spends N800m on projects
By Chineney Ozor, Nsukka Efforts to beef up security network in Igbo-Etiti local government area, Enugu state, yielded positive dividend recently after the Chairman of the council, Chief Ogbonna Idike built new police barracks for officers and men of the Nigeria police force in the area and spent over N800 million on various road projects. [...]
Nigeria : Enugu Police Confirm Release of Abducted Priest
11 November 2011 The police in Enugu State yesterday said that the Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Chijioke Amoke, who was abducted by unknown gunmen on Nov. 2, has been released. Amoke is the parish priest of the Onitsha-Enugu-Ezike Catholic Parish in Igbobeze North Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Danazumi [...]
My Relationship With FG Is Cordial – Aregbesola
Contrary to the impression of some people that the Federal Government and Osun State Government were at loggerheads, Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said that he has a cordial relationship with the government at the centre. Aregbesola said there was a mutual understanding between the Federal Government and Osun State government, even as he expressed his [...]
How theatre artistes, filmmakers build the nation –Prof Foluke Ogunleye
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German’s Kidnap Rattles Nigerian Security Agencies
National Security Adviser, General Owoye Azazi By Ike Abonyi The kidnap of a German engineer, Edgar Fritz Raupach, in Kano has developed into a knotty issue for Nigeria’s security agencies, following claims that it was carried out by Al Qaeda. THISDAY learnt that hitherto, the security agencies worked on the theory that Boko Haram was [...]
Nigeria: Arms Smuggling – NSCDC Deploys Personnel to Sokoto Borders
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Sokoto state, has deployed personnel to all the border areas in the state to stop the smuggling of arms into the country. The Commandant, Alhaji Aminu Kofor-Soro said in Sokoto on Sunday, that the corps and other security agencies had put in place several security strategies [...]
Kabiru Sokoto: FG dumps plan to prosecute Zakari Biu
BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — There were indications in Abuja, yesterday, that the Federal Government may have abandoned the idea of prosecuting dismissed Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Zakari Biu, over the escape of Boko Haram kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto, the alleged mastermind of the Christmas day bombing in Madalla, Niger State that killed about 47 people. [...]
