Tuesday 15 October 2013

Late Night Fire Razes 100 POWA Shops in Lagos


A late night fire which started on Sunday night and smoldered until yesterday morning, razed about 100 block of shops belonging to the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), in Ikeja, Lagos.

Bamigbetan: Police Detain Infant, Mother in Cell for Four Months


The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Police Command, has detained a nursing mother, her four-months old baby and sister-inlaw for four months in connection with the alleged kidnap of the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area Chairman, Kehinde Bamigbetan.

Although she didn't carry out the kidnap operation with the gang, it was gathered that the nursing mother, Chigozie, was arrested at her residence in Ajah after the police had killed her husband in a gun battle.

Presidency, Tinubu Exchange Hot Words Over Conference


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Senator Bola Tinubu

The presidency monday took on one of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, stating that his views on the planned national conference do not represent the position of the Yoruba people.

Also, the presidency rendered an account of how it spent over N453.8 billion from the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P), stating that the federal government receives only 41 per cent of Sure-P funds, while the states and local governments get the balance.

Bomb in Microphone Kills Governor, 11 Others in Afghanistan Mosque


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Afghan Moslem worshipers

An  Afghan provincial governor  and 11 other worshipers   were Tuesday morning  killed in Logar, near Kabul capital by a bomb which was hidden in a microphone. AFP reports the governor, Arsala Jamal,  was said to have been killed by the bomb while  he was delivering a speech after Eid prayers.