By Dennis Agbo Abakalik i-THE Ebonyi state police command under CP Kachi Udeoji has been thrown into confusion over what to do with one constable (names withheld) in Kpirikpri police station , Abakaliki, who was allegedly shot at the Ebonyi State Teaching Hospital where he, with some other suspected robbers, attacked staff of the teaching […]

By Ifeanyi Okolie A notorious Kidnapping  Segun Akinsola (24)  met his waterloo recently in Lagos when detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB) arrested him for allegedly  spearheading  the abduction of a 14-year-old boy at  Ikotun. The same suspect had early this year, with one Lekan Faniran, kidnapped  a six- year-  old boy […]

Ruling on an application filed by Aregbesola yesterday, trial magistrate Kabir Lamido said he is convinced on the basis of a passenger receipt dated June 6 2009, that the accused person had already concluded plans to go for the lesser hajj before his arrest and subsequent arraignment on August 10, adding that it would amount to an infringement if the embattled politicians is barred from going to fulfil his religious obligations.

Twenty-seven persons posing as members of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and Related Offences, have been arrested for extorting money from motorists and other members of the public across the State.

The advice was given by Bishop Vitolis Akuchina, General Overseer of Fire of Glory, Liberation Ministries, at a press briefing, saying failure to do so, might result in total chaos for the country.

Former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Mbama Okiro yesterday decried a situation where police officers who after service to their father land gets derided and dehumanized by the same society that saddled them with the responsibility.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday recovered N19 billion from bank debtors, while Ibadan-based businessman, Alhaji Azeez Arisekola, Chairman of Zenon Oil and Chief Executive of African Petroleum Plc (AP Plc), Mr Femi Otedola and first civilian Governor of Delta State, Chief Alex Ibru, all visited the commission’s office in Lagos.

Five people were confirmed dead yesterday and twenty others critically lying in the hospital after a meal of the Popular Yoruba Amala and Ogbono soup in the house of a prominent Alhaji (names withheld).

The last two weeks have not been too nice for Nigeria because her name was dragged in the mud, first by the age scandal which is threatening the existence of the present U-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets and then the drug scandal involving her athletes as well as their woeful performance at the just concluded IAAF Championships in Berlin, Germany.

Former Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Barrister Richard Nwabufo Obienu is drumming support for Super Eagles Chief Coach, Shaibu Amodu a few days to the crucial World Cup qualifier against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in Abuja.

The entire members of AKUBGE -ORETIN Progressive Union, the apex ruling body of Binis in Kwara State have called for a National Merit Award to be bestowed on the Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League, NPL, Chief Oyuki J. Obaseki (JP), for his dynamic and visionary leadership.

Listening to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Secretary General, Bolaji Ojo-Oba on radio during the week made one angry and wondered why some people would not want to own up when they are wrong or have failed.

Ex-International Emmanuel Amuneke has backed the exclusion of Super Eagles striker Obafemi Martins from the squad to face Tunisia on September 6 at the Abuja National Stadium.

The city of New York comes alive this September, as it welcomes designers and models from arround the world to the 2nd edition of the New York fashion week Spring collections 2009.

Boobs flaunting actress, Cossy Orjiakor widely believed to be an epitome of indecency is not a moralist. But here, she’s counselling her teeming fans concerning the need for them to begin to invest their wealth in something that will prosper them in future.