Monday, 30 July 2012
Trafficking: JTF intercepts vehicles with 103 children
Members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) stationed in Lokoja, Kogi, on Sunday intercepted 20 vehicles conveying more than 103 children, suspected to have been trafficked.
The JTF Commander, Lt-Col. Gabriel Olorunyomi, made this known to newsmen in Lokoja on Sunday.
He said that his men became curious when they discovered that the occupants of the vehicles were mostly children, accompanied by some men and women.
University Girl Commits Suicide Over Lost School Fees
Tragedy struck in Umuorii in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State penultimate week when a second year female student of a tertiary institution in the state, simply known as Blessing, killed herself after misplacing her school fees.
A family source who do not want his name in print told a source that Blessing after struggling to raise the sum of N30, 000 for her school fees could not find where she kept it.
REPORTS:Parents in Makurdi Sales their kids for N4,000
REPORTS have indicated that parents in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, were involved in the sale of their children to human traffickers at the sum of N4,000 or N5,000 per ward.
This was revealed when the Quick Response Group Team of the Nigerian Army in Lokoja arrested one human trafficking suspect, Mr. Sunday Agbo, from Benue state.
13 die on Benin-Ore road
No fewer than 13 passengers died in a motor accident on the Benin-Ore road, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) confirmed on Sunday.
In a statement issued by Mr Bisi Kazeem, Deputy Corps Public Education Officer, the commission stated that the accident happened at kilometre 53, before Ohosun town, zone 5.12 toll gate unit command in Edo State at 7.45 a.m on Sunday.
Photos of the day: Arsenal players learning Azonto dance
6 people die as cult members clash in UNIBEN
Nosa and the other five were killed at different locations in Benin last week. Nosa was gunned down on Friday night at a beer parlour along Adolor College Rd. I have photos but I'm sure you guys have seen enough of dead bodies. #stopthekilling
Nigerian Team at the 2012 London Olympics
Nigeria will be featuring in 8 games: basketball, table tennis, athletics, weightlifting, canoe slalom, boxing, wrestling and taekwondo. List of all the members of the Nigerian Team at the 2012 Olympics when you continue...
Bacary Sagna's message to Lagos fans as workout with Malta Guinness Low Sugar/ Arsenal Football Club
Are you ready Nigeria? The Malta Guinness low sugar work out with Arsenal football club will take place tomorrow 29th of July, 2012, at the ballroom of Eko hotel, Lagos. Four Arsenal players are in town but only invited guests will get the once in a lifetime opportunity to meet them tomorrow. The clip above is a message from Arsenal players, Bacary Sagna. Watch!
Nigerian basketball team win first Olympic game
They beat Tunisia 60-56 and need just one more win to get through to the next round. Go team Nigeria!
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Introduceing 'INYE' tablet:to Compete with Ipads and other Tablets
Nigeria’s Saheed Adepoju is a young man with big dreams. He is the inventor of the Inye, a tablet computer designed for the African market.
According to the 29-year-old entrepreneur, his machine’s key selling point is its price – $350 (£225) opposed to around $700 for an iPad.
Man vomits live lizards on hospital bed
A strange incident is scaring the residents of a community near the Federal Capital Territory.
The residents of Kubwa, a community on the outskirts of Abuja, got the shock of their lives when an unusual incident involving a businessman occurred about two weeks ago.
The businessman, Edward Asuelimen, had woken up in the morning of July 16 with severe pain in his stomach.
“I woke up a few minutes after 5 am. In less than two hours, I had visited the toilet four times. Then I felt excruciating pain in my stomach. It got to a point where I could hardly prepare my children for school,” Asuelimen recounts.
Former Senator’s daughter kidnapped in Port Harcourt
The daughter of Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange, Mrs. Diepreye Dagi Darego, was yesterday kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. She was moved to an unknown destination.
She was kidnapped around 9 am on the dualised road to the Port Harcourt International Airport, while going to receive her sister at the airport currently under reconstruction.
Nigerian army presents anti-bombing tools to churches, mosques
The army explained that since most attacks of suicide bombers are being carried out with vehicles loaded with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), these vehicle stoppers disallow bombers from reaching their targets as it forcefully stops any vehicle that comes in contact with it at whatever speed.
The move was part of the army's corporate social responsibility in curtailing the spate of suicide bombing at worship centres in the north.
brothers caught with decomposing body parts of brother in Festac
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