Saturday, 12 March 2016

News Headlines - 12/3/2016

VANGUARD

*Saraki to wear made-in-Aba clothes to Senate plenary Wednesday

*Why Cervical cancer is on the increase

*Lagos Assembly calls on Buhari to resuscitate WAI

*IGP orders withdrawal of police orderlies from politicians, individuals

*We're no sex objects: Female lawyers attack Ndume on call for men to marry second wives

Premier League match report: Norwich v Man City

Norwich will hand late fitness tests to forward Steven Naismith (hamstring) and wing-back Robbie Brady (calf) ahead of Saturday's Barclays Premier League match against Manchester City at Carrow Road.

Rafa Benitez confirmed as Newcastle boss

Rafael Benitez has replaced Steve McClaren as manager of Newcastle, with the Spaniard signing a three-year contract with the struggling north-east club.

Stoke forward Odemwingie joins Bristol City on loan

Bristol City have signed forward Peter Odemwingie on loan from Stoke until the end of the season.

38 dead principals, others on Delta State payroll

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state on Friday said that 38 dead principals of schools and 15 retired teachers were still being paid as substantive members of staff by the state government.

Explosion at CBN office in Calabar, many feared dead

An explosion has rocked the Central Bank of Nigeria, Calabar branch killing many people, the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) has reported.

NDLEA arrests 60-year-old monarch with 12kg cannabis in Nasarawa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Nasarawa State on Friday apprehended the 60-year-old village head of Koje community in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state, Mr. Samuel Agu, for allegedly cultivating and harvesting 12kg Indian hemp otherwise called cannabis sativa in his farm land.

Tragedy as assailants murder 86-year-old man, wife in Umuahia

Tragedy struck at the Umuovo village in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State in the early hours of Sunday February 28, 2016, when unidentified assailants gruesomely murdered an 86- year-old man and his wife in their sleep.

Thursday, 10 March 2016

News Headlines - 10/3/2016


PM NEWS

*FG grants automatic employment to children of late Ocholi, inaugurates 13-man burial committee

*Police arraigns 32 persons over Mile 12 crisis

*We are not unbundling NNPC ' Kachikwu

*Ibrahimovi' is 14th player to score 50 UEFA goals

*NAFDAC destroys drums of expired Guinness Nigeria raw materials

*PSG beat Chelsea to advance

Man sells own baby to buy iPhone and motorbike

China has suddenly provided a new contender for World’s Worst Father. Unfortunately, the candidate will not be able to compete in the 2016 competition, as his crime was committed last year.