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Home    Latest News October 10, 2016      Mudiaga Affe, Calabar AN unidentified person suspected to be a police escort was on Friday crushed to death by a trailer that skidded off the road in Ugep, headquarters of Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident, which happened at about 8pm close to the Eckankar Temple along the busy Calabar-Ikom Expressway, was said to have happened after the driver of the trailer, with registration number FUN 69 XA, lost control and veered off the road. An eyewitness told Southern City News on Sunday that the Calabar-bound trailer from the northern part of the country was loaded with goats. It was learnt that the victim was escorting the trailer to its destination. Though crushed, a witness said the all-black dress of the victim made him look like a police officer. But the state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Ikechukwu Igwe, said that information he got from the unit comman...

Home    News October 7, 2016      Former President Goodluck Jonathan Clement Nnachi , Abakaliki Almost one and a half years after former President Goodluck  Jonathan left office, his 2015 campaign posters are still displayed in markets in Ebonyi State, including the over 70-year-old Abakaliki main market. Speaking to our correspondent on Thursday, one of the traders, Celestine Chikodiri, said the traders resolved to retain the posters as a show of love for the former President. He said, “We like the way Jonathan ruled us; his government was good, we like the Jonathan administration more than the present government and it is why we decided to leave the posters in the market because we are missing him. “If you look around the market, you will not see campaign posters of any presidential candidate other than Jonathan’s own. “The Jonathan administration will not be easily forgotten; things were moving smoothly, our busines...

Home    Latest News October 6, 2016      President Muhammadu Buhari Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The National Assembly has passed a motion to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address the legislature on efforts being made by his administration to on the current economic recession. The Senate passed the motion on Thursday in concurrence with the House of Representatives. Details later… TAGS buhari National Assembly recession      Previous article El-Zakzaky: Protesters ask FG to sever relations with Iran RELATED ARTICLES MORE FROM AUTHOR News Corruption: Buhari has letters implicating Jonathan … says President’s biographer, John Paden Latest News Marathon meeting at Aso Villa over Nigerian students detained in Turkey Latest News #WorldTeachersDay: Buhari remembers primary school teacher News PHOTOS: President Buhari presides over FEC meeting Latest News Buhari okays jumbo allowance for Villa security...

Home   Latest News October 6, 2016 tweet Armstrong Bakam, Bauchi The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Lami Clement, 22, for allegedly setting a pregnant housewife ablaze. The suspect, who hails from the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state, attacked the victim, Amina Ayodele, 23, an indigene of Akinyele LGA in Oyo State, in her house. She was said to have bought a gallon of petrol, which she poured on Amina and then took a lighter with which she set her ablaze. The victim reportedly sustained burns on her face, hands and thighs. The suspect told  PUNCH Metro  she had a relationship with the husband of the victim, Mustapha Ayodele, for three years, but he jilted her and married Amina. She said, “I did not actually go there to burn his wife; my intention was to go to his house and burn all his property. I did not know his wife was in the house. He jilted me after long years of relationship and married another woman.” Amina, wh...

  Home   Latest News October 6, 2016 • Scene of the clash Photo: Sodiq Adelakun Samson Folarin There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Costain area of Lagos State as an official of the Lagos State Management Authority and a bus driver were reportedly beaten to a pulp. PUNCH Metro  learnt that officials of LASTMA had allegedly apprehended the bus driver at the Costain bus stop, for allegedly violating a traffic rule. It was alleged that an argument ensued between the driver, his conductor and the officials. In the ensuing scuffle, a LASTMA official allegedly punched the driver and he slumped. A mob was reported to have barricaded the road in protest as the driver lay on the floor, foaming in the mouth. The mob reportedly vandalised a LASTMA patrol car which drove into the protesters at the time, beating up the officials. They were said to have mobilised and also attacked the LASTMA office in the area and vandalised vehicles in the yard before the interve...

October 6, 2016 … says President’s biographer, John Paden Olalekan Adetayo , Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is in possession of some letters, written by former President Goodluck Jonathan, to request “off-budget funds.” This was contained in Buhari’s authorised biography, ‘Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria’, written by Prof. John Paden and presented to the public on Monday. An online dictionary defines “off-budget funds” as funds not provided for or included in the regular Federal Government budget; funded by sources other than the federal budget. In the ongoing anti-corruption war of the present administration, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had arrested and quizzed many of Jonathan’s former ministers and aides for alleged diversion of funds. Most of them, including the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), are being prosecuted for allegedly diverting fun...

Home    Latest News October 5, 2016      tweet University of Ibadan Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Femi Bamiro, was shot on Tuesday night in Ibadan by unknown gunmen. Details about the incident are still sketchy, but our correspondent gathered that Bamiro was attacked around his house and shot in the leg. He was rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, where he is said to be responding to treatment. Bamiro was the 10 th  vice-chancellor of UI and a predecessor to the immediate past VC, Isaac Adewole, who is now the Minister of Health. The school’s Director of Communication, Olatunji Oladejo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent, adding that the institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Prof. Gbemisola Oke, and the Registrar, Olujinmi Olukoya, had visited him at the UCH. He said, “I can confirm to you that our former vice-chancellor, Pr...