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Don appointed Anambra Commissioner for Education
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Our Soka evil forest story, by Oyo police commissioner
The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Mr. Mohammed Idabawa, has served in different states at various capacities in the force. He was the AC Operations in Anambra State and moved to the position of Deputy Commissioner of Police in 2005. He led the operations that uncovered the Okija shrine in Anambra State in 2005.
The day they shattered Nyanya
She woke up with a bad start that Monday morning, ready to confront whosoever it was that made the sound. It was just 6:45 am when many people were still in bed. The loud sound woke her; she headed for the gate to warn the local vigilante group maintaining security on her street to be alert. According to her, it was still very early to display any madness.
Unique weavers: Preserving art of Akwa Ocha making
Culture, they say, is a way of life and that is why people go extra miles to preserve it. But in the case of Nigeria, it is a different ball game as many had abandoned theirs in preference to foreign culture in the name of modernisation.
Murder in the House of God: Why cultists killed Ogun chief during church service
Sunday, April 6, at 11 a.m. in St . John’s Anglican Church, Oke-Sopen, Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu-North local government area of Ogun State, ten gunmen invaded the house of God and snuffed life out of Chief Adetola Okuneye, a furniture maker and alleged informant to Governor Ibikunle Amosun.
Boko Haram Big Trouble in Borno: 100 kidnapped girls in the Sambisa forest
April 15, 2014 will ever remain fresh in the minds of the people of Chibok in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State as a result of Boko Haram insurgents invasion of the Government Girls Secondary School in the town in the process of which scores of school girls writing their Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) were abducted. Borno State Governor put the number of the abducted at about 50.
The Olubadan at 100 on the intriguing throne
As the events marking the centenary birthday of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade I, was rounded off, yesterday, a new record was set in the history of Ibadan. Since the ancient city started the monarchical system in 1820 with Baale Maye Okunade as the first king, Odulana is the first king to attain the age of 100 years on the throne. Others who reigned before him were actually old due to the well-arranged traditional structure that is adjudged the best in the South-west.
Nyanya Bombing: How we mitigated the pains – FEMA
Alhaji Idris Abass, Director-General of the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, is not a novice in risk management having been an astute insurer and a broker. Abass, in this interview, speaks on managing disasters in the FCT and the need for residents and indigenes to avoid disaster in the best possible ways in the wake of last week’s Nyanya’s bomb blast.
LASU VC, Obafunwa begs lecturers not to embark on strike
Prof. John Obafunwa, Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo on Saturday urged lecturers of the institution not to embark on their proposed strike, as efforts were being made to meet their demands.
Police, magistrate fight over discharge of kidnap suspects
ON March 21, the presiding Magistrate, Otor-Udu Magistrate Court, Delta State, His Worship, Duku Tadafe (Mrs) erred in law when she discharged and acquitted a kidnap suspect, Mrs. Grace Obi, who was arraigned in her court with Ogbona Onu for allegedly masterminding her own kidnap and collecting N1.5 million from her husband, Mr. Jude Obi, a staff of Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR.
How hoodlums butchered man over farmland
Youths from Iviukha in Weppa Wanno community in Etsako East Local Government Council of Edo State are beating war drums following the death of one of their sons, Oseni Ekhameye who died as a result of injuries he sustained when people from Ikpele in Okpekpe clan attacked him while working in his farm land.

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