President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term in office will spell doom for Nigria-Comrade Shehu Sani

President of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC), Comrade Shehu Sani has cried out that Jonathan’s re-election bid portends danger. He urged Nigerians to put the continuouscorporate existence of the country above sentiment by voting out President Goodluck Jonathan next year, as his second term in office would lead to “disaster”. Sani spoke in an interview with a local radio station, Nagarta, monitored in Zaria, saying the display of impunity by the Jonathan administration poses serious danger to Nigeria’s existence.

‘Uncle’ raped me for four years – 16-yr-old house help impregnated by master

No one could have imagined that 16-year-old Gloria (not real name) was just two weeks away from the delivery of a child on September 3, 2014.

“I noticed her neck was full and darker, those were the only signs I saw. So, I asked if she was pregnant. Her expression and answer showed she had no idea she was indeed pregnant,” a neighbour who unravelled the mystery of the pregnancy told Saturday PUNCH.

APGA Screening Exercise : We were not Asked to Pay 1Million Naira - Aspirant

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

Following the recent rumour making rounds that APGA hierarchy asked each of the National Assembly Aspirants to pay the sum of 1million Naira before being screened have been described as false and also the handiwork of mischief -makers

Traders Protest Against Police Operations In Anambra

Efforts made by the Anambra state government to sanitize major cities in the state may be facing brick wall, where traders from Awka,  numbering in their hundreds  protest to the state police command headquarters challenging the new government policy on keeping the motoring highway clear from obstructions.

The traders, who represent different markets along Ziks Avenue and Nnamdi Azikiwe Temporary Site Awka, called on the police authority to caution its men from carrying out measures not favourable to the well being of the citizens.

African Culture Must Be Sustained------Osuofia

The Ace Nollywood multiple award winner, Chief Nkem Owoh, popularly known as Osuofia has charged Ndi-Igbo to fight to sustain and ensure their culture does not go into extinction.

He gave the charge at this year annual award ceremony for movie practitioners, artistes and marketers organized by the Association of Music and Film Producers and Marketers of Nigeria in Awka, promised to remain  an ambassador of Igbo culture anywhere he goes.

Stakeholder Calls For Complete Overhaul Of Anamabra Vigilance Service

Well meaning Anambarians have called on the state government led by Governor Wilie Obiano on Saturday to speedily review the operation of men of the Anambra state Vigilance Service (AVS), to curb further accidental killing of innocent citizens in the society.

This came at the back drop of the recent alleged killing of one final year law student of the Anambra state University, Igbariam Campus, by a member of the Anambra state Vigilance Service.
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APGA vows to reclaim Douglas House in 2015

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has restated its determination to reclaim the Imo state government house in the 2015 general elections. The National Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh said this at the Federal Medical Centre in Owerri, the Imo state capital. He, alongside some chieftains of the party, had visited their party members who survived the auto crash that claimed 5

Anambra Police Command parades 17 Kidnap/Armed Robbery suspects

                               

The Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS)of the Anambra state police command led by James Nwafor , the officer in charge of SARS, Saturday night engaged a team of kidnappers terrorizing the state in the last four years in a gun dwell after demanding a ransom of N50 Million from their victim one Mrs Edith Maduekwe.

Beware of Political Maradonnas - Olisa Aniunoh Tells Electorate

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

The Chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Group Managing Director (GMD) of Oliswarren Associate, Mr. Olisa Aniunoh has called on electorate to be wary of political scavengers and Maradonnas and avoid voting people with questionable characters into power during the 2015 general elections even as he warned against money politics.

The APGA stakeholder, who stated this while briefing newsmen in Awka when he led over 3000 supporters of his elder brother Honourable Patrick Aniunoh who was aspiring to represent Onitsha South l constituency at the Anambra State House of Assembly, to APGA State secretariat for the screening of candidates exercise, said the time has come for decent men to take up governmental positions and expressed the hope that his brother would come out of the screening unscathed.

I HAVE LOST A FATHER, BROTHER, DEAR FRIEND – WIDOW OF MURDERED CONDUCTOR

This is certainly not the best of times for Mrs Ini Abasirim, the pregnant widow of the bus conductor who was allegedly killed by policemen attached to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, last Monday, along Oshodi-Apapa expressway , owing to the devastating effect of the tragedy on her.