Wednesday, 10 February 2016

National News Headlines-10/2/2016

PM NEWS
●Nigerian army warns Boko Haram collaborators
●Oil benchmark to stabilise by April ' NNPC
●Nnamdi Kanu: FG seeks court protection for witnesses
● Ben Bruce switches to 'Made In Aba' products
●Senate pledges support for EFCC
●Cart pusher steals 83 pairs of ladies' shoes
●Court jails two for $5.5m cash smuggling
●Metuh, wife bought N500m property in Banana Island ' Witness

Ooni’s Security Detail Gunned Down


An official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, was on Monday night gunned down by gunmen suspected to be robbers.

Tricycle operators protest alleged multiple taxation in Abia

Tricycle  operators in Aba, Abia State have  called on the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu to remove multiple taxes levied on them by government in the commercial city to enable them feed their families and meet other responsibilities of life

Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Boko Haram: Presidency Beefs Up Security In Aso Rock Villa


The Presidency has ordered that extra security measures be put in place inside the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja to avoid terrorists attack.

EFCC docks Gombe Cooperative boss, fake NDDC contractors

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned the General Manager, Gombe State Cooperative Savings and Loan Limited, Sani Musa, before Justice M. G. Umar of the Federal High Court Gombe, Gombe State, on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque.

Pope briefs priests: don't be smug, don't judge sinners

A specially-recruited group of priests have last-minute instructions from Pope Francis before fanning out through the world to show a more merciful face of the Catholic Church to sinners.

Police arrests 3 men, woman with 5 AK-47 rifles in Port Harcourt

The Rivers State Police Command has announced the arrest of four suspected criminals and the recovery of five AK-47 rifles around Ibadan waterfront in Port Harcourt.

CRESPO: I’M GLAD GARY NEVILLE HAS FLOPPED AT VALENCIA

Former Inter and Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo says he is “almost happy” to see Gary Neville struggle at Valencia as it highlights the marked difference between management and punditry.

Achuba inaugurated as Kogi deputy governor

Hon. Simon Achuba, a former lawmaker in Kogi State, was inaugurated as the state deputy governor on Tuesday.

N13bn fraud: Ijaws condemn latest court order to arrest Tompolo

Ijaws in Niger Delta Tuesday condemned in its entirety the renewed order by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for arrest of High Chief Government Ekpemukpolo aka Tompolo, saying that his lawyer has unveiled to the court the legal blunders the prosecution made when it applied for the bench warrant.