Daily Archives: October 9, 2012
War in Maiduguri
An early morning bomb explosion targeted at a patrol vehicle of the Joint Task Force (JTF) yesterday in Maiduguri by suspected Boko Haram members killed a military officer while two other soldiers were seriously injured Read More »
Jonathan decorates service chiefs
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday decorated the newly appointed service chiefs, comprising the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Admiral Ola Saad Ibrahim, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Dele Joseph Ezeoba Read More »
FG gives up on Bakassi
The Presidency may have taken the National Assembly on a jolly-ride over the contentious handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroun. Less than 24 hours to the expiration of the deadline for Nigeria to appeal the International ... Read More »
Once upon a country
Why did it take the literary icon Albert Chinualumogu Achebe over four decades to tell his civil war story? Most intellectuals and writers in his ilk have put down their experience of those trying days of a people’s fight for ... Read More »
Furious flood ravages Oko Poly
Flood came like a thief in the night of Saturday, September 29, and unleashed its fury on residents of Atani community and other towns in Anambra State. Surging waters broke through the banks of River Niger into their homes, wreaking ... Read More »
UNIPORT 4: Killer community deserted
Omuokiri village in Aluu Clan, where four students of the University of Port Harcourt were murdered is now a graveyard, as residents are fleeing the area for fear of being arrested by security agents Read More »
Wife kills soldier husband
Military authorities in Ilorin, Kwara State capital have arrested a middle-aged housewife (name withheld) who allegedly killed her soldier- husband for yet unknown reasons. The incident occurred last week, according to reliable sources at the 22 Armoured Brigade Read More »
Diezani goes gaga
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday, barred reporters covering the Senate from recording verbal proceedings of her meeting with the Petroleum Resources (Downstream) Committee. Read More »
Robbers hit Lagos again
Armed robbers yesterday in Lagos shot dead two policemen at the Oko-Oba Agege area of the metropolis. The two policemen, an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) and an inspector were attached to the Oko-Oba Police Station Read More »
FG, Ogun govt have forsaken us
Prior to the October 22, 2005 Bellview Airlines crash which claimed 117 lives, Lisa Village was an unknown community in a remote part of Ifo Local Government area of Ogun State. It lacked motorable roads, government schools, electricity, telephone networks Read More »
