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Drug Courier, NDLEA Halt Eagles Lima Trip - THISDAY Live
By then a suspect, whom they refused to give his name, had been arrested, however, another suspect, who left his international passport in the aircraft on seat 4A, was on the run. Efforts to apprehend him proved abortive. It was then announced that the ...
May 20, 2012


New World Record as Camera Sells for $3m - THISDAY Live
The buyer chose to remain anonymous. Only 25 pre-production O-Series were made to test the market for 35mm cameras before full production began in 1925, and just 12 are known still to exist. The prices such cameras fetch are a barometer of the growing ...
May 13, 2012


On the Shores of the River Niger - THISDAY Live
Another resident of the area who spoke tongue-in-cheek and on condition of anonymity said they would like the state governor to direct the state Environment Sanitation Agency (ANSEPA) Onitsha office to come and help clear the heaps of garbage in the ...
May 9, 2012


War against Illegal Midstream Discharge Flounders - THISDAY Live
Even at that, a source said there is no guaranty that such security will not be compromised if the pay is fat. There is also approved midstream discharge. For instance, some Bacoliners, as they are called, and large tanker vessels which cannot berth at ...
January 29, 2012


Strike: Nigerians Count Their Losses - THISDAY Live
A leading operator in the financial sector, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said what the nation lost to the crisis in the first three days of the strike was enough to pay Nigeria's external debt and according to an economist at Renaissance ...
January 15, 2012


Beyonce and her Father have a Tearful Reunion ... in the Delivery Room - THISDAY Live
MediaTakeOut.com spoke with a person close to Beyonce's family who tells us that Beyonce and her father Mathew Knowles had a very EMOTIONAL RECONCILIATION . . . in the delivery room immediately before baby Blue was born. According to our insider, ...
January 11, 2012


Christmas Fails to Stem Violence in Borno, Yobe - THISDAY Live
Hospital sources, who preferred to speak on the condition of anonymity, said scores of people, including some of the terrorists, soldiers as well as police officers and men, had been killed in the gun duel in Damaturu. One hospital attendant claimed ...
December 25, 2011


Season of Bank Raids - THISDAY Live
A manager with one of the first generation banks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said now that there is conscious move to e-payment channels in the society, banks are now the major target for the hoodlums to perpetuate their heinous crimes. ...
December 25, 2011


Multiple Bomb Blasts, Gun Shots Rock Damaturu, Potiskum, Maiduguri - THISDAY Live
He is now in the theatre undergoing surgery to remove the bullets,” a source said. However, Yobe State Police Commissioner, where both Damaturu and Potiskum are located, Lawan Tanko, said suspected members of Boko Haram had carried out bombings and ...
December 23, 2011


Farida's Friends Link Her Removal to Subsidy Cabal - THISDAY Live
However, staunch associates of Mrs Waziri who asked not to be identified insist that her intense investigation of the activities of members of the cabal benefiting from the billions of naira paid out yearly as oil subsidy by the government was a major ...
November 26, 2011


Helicopter Crash: Bodies of Bacita Sugar CEO, Others Recovered - THISDAY Live
One of the workers who spoke on the condition of anonymity disclosed that the team to receive her on Friday was already at the Ilorin International Airport before hearing of the crash that took her life and two others. ...
July 31, 2011


At Last, N'Assembly Agrees to Slash Inflated Budget - THISDAY Live
By Collins Edomaruse Following a series of meetings between the leadership of the National Assembly and the Presidency over 2011 budget imbroglio, the lawmakers have agreed to cut the inflated figures to what a source said are “now more reasonable”. ...
May 23, 2011


Dangote Moves to Lower Price of Cement - THISDAY Live
However, a top official of one of the leading firms told THISDAY on the condition of anonymity last night that complying with the 30-day ultimatum would not affect their bottom-line. “The prices of our products from the factory have not really gone up. ...
May 18, 2011


'Daniel's Truce with Obasanjo is a Façade' - THISDAY Live
... Obasanjo and Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, has been dismissed as a temporary détente, which was set up to facilitate the peaceful hosting of the president's campaign rally Saturday in Abeokuta, a source close to the governor has said. ...
March 13, 2011


Friends of Bode George: Obasanjo Lied - THISDAY Live
But a few of George's associates, who spoke off the record with THISDAY, expressed disappointment that a supposed elder statesman of Obasanjo's status would tell such obvious lies, knowing that there were other people who were privy to the discussions ...
March 6, 2011


FG : 1500 Nigerians Still Stranded in Libya - THISDAY Live
One of the prisoners, who refused to give his name, told THISDAY that he had been wrongly jailed for the last seven years in Libya. “Actually when I left Nigeria eight years ago, I wanted to go to Italy, not Libya. Then I saw that Libya was not a bad ...
March 2, 2011


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