Daily Archives: October 27, 2012
16 perish in auto crash
Sixteen people died in a motor accident, which occurred at Osin River, a suburb of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The incident involved a trailer loaded with bags of beans coming from the North and an 18-seater commuter bus Read More »
Cursed killers: Slain newly wed’s family decrees death for killers at burial
ncontrollable tears, anguish and curses characterised the burial, yesterday, of the remains of the late Ugochukwu Chukwudi Ozuah, the groom who shot dead in Lagos five days after his wedding, in his country home, Mgbakwu, in Awka North Local Government ... Read More »
uncovered: Boko Haram base traced to Mali •Intelligence report identifies training, operational base
The search for a lasting solution to the perennial campaign of violence by the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has taken President Goodluck Jonathan and his National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Sambo Dasuki (retd) to Bamako, the capital of Mali, for ... Read More »
Plane crash: Injured Gov Suntai transferred to National Hospital
Taraba State Governor, Dambaba Suntai was the last person rescued from the crashed Cessna 208 aircraft he piloted. An official of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), who participated in the Search and Rescue operations, said the governor was Read More »
Andy Uba, Arthur Eze at war over N250m Enugu property
Two Anambra State businessmen and political heavyweights, Senator Andy Uba and Prince Arthur Eze are now at war over two property said to belong to one Major Emmanuel Okwuosa also from the State. An Enugu State High Court had ordered ... Read More »
20 injured as PDP, NURTW members clash in Arisekola’s residence
The celebration of Eid-el-Kabir turned bloody in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital yesterday when a violent clash erupted at the residence of Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola between members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers Read More »
2 shot dead over boundary dispute in Edo
Following alleged land tussle between Okha and Uroho communities in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, unidentified gunmen suspected to be from Uroho village, Thursday attacked Okha village, Read More »
Cross River unveils tourism roadmap
Cross River State government has promised to harness the state’s vast tourism potentials, with a view to making it a tourism hub in Africa. Speaking in Lagos, Thursday night, at the unveiling of the state’s tourism may, Governor Liyel Imoke ... Read More »
The ‘death sentence’ that made my dad abandon me for God
Here is an academic who has excelled from cradle to his present professional status. Here is a man who serves God and man and is known as a man of honour and integrity. Here in one person is a first ... Read More »
Issues that dominated 2012 Garden City Literary Festival
It was no garden-variety literary festival by any standard. The 2012 Garden City Literary Festival, which ended on Saturday, October 20, once again, rekindled hope for the Nigerian book industry and reading culture with a series of weeklong activities featuring ... Read More »
