The State Security Service (SSS) in Edo state today paraded 11 suspected kidnappers including two ladies. One of them identified as Queen claimed that a wanted suspected kidnapper’s phone number was found on her handset and the other lady called Dorris claimed that she was arrested because her sim card was used by suspected kidnappers [...]
January 31, 2012, 9:40 pm | in
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Read More »Fifteen suspects arrested by men of the Nigerian Army and Navy for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products are in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Six of the suspects were handed over to the EFCC by the Commanding Officer, NNS Pathfinder, Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They [...]
January 31, 2012, 9:37 pm | in
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Read More »The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria(NPAN), as part of measures to add value to its offerings, is to commission a reputable international audit firm to conduct an audience and readership survey of newspapers published in the country. Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, President of the association who said this in Lagos yesterday at the continued engagement with [...]
January 31, 2012, 8:21 pm | in
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Read More »The former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, who was rumoured to have been arrested by the State Security Service, SSS, has arrived Kano State. He arrived at about 4:55 p.m. via IRS airline from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. His image maker, Mallam Suleyau Sule, described the rumour that he has links with the Boko Haram [...]
January 31, 2012, 7:44 pm | in
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Read More »The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has hailed the verdict of a Lagos High Court on the assassination of Mrs. Kudirat Abiola, the wife of the winner of the June 12 1993 Presidential Election, Chief MKO Abiola. The party sees the sentencing of the perpetrators of the heinous act, Major [...]
January 31, 2012, 7:42 pm | in
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Read More »Members of the family of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha in Kano, northwest Nigeria, have described the death sentence passed on their son by a Lagos High Court as “a mockery of established judicial process.” In a statement signed by Hamza’s younger brother, Hadi, on behalf of the family, they insisted that “the strength of evidence relied [...]
January 31, 2012, 7:38 pm | in
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Read More »Fifteen suspects arrested by men of the Nigerian Army and Navy for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products are in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Six of the suspects were handed over to the EFCC by the Commanding Officer, NNS Pathfinder, Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and [...]