Saturday 23 June 2012
Chinese man dies after staying up for eleven days straight watching Euro 2012
A Chinese football fan died after going 11 nights without sleep as he tried to watch every single kick of the ball of Euro 2012.
Watching every minute of a major soccer tournament is a highly desirable concept for a fan, but forgetting to punctuate the sporting drama with sleep can have lethal consequences.
Blast outside Abuja nightclub after security chiefs’ sack
ABUJA (AFP) – A blast went off outside a nightclub in the capital city Abuja hours after the national security adviser and defence minister were sacked amid fears over spiralling violence in the country’s north.
No casualties were reported in the explosion late Friday. Windows in the nightclub, a bank and a barber shop were shattered and a number of cars were damaged.
Kaduna residents flee in numbers
The exodus of residents of Kaduna state on friday, followed the relaxation of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state as a result of the current outbreak of violence in which many people were killed.
The state governor, Patrick Yakowa, had on Thursday in a statewide broadcast relaxed the 24-hour curfew by four hours to allow Muslims to observe their Friday prayers.
Boko Haram members are not Muslims - Yobe State Governor
As normalcy returns to the ravaged city of Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has strongly condemned the Boko Haram attack last Monday, during which two primary schools, two Islamiyyah schools and six churches were burnt.
My goal is to reduce poverty and create more Jobs –Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said his major goal in office was to create more job opportunities for Nigerians in order to see them rise out of poverty.
He said his administration had resolved to create wealth to ensure sustainable development.
Jonathan made the commitment in a statement he read at the plenary of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Shoprite opens in Abuja
Dealers in counterfeit drugs to get life imprisonment – DG, NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has finalised plans to present a bill to the National Assembly, prescribing life imprisonment for dealers in counterfeit drugs.
The proposed bill will also prescribe the confiscation of the property of offenders aside other fines.
Director General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii disclosed this yesterday while addressing the Senate of the Federal University of Agriculture during his visit to the university Makurdi
Meet the new National Security Adviser, Rtd Col. Sambo Mohammed Dasuki
As the news of the appointment of a new National Security Adviser breaks, (To help find better solutions to the crippling security in Nigeria, Boko Haram especially) Below is profile of the new NSA, get familiar.....
Woman inserts 66 wraps of narcotics in private part
The lady was promptly arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency shortly before she was due to board a Kenyan Airways flight to Nairobi.
Captured mastermind of UN building bombing is dead
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Habib Bama, the wanted Boko Haram member, who was shot and arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in a gun battle in Damaturu on Thursday is dead.
'Nigeria wouldn't have peace until all christians follow Islam' - BOKO HARAM
"Let them know that now it's the time for revenge God willing," the group said in a statement. "From now on, they either follow the right religion or there will be no peace for them."
Radical islamist militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the bombing of three churches that killed at least 50 people in Zaria and Kaduna town on Sunday. The sect targeted mostly children and women in the Zaria attacks.
Islamic Group in Mali gives 100 lashes for having child out of wedlock
Islamic group also whipping smokers. Alcohol is banned too
The Islamists occupying northern Mali on Wednesday gave a couple 100 lashes of a whip for having a child out of wedlock
“At Sankore Square in Timbuktu, a man and a women got 100 lashes for having had a child outside of marriage,” said local official Mohamed Ould Baby.
Female Student Drugged and raped on campus by YabaTech Student
Adegoke Kehinde, a student of Yaba College of Technology, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has been arrested by the police for allegedly drugging and raping a female student (name withheld) on campus.
The 24-year old Kehinde has been charged before the Yaba Magistrate’s court on a two-count charge of rape and assault.
We Got N7K To Bomb EYN Church In Biu - Boko Haram Suspects
Seven suspected Boko Haram men alleged to have masterminded the attack on Ekklizivar Yan’uwa A Nigeria (EYN) Church in Biu, Borno State recently said they were paid N7, 000 each to carry out the attack which left no fewer than three worshipers dead.
One of the seven suspects, Ibrahim Mohammed Babangida, who spoke with journalists from his custody said one Magaji Bala, a butcher paid N7, 500 to him as his engagement fee to carry out the dastard act.
Bomb Scare In Abuja, Offices Evacuate Staff
Offices have been evacuated over fears that a deadly explosive had been planted in a location in the city centre.
The Wuse Zone 5 area of Abuja is in chaos, as organizations scramble to evacuate staff, after information spread of a perceived bomb in the area.
The explosive device is believed to be planted between Top View Hotel and the headquarters of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps office in the area.
The area also has the headquarters of the People’s Democratic Party, banks, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
A witness, who works with FIRS told PREMIUM TIMES that the entire area has been evacuated and the police anti-bomb squad alerted. He said heavy traffic has built up in the area, movement restricted to one lane.
“We are waiting for the anti bomb squad to either detonate it or declare the area safe,” the witness said.
More details soon...
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