Eagles in last minute war for shirts
Keshi keeps list close to chest
All 23 members of the national team were in full flight at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar yesterday evening despite a down pour, with no one sure of which of them will be on the start list on Saturday in the World Cup qualifier against Malawi.
23-yr-old dumps baby in toilet
Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a 23-year-old woman, Hadiza Shehu, while dropping her new born baby boy in a pit toilet after giving birth to him in the night in Yankoli Quarters, Hadejia Local Government Area of the state.
Anambra guber: Andy Uba, an ‘illegal’ candidate, PDP tells court
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court why it would not recognize the Chairman, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Senator Andy Uba, as its gubernatorial flagbearer in Anambra State, describing him as an “illegal” candidate.
We ‘ll encourage stowaway boy to achieve his dreams – Edo govt
BENIN CITY—Edo State Government has expressed its readiness to ensure that the stowaway teenager, Daniel Oikhena, achieve his dreams by sponsoring the boy’s education up to university level.
LG official, UNIZIK lecturer in N8m contract scam
The Director of a construction firm, Chrisbech Nigeria Limited, Mr. Dominic Emeka Okika, has accused officials of Awka North local government area of Anambra State of defrauding him of N1.5 million, which was the balance of an executed N8 million contract.
Teenager dies in Lagos fire
Tragedy struck, yesterday, as a teenager was burnt to death in a fire that engulfed a building in Ishawo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
How Oyinlola deceived us – Osun PDP
Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, explained how the former Governor of the state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola allegedly left the Eagle Square last Saturday, venue of the party’s mini convention to attend a parallel convention of the party at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua International Conference Centre, Abuja.
Man, 36, allegedly rapes 18-yr-old girl to death
Police in Bayelsa State have arrested a man, aged 36, for allegedly raping to death an 18-year-old girl in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state.
Man jailed 7 years for raping 4-yr-old
A 21-year-old security man, Abubakar Muhammed, was, yesterday, sentenced to seven years imprisonment, by an Ikeja Magistrate Court, Lagos, for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl (names withheld) and stealing N45,000, from the victim’s mother.
Abortion law: Imo Govt moves against whistle blower
Imo State government has visited its anger on the Chairman, Association of Catholic Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, Dr. Phillip Njemanze, who blew the whistle on the obnoxious abortion law foisted on the citizenry by Rochas Okorocha’s administration.
Church studying autopsy of late Catholic priest
BENIN—THE remains of the Parish priest of St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church, Sobe, Owan West Local Government Area, Edo State, Rev. Father Peter Ayala, were laid to rest Wednesday, at Ivianopodi, near Agenebode
