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Top drug lieutenant seized in Mexico
A top lieutenant in a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested in northern Mexico, federal police said in a statement Wednesday.
Categories: Foreign News
Couple held after infants' bodies found
French national police Tuesday detained a couple after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in northern France, some in a home and others in the garden of another home, the French Interior Ministry said.
Categories: Foreign News
Military plane crashes in Alaska
An Air Force C-17 cargo plane crashed on a local training mission near the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska on Wednesday, a captain at the base told CNN.
Categories: Foreign News
Legal battle looms over Arizona immigration law
A legal battle over a tough Arizona immigration law appeared certain after a federal judge Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of the law.
Categories: Foreign News
BP optimistic well will be sealed soon
One hundred days after an oil well operated by BP ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, the man overseeing the federal response is optimistic that steps planned for the coming days will finally, permanently seal the well.
Categories: Foreign News
Did FBI agents cheat on test?
The Justice Department's office of inspector general has launched an investigation into whether large numbers of FBI agents may have improperly taken a test on guidelines for agents, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Categories: Foreign News
Mom faces DUI charge after girl calls 911
A teenage girl "averted a tragedy" by calling 911 from inside a wildly weaving car to report her mother, who ended up being charged with drunken driving, New York State Police said.
Categories: Foreign News
Bear attacks leave one dead, two injured
Bear attacks on separate campsites in Montana left one person dead and two others injured Wednesday, according to wildlife officials.
Categories: Foreign News
Apple sued over 'overheating' iPads
Three iPad users claim that because the iPad will shut itself off after remaining in direct sunlight for long enough, it fails to meet the promises Apple made about using the device as an e-book reader.
Categories: Foreign News
2011: IBB flags off campaign in S-West
FORMER Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida will arrive Ibadan tomorrow to flag off his campaign for 2011 presidential ambition in the South-West
Categories: Local News
ICAN seeks review of banking reforms
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has called for a review of on-going reforms in the financial sector of the country
Categories: Local News
We’ve not been compromised on PIB — Senate
THE Senate Joint Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, has dismissed claims that the delay in the passage of the bill was as a result of the compromise of its members, saying that the bill will be ready for passage next week.
Categories: Local News
Court okays Wema Bank MD’s sack
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday okayed the removal by the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, of Mr. Jeremiah Adebosi Omoyeni from office as the Managing Director of Wema Bank Plc.
Categories: Local News
2011: N-Assembly to pass ‘Electoral Act’ today
The new Electoral Act which is to guide the conduct of the 2011 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may be passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly today.
Categories: Local News
2011 election ‘ll be free of litigations—Jonathan
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has said government is worried by the series of endless litigations that usually follow elections in Nigeria, and vowed to discourage the trend through credible polls.
Categories: Local News
The Constitution is a truthful lie
When Senate President, David Mark declared that the “successful” amendment of the 1999 Constitution showed that the Senate has the “courage” to do what is right, he was stating an obvious untruth. As a retired general he knows that courage or bravery is the ability to do what is dangerous or painful without showing fear.
Categories: Local News
My ex is the love of my life
I got married two years ago when I hadn’t completely fallen out of love with my ex-girlfriend. I met my wife on the rebound after my ex left me for another man. But the relationship didn’t work out and she’s started e-mailing me. My wife is kind, gentle and good company but I now realize that my ex is the love of my life. My marriage is currently childless. What should I do?
Categories: Local News
Ogun faults EFCC over arrest of officials
By Gbenga Akinwunmi
ABEOKUTA—The Ogun State Government on Monday blamed the Economic and Financial Crime Commission for launching an unjustified onslaught against its officials.
The State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Sina Kawonise, who spoke on behalf of the government, made this declaration at a briefing in Abeokuta,
Kawonise advised the anti-graft agency not to be political [...]
Categories: Local News
Bayelsa House: INEC fixes Aug 14 for bye-election
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed August 14, 2010 for the bye-election into the vacant position in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly.
Categories: Local News
Anambra Assembly in rowdy session over varsity relocation
There was a rowdy session yesterday at Anambra State House of Assembly as lawmakers vehemently opposed the accelerated hearing of a proposed amendment bill that sought to relocate the main campus of the state’s University of Science and Technology from Alor to Awka.
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