A teacher flogs a 12-year-old pupil to death..

A 12-year-old pupil of a secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher for failing to do her homework.
A reliable source in the school told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Tuesday that the girl died on Thursday last week after she was flogged.

Suspected Terror scare: Arik passengers grab man mid-air

Passengers and crew of an Abuja-bound aircraft belonging to Arik Air were thrown into panic on Tuesday, 23rd Ocotber,2012 when a passenger behaving in a strange manner stood up and screamed Allahu Akbar(God is great) midair.

The scared passengers, who took off from Maiduguri, Borno State, rushed to the strange passenger identified as Aminu Galadima, grabbed him and searched him to ascertain if he had a bomb strapped to his body.

Public Holiday..yipeeee

The Federal Government has declared Thursday and Friday, October 25 & 26, 2012 respectively as public holidays, to mark the Eid-El-Kabir celebrations.
Enjoy your break everyone and Happy Sallah!!

3rd Presidential debate: Romney and Obama bring it back home

The third and final presidential debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama was supposed to offer a vibrant exchange of views on America’s role and posture in the world. Instead it was notable both for agreement on key foreign conflicts and a constant drift back to domestic policy disputes.

Mitt Romney (L) and President Obama (R)

Senate demands dismissal of Arunma Oteh as SEC’s boss

Senate, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sack Ms. Aruma Oteh, Director-General, Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, saying it would not have anything to do with the commission if she remained the head. It also threatened not to screen members of the commission’s board.

Ms Oteh during the probe

Over 100,000 persons displaced in Kogi flood

Over the past few weeks, unprecedented floods have ravaged many parts of our country, rendering tens of thousands of fellow Nigerians homeless, and causing massive destruction of property, farmlands, and infrastructure across the country.

    

Flooded road

Destroyed Farmland

Update on Aluu Killings

The police on Thursday said the policeman involved in the killing of the four students of the University of Port Harcourt in Aluu, Rivers State, Sergeant Lucky Orji, had been dismissed from the force.

The spokesman for the police in Rivers, Mr. Ben Ugwuegbulam confirmed to our correspondent in Port Harcourt that Orji had been dismissed and that he was among the 13 suspects arraigned in court on Wednesday.

''Aluu 4'' killings: Court remands 13 suspects in prison

Further to the gruesome murder of  four students of University of Port Harcourt, the Magistrate’s Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday remanded the 13 suspects arrested in connection with the killing of these four students.

Nigeria's First Lady finally returns home!!

The President’s wife, Patience Jonathan, yesterday returned to Nigeria from Germany to a carnival-like reception at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja yesterday after spending about seven weeks abroad.

               

                                           The first lady steps out of the presidential jet