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Attack By Cameroonian Gendarmes Displace 1000 Bakassi Indigenes

About a thousand returnees, recently displaced in the ceded territory say the confrontation with the Cameroonian security operatives has led to the destruction of their property and loss of some of their own people. This report focuses on the plight of Bakassi residents, who are asking to be rescued from constant harassment.

Akunyili supports death penalty as punishment for corruption

Former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof Dora Akunyili has expressed support for capital punishment for corrupt practices in order to transform the country. Akunyili said this while speaking as a guest lecturer at the 7th lecture of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Bells University of Technology, Otta, Ogun State, where she presented a paper titled ‘National Transformation: The Challenge of our Time’.

Gunmen kill Deputy Controller of Prisons in Sokoto

Gunmen on Wednesday killed the Deputy Controller of Prisons in charge of the Sokoto Central Prison, Alhaji Usman Gwandu, at SARDA Quarters in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the gunmen, who fled the scene after the attack, were said to have rained bullets on Gwandu's vehicle. They did not, however, take anything from the vehicle.

Forex Trading Signals 4th April 2012 (Pre-EU Market Open)

EUR/USD INTRADAY: THE BIAS REMAINS BULLISH.

Pivot: 1.2805.
Most Likely Scenario: LONG positions above 1.2805 with 1.2875 & 1.291 as next targets.
Alternative scenario: The downside breakout of 1.2805 will open the way to 1.279 & 1.277.
Comment: the pair is facing a pull back on its support, the RSI lacks downward momentum and is approaching its oversold area.

32 Pregnant Teenagers Rescued From Baby Factory

Not less than 32 pregnant teenagers have been rescued from a maternity home at Umuzuo, Osisioma local government area of Abia State. Investigation has revealed that the victims were induced to sell a baby boy for N100, 000, while a girl goes for N80, 000.

10 Totally Crazy Beauty Gadgets

1. Nose Straightener

I can't imagine that this actually works, but maybe it does. This Nose Straightener comes from Japan (of course) and clips into your nostrils where it will “help balance and push up the bones and contours of your nose, so it has an overall sharper, straighter shape, less round and more graceful.” It's $51 and made of silicone and polypropylene and it's recommended that you use it for 20 minutes a day. I'd recommend that you do that in private. (Link | Via)

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2013 UTME Is On Course – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has restated its commitment to conduct a hitch-free 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). But stakeholders have said the scrapping of JAMB, the National Examinations Council (NECO) and others may reduce waste but worsen the nation’s unemployment situation

Olamide Set To Pen A N25 million Naira Endorsement Deal With Etisalat

Some of you should have seen this new Etisalat advert that the theme song is Olamide’s ‘first of all’ hit track… Well the yoruba rap icon is set to sign a deal with the telecoms giant worth N25 million naira.The talented musician has had series of meetings with the Etisalat management and if things go well he will be smiling to the bank with a 3 year endorsement deal worth N25 million.

Pentascope: Ex-NITEL Staff Slam el-Rufa’i

Former chief executives, union and retirees of the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) yesterday told the former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nasir el-Rufa’i to hide his face in shame for the destruction he brought to the national telecommunications carrier.

MD Of Mint Company Tenders Resignation

The embattled managing director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC), Ehi Okomoyon, and two other management staff yesterday tendered their resignations to the board of directors of the company.

Jonathan Grants Amnesty To Boko Haram Sect

Indications emerged last night that President Goodluck Jonathan may have resolved to declare amnesty for the Boko Haram sect. This was the outcome of a meeting between the president and the leadership of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) at the presidential villa, Abuja.

Fire displaces 5,000 in Ogun community

No fewer than 5,000 people were rendered homeless on Wednesday night folowing a fire outbreak in Kara, Isheri area of Ogun State, where properties worth several millions were destroyed. The makeshift structures, opposite the cattle market, popularly called Zaria Estate, were razed, but no live was lost in the incident.

Actress Funke Adesiyan denies having boob enlargement surgery

Tongues started wagging after the actress was spotted at a party a few weeks back displaying really large boobs (photo below), but Funke has denied going under the knife. When asked by a reporter if she’d had breast enlargement surgery, the actress laughed and said:

Presidential Directive: Okupe, Abati In Rapid-fire Denials

The Presidency yesterday denied ownership of an electronic copy of a document containing a presidential directive seeking to frustrate opposition parties’ plan to merge into the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2015 general elections. Two presidential spokesmen, Dr. Reuben Abati and Dr. Doyin Okupe, made this denial in statements they released to the public yesterday.

Bombers Now Use Petrol Tankers To Carry Explosives – COAS

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen Azubuike Ihejirika, has said that bombers have devised a new method of carrying explosives to their various targets. The COAS spoke at a three-day interactive session on ‘military-media relations in Nigeria, with the theme: “Enhancing military-media relations towards improved security” held at 81 Division auditoriums, Marina, Lagos, yesterday.

Zero allocation threatens SEC’s capital market regulation

The zero budget allocation to the Securities and Exchange Commission has become a major threat to the activities of the apex market regulator. Sources close to SEC told our correspondent on Wednesday that the commission was already facing some difficulties in carrying out some of its regulatory and oversight functions in the capital market.

Kaduna attack death toll rises to 28

Death toll in the Easter Sunday tragedy at Atakad in Kaura Local Government of Kaduna State has risen to 28, the community chief, Tobias Wada, has confirmed. Wada stated this when House of Representatives members from the southern part of the state visited him on Wednesday at Tachire where he was taking refuge.

Falana, others reject tenure elongation for Lagos councils

Human rights lawyers, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, and other legal practitioners have faulted a Bill by the Lagos State House of Assembly seeking to elongate the tenure of chairmen and councilors of the local governments in the state.

Pastor accused of raping minors at orphanage

A pastor and director of Light of Hope Orphanage at Akute, Ogun State, identified simply as Mr. Atunde, was on Wednesday arrested by policemen from Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos State for allegedly raping two minors at his orphanage.

Okah: MEND threatens to resume attacks on Friday

The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta on Wednesday announced that it would on Friday (tomorrow) resume hostilities in the country. In an e-mail sent to journalists, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent, MEND’s spokesman, Gbomo Jomo, said a series of attacks, codenamed Hurricane Exodus, would begin at midnight on Friday.