Daily Archives: December 16, 2012
MASS MURDER: GUNMAN KILLS MUM, 20 KIDS, 7 ADULTS
A heavily armed gunman opened fire at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing 26 people including 20 children in the latest in a series of shooting rampages across the United States this year, US media reported. The gunman died ... Read More »
Muktar Ramalan Yero now Kaduna governor
Last Wednesday, he was at a function organized by the Kaduna Council of the Nigeria Union Journalists, NUJ. He represented the governor on the occasion. But two speakers on the occasion said publicly that they were eagerly looking forward to ... Read More »
Gen Azazi, Yakowa die in helicopter crash
A Naval helicopter carrying passengers that attended the burial ceremony of Pa Obebra Douglas, father of the Special Assistant to the President on Research and Documentation, Oronto Douglas, yesterday crashed and exploded in the swamp of Okoroba, Ogbia Local Government ... Read More »
Human head for N6,000
A man simply identified as Iku Monday by residents of Sabo area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, is still being quizzed by the police for allegedly beheading dead woman (names withheld) after exhuming her corpse from a grave in her husband’s ... Read More »
Imoke not dead, says commissioner
Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Chief Akin Ricketts, has said Governor Liyel Imoke is alive. “There is no iota of truth in the rumour that Gov. Liyel Imoke is dead,” the commissioner said at a news briefing on Friday ... Read More »
I sold my video games for studio sessions –Whizkid
For every music lover, it has been a great year on the dance floor and kudos to those who have been making great hits in the music industry. Among them is the Pakurumo crooner, Ayo Balogun popularly known as Whizkid ... Read More »
Shema’s brother dies at 46
Alhaji Kabir Shema, younger brother to Gov. Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State, is dead. Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Press Matters, Alhaji Abdulhamid Danjuma, said on Friday in Katsina that the deceased died at the Katsina General ... Read More »
Tokyo: The (un)making of a union leader
The entrance of the Akobo, Ibadan residence of the embattled Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Lateef Akinsola (a.k.a. Tokyo) was crowded by a horde of jubilating sympathisers. The crowd consisted of relations, friends and ... Read More »
General Andrew Owoeye Azazi (1952 – 2012)
General Andrew Owoeye Azazi (retired) was the National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan until June 22, 2012. He was also former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) during fFormer President, Chief Olusegun ‘s tenure. General Azazi also served as Chief ... Read More »
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (1948 – 2012)
The late Governor Ibrahim Patrick Yakowa was born on 1 December 1948 in Fadan Kagoma, Jema’a Local Government, Kaduna State. He attended St. Mary’s Secondary School, Fadan Kaje and St. John College, Kaduna, and then was admitted to Ahmadu Bello ... Read More »
