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InfoMister » Society http://infomister.com News and Information Portal in Nigeria Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:18:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tributes for Chinua Achebe As Imo, Anambra Govts, ACN, ANPP, Others Hail the Late Renowned Professor http://infomister.com/2013/03/tributes-for-chinua-achebe-as-imo-anambra-govts-acn-anpp-others-hail-the-late-renowned-professor/ http://infomister.com/2013/03/tributes-for-chinua-achebe-as-imo-anambra-govts-acn-anpp-others-hail-the-late-renowned-professor/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:46:26 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9996 Torrents of tributes have continued to pour in for renowned author, Professor Chinua Achebe, who died in the United States last Thursday. As a proof of his global status, those mourning Achebe bear no allegiance to tribe or tongue, and were not even influenced by political considerations. Akpabio: He was Fountain of Honour Akwa Ibom [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/03/tributes-for-chinua-achebe-as-imo-anambra-govts-acn-anpp-others-hail-the-late-renowned-professor/feed/ 0 Billionaire Bill Gates Cancels Visit to Nigeria Over Presidential Pardon Saga http://infomister.com/2013/03/billionaire-bill-gates-cancels-visit-to-nigeria-over-presidential-pardon-saga/ http://infomister.com/2013/03/billionaire-bill-gates-cancels-visit-to-nigeria-over-presidential-pardon-saga/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:50:06 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9987 Microsoft CEO and America’s richest man, Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled official visit to Nigeria, Premium Times reports. Report said the cancellation is in connection to the presidential pardon granted former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Shettima Bulama. Gates was due in Nigeria March 27 and 28 concerning the aggressive polio eradication campaign [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/03/billionaire-bill-gates-cancels-visit-to-nigeria-over-presidential-pardon-saga/feed/ 0 Police in Lagos Foil Robbery of Bank in Abule Egba, Arrest 8 Members http://infomister.com/2013/03/police-in-lagos-foil-robbery-of-bank-in-abule-egba-arrest-8-members/ http://infomister.com/2013/03/police-in-lagos-foil-robbery-of-bank-in-abule-egba-arrest-8-members/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:21:28 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9971 THE police in Lagos State on Friday afternoon arrested eight members of an armed robbery gang who attempted to rob the Abule Egba branch of a new generation bank. The police also recovered sophisticated arms and ammunition, including five AK-47 rifles and assorted charms. The armed robbers were dislodged by the combined team of the [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/03/police-in-lagos-foil-robbery-of-bank-in-abule-egba-arrest-8-members/feed/ 0 Breaking! Gunmen Kill 9 Female Health Workers in Kaduna http://infomister.com/2013/02/breaking-gunmen-kill-9-female-health-workers-in-kaduna/ http://infomister.com/2013/02/breaking-gunmen-kill-9-female-health-workers-in-kaduna/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:53:27 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9933 Gunmen on tricycles on Friday killed nine female health workers conducting anti-polio vaccination in a twin attack. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Magaji Majiya, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna. Majiya said that the attack took place around 9am on Friday in Kano metropolis. He said: [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/02/breaking-gunmen-kill-9-female-health-workers-in-kaduna/feed/ 0 5 Indian Sailors Kidnapped Off Nigeria’s Coast Released http://infomister.com/2013/01/5-indian-sailors-kidnapped-off-nigerias-coast-released/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/5-indian-sailors-kidnapped-off-nigerias-coast-released/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:11:26 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9904 Five Indian sailors kidnapped when their ship was attacked off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released, the vessel’s operating company said on Saturday. In the incident that took place about 65 km off the Niger Delta coast on December 17, pirates looted the SP Brussels, an oil and chemicals tanker,a vast wetlands [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/5-indian-sailors-kidnapped-off-nigerias-coast-released/feed/ 0 Breaking: South African Court Finds Henry Okah Guilty for Oct 1 Abuja Car Bombing http://infomister.com/2013/01/breaking-south-african-court-finds-henry-okah-guilty-for-oct-1-abuja-car-bombing/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/breaking-south-african-court-finds-henry-okah-guilty-for-oct-1-abuja-car-bombing/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:44:07 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9897 A South African court has found Nigerian militant Henry Okah guilty of masterminding the 2010 car bombing which killed 12 people. Okah was convicted of 13 counts related to acts of terrorism. He was arrested in Johannesburg a day after two car bombs exploded during the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. He had denied the [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/breaking-south-african-court-finds-henry-okah-guilty-for-oct-1-abuja-car-bombing/feed/ 0 Imo Deputy Governor’s Director of Protocol Murdered by Kidnappers http://infomister.com/2013/01/imo-deputy-governors-director-of-protocol-murdered-by-kidnappers/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/imo-deputy-governors-director-of-protocol-murdered-by-kidnappers/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:26:49 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9876 The lifeless body of the Director of Protocol to the Imo State Deputy Governor, Mister Lance Anyanwu, has been found in Orodo in Mbaitoli Local Government area of Imo state. Mr Anyanwu was earlier kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday at his residence in Egbeada Housing estate in Owerri, the Imo state capital. Sources from [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/imo-deputy-governors-director-of-protocol-murdered-by-kidnappers/feed/ 0 Military Task Force Arrest 22 Oil Bunkerers at Calabar http://infomister.com/2013/01/military-task-force-arrest-22-oil-bunkerers-at-calabar/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/military-task-force-arrest-22-oil-bunkerers-at-calabar/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:23:16 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9874 Officials of the Joint Task Force, known as Operation Pulo Shield attached to 13 Brigade Nigerian Army Calabar at the early hours of yesterday, arrested 22 oil bunkerers with 162 drums of diesels at the Calabar Jetty. The bunkerers who siphoned the product from NNPC pipeline at the high sea loaded them in three boats [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/military-task-force-arrest-22-oil-bunkerers-at-calabar/feed/ 0 Joint Task Force Claim Arrest of Top Boko Haram Member http://infomister.com/2013/01/joint-task-force-claim-arrest-of-top-boko-haram-member/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/joint-task-force-claim-arrest-of-top-boko-haram-member/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:01:26 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9867 Nigeria’s military on Sunday claimed to have arrested a key member of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram after a reward of some $160,000 had recently been offered for his capture. A military task force in the country’s violence-torn northeast said it had arrested Mohammed Zangina earlier Sunday in an upscale neighbourhood of Maiduguri, the city [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/joint-task-force-claim-arrest-of-top-boko-haram-member/feed/ 0 Breaking!! Explosion, Fire at Lagos Seaport Injures Several People http://infomister.com/2013/01/breaking-explosion-fire-at-lagos-seaport-injures-several-people/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/breaking-explosion-fire-at-lagos-seaport-injures-several-people/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:18:46 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9782 An explosion at an oil deport in Nigeria’s main seaport in Lagos has triggered a large fire and injured several people, media reports citing officials said Wednesday. Officials said at least four people were injured in the explosion. They added that efforts are progressing to put out the fire at the Apapa port area, which [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/breaking-explosion-fire-at-lagos-seaport-injures-several-people/feed/ 0 EFCC Arrest Two Undergraduate Internet Scammers at Victoria Island http://infomister.com/2013/01/efcc-arrest-two-undergraduate-internet-scammers-at-victoria-island/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/efcc-arrest-two-undergraduate-internet-scammers-at-victoria-island/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:29:27 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9777 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two undergraduate Internet scammers and six other fraudsters at the upscale 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos. One of the undergraduate, Hope Olusegun, a 25 year-old indigene of Okene, Kogi State, claims to be a student of Computer Science at the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia. He [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/efcc-arrest-two-undergraduate-internet-scammers-at-victoria-island/feed/ 0 Jailbreak at Sagamu Prisons, 20 Inmates Escape http://infomister.com/2013/01/jailbreak-at-sagamu-prisons-20-inmates-escape/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/jailbreak-at-sagamu-prisons-20-inmates-escape/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:49:40 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9772 There has been a jailbreak at the Sagamu Prisons in Ogun State where at least 20 inmates were reported to have escaped through a large hole they bored on the fence of the facility after seizing weapons and stunning prison officials to effect their escape. Thisday gathered that to effect the violent revolt, prisoners used [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/jailbreak-at-sagamu-prisons-20-inmates-escape/feed/ 0 Dana Air Resumes Operations Today After 7 Months Absence http://infomister.com/2013/01/dana-air-resumes-operations-today-after-7-months-absence/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/dana-air-resumes-operations-today-after-7-months-absence/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:26:02 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9766 Seven months after its fleet was grounded following the crash that killed over 160 people, Nigeria airline operator, Dana Air will resume domestic flights today, Friday, January 4. Aviation authorities temporarily grounded the airline after the incident in June last year. In September 2012, the Federal Government re-instated the airline’s license and allowed it to [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/dana-air-resumes-operations-today-after-7-months-absence/feed/ 0 Gunmen Attack Military Base in Borno, Kill Seven http://infomister.com/2013/01/gunmen-attack-military-base-in-borno-kill-seven/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/gunmen-attack-military-base-in-borno-kill-seven/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:44:16 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9758 Seven people, including two security men, were killed after a military base was attacked by some armed men in Nigeria’s Borno state, Xinhua reported on Thursday. The incident took place after the gunmen came to the 21 Brigade troops’ at Marte, a government area in northern part of Borno, on Wednesday, said Lt Col Sagir [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/gunmen-attack-military-base-in-borno-kill-seven/feed/ 0 Fire Destroys 5 Houses at Spare Parts Market in Port Harcourt http://infomister.com/2013/01/fire-destroys-5-houses-at-spare-parts-market-in-port-harcourt/ http://infomister.com/2013/01/fire-destroys-5-houses-at-spare-parts-market-in-port-harcourt/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:03:09 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9741 Fire on New Year’s day destroyed five houses near the Ikoku spare parts market in Port Harcourt, capital of Nigeria’s oil producing state of Rivers. According to witnesses, the fire started about 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday at the dump site of the market in Gambia Street, Port Harcourt. The cause of fire is still unknown. [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2013/01/fire-destroys-5-houses-at-spare-parts-market-in-port-harcourt/feed/ 0 FireCrackers Warehouse Catches Fire in Lagos, Affects Close Buildings http://infomister.com/2012/12/firecrackers-warehouse-catches-fire-in-lagos-affects-close-buildings/ http://infomister.com/2012/12/firecrackers-warehouse-catches-fire-in-lagos-affects-close-buildings/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:33:05 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9718 An explosion in a warehouse has sparked a major fire in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city and commercial capital. Witnesses said fireworks were stored in the warehouse in the busy market area of Lagos Island, and the blaze quickly spread to other buildings. The blast reportedly shook windows of homes several miles away and a thick [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2012/12/firecrackers-warehouse-catches-fire-in-lagos-affects-close-buildings/feed/ 0 Breaking!! Kidnappers Free Nollywood Actress Nkiru Sylvanus http://infomister.com/2012/12/breaking-kidnappers-free-nollywood-actress-nkiru-sylvanus/ http://infomister.com/2012/12/breaking-kidnappers-free-nollywood-actress-nkiru-sylvanus/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:32:12 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9678 Kidnappers in Owerri, the Imo State capital, today released abducted Nkiru Sylvanus and a male companion. The governor’s aide was abducted on Sunday in Owerri while filming a special public relations project for the state. Ms. Nkiru, who is also a Nollywood movie star is the special assistant on public relations to the Imo State [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2012/12/breaking-kidnappers-free-nollywood-actress-nkiru-sylvanus/feed/ 0 Police Service Commission Raise Minimum Entry Requirements for Police Officers to OND http://infomister.com/2012/12/police-service-commission-raise-minimum-entry-requirements-for-police-officers-to-ond/ http://infomister.com/2012/12/police-service-commission-raise-minimum-entry-requirements-for-police-officers-to-ond/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:43:50 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9643 As against the secondary school certificate requirement for joining the Nigeria Police at Constable level, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has said the minimum entry requirement is Ordinary National Diploma (OND). The commission also stated that third class degree holders are no longer accepted as Cadet Inspectors, in line with the reform of the entrance [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2012/12/police-service-commission-raise-minimum-entry-requirements-for-police-officers-to-ond/feed/ 0 Imo Govt Offer Rewards on Tips to Secure Release of Nkiru Sylvanus, Kidnappers of the Actress Demand N100 Million Ransom http://infomister.com/2012/12/imo-govt-offer-rewards-on-tips-to-secure-release-of-nkiru-sylvanus-kidnappers-of-the-actress-demand-n100-million-ransom/ http://infomister.com/2012/12/imo-govt-offer-rewards-on-tips-to-secure-release-of-nkiru-sylvanus-kidnappers-of-the-actress-demand-n100-million-ransom/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:40:16 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9640 The government of Imo State has promised to handsomely reward anyone with information on the whereabouts of kidnapped Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the Governor and actress, Nkiru Sylvanus. This was in the statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Chinedu Offor, the government said the kidnappers had made contacts with top [...] Related posts:

]]> http://infomister.com/2012/12/imo-govt-offer-rewards-on-tips-to-secure-release-of-nkiru-sylvanus-kidnappers-of-the-actress-demand-n100-million-ransom/feed/ 0 Lagos Okada Ban: Lagos Govt Siezes 6,972 Motorcyles Between September and November 2012 http://infomister.com/2012/12/lagos-okada-ban-lagos-govt-siezes-6972-motorcyles-between-september-and-november-2012/ http://infomister.com/2012/12/lagos-okada-ban-lagos-govt-siezes-6972-motorcyles-between-september-and-november-2012/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:03:17 +0000 admin http://infomister.com/?p=9625 The Lagos State Government has impounded 6,972 motorcycles between September and November for plying restricted roads in the State. Lagos Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko said on Monday in Lagos that all the motorcycles were moved to Alausa as directed by the government. He said that when the restriction started in September, 440 motorcycles were [...] Related posts:

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