Category: News and Politricks
Fire Guts Unilag Building
Fire gutted the three-storey Faculty of Sciences building of the University of Lagos, Akoka, on Tuesday 20th of march 2012.
It was gathered that the fire started at about 6am. It affected the departments of Mathematics and Physics, which are on the second and third floors.
Academic materials, electronic appliances, furniture, personal effects and other belongings were [...]
DON JAZZY CONFIRMS RUMOURED BREAKUP WITH DBANJ
In what has been a week of rumoured break up between Mo’hits Moguls, Donjazzy and D’banj. Don Jazzy finally laid to rest the rumour when he took to twitter to announce the end of the partnership that has set the pace for many in the music industry. He did not however state the specifics.
PHOTOS: Ojukwu’s Burial
L-R FCT Minister Balla Mohammed; Mrs Okonjo Iweala Finance Minister and Mrs Stella Oduah Aviation Minister during the National Funeral Ceremony of Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odunmegwu Ojukwu yesterday in Enugu state.
Photo: Nwankpa Chijioke and Hill Ezeugwu
L-R Mr Sunday Onyebuchi deputy Governor Enugu State, Prof Barth Nnaji Minister for Power and Mr Chiuke Sibudu yesterday during [...]
3 Boko Haram members explode while preparing bombs
Three suspected Boko Haram members died on Friday after an explosion at a bomb factory in Kaleri, Maiduguri.
Col. Victor Ebhaleme, the Field Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO), told newsmen in Maiduguri that the incident happened at about 10.30 a.m.
He said residents of the area were attracted by [...]
Rochas Okorocha Wins At Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, on Friday morning, upheld the election of Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA ) as Governor of Imo State.
Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, while delivering his judgement, cited Section 285 (7) of the constitution, which required that judgment must be delivered within 60 days.
The Supreme Court also nullified the appeal court’s [...]
Court Orders NDLEA To Pay Baba Suwe 25M Compensation
An Ikeja High Court this morning ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to pay the N25 million damages awarded to popular comic actor, Mr. Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe.
Justice Yetunde Idowu ordered that the N25 million should be paid into an interest yielding account within 21 days.
The court gave the order while ruling [...]
Robbers Storm Babcock University, Cart Away Cash
About seven armed robbers on Wednesday afternoon stormed some banks within the premises of Babcock University, Ilishan Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, and carted away an undisclosed amount of money.
The robbers, went to both Oceanic (now Ecobank) and WEMA bank situated within the campus and shot sporadically to scare [...]
Pirates attack Dutch ship in Nigeria waters, kidnap 2
Armed Pirates opened fire on a Dutch cargo ship a few miles from Port Harcourt, kidnapping the ship’s master and an engineer and stealing cash, a security source and anti-piracy group AKE said on Wednesday.
An AKE statement said the ship, a “Dutch-owned, Curacao-flagged refrigerated cargo vessel”, was attacked on Tuesday around 4.10 p.m. (1510 GMT), [...]
Court dismisses suit seeking to sack Umeh as APGA chairman
High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking an order of mandamus to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the Chekwas Okorie-led National Officers of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).
The suit seeking an order prohibiting INEC from relating with the Victor Umeh-led faction of the party in any [...]
Nigerian Man Turns Woman: Mr Dapo Adaralegbe, now Miss Stephanie Adaralegbe
Incredible! ridiculous!! unbelievable!!!… call it anything you want to. (She) was once a guy. He was born Dapo Adaralegbe, but he’s now Stephanie Adaralegbe.
Dapo also known as “Dapo Sexy” was a popular homosexual law student back in the day in Obafemi Awolowo University but was expelled in 2001 because of his identity crisis. He moved [...]
