Ex-Military Officer Shoots Son To Death In Akure

Tragedy struck yesterday at Maronu Street in the Araromi area of Akure, the capital of Ondo State, as a former military officer, Desilva Adedipe, reportedly shot and killed his son, Ayo Adedipe. Family sources told SaharaReporters that Mr. Adedipe, who retired from service at the rank of major, shot his son at close range as the two argued over an electricity bill.
A resident of the street told a correspondent that many residents fled the area for fear of their lives as well as possible arrest by security operatives.
An argument broke out

BOKO HARAM: WHO doctor, 499 other suspects for trial

The Defence Headquarters, yesterday, presented a list of over 500 terror suspects, including a medical doctor working for the World Health Organisation to the Presidency for trial.

The action followed last Monday's attack of an Air Force Base and MaiduguriAirport by Boko Haram insurgents which claimed several lives, destroyed two helicopters and three decommissioned Air force fighter jets.

Five of seven suspected terrorists arrested by JTF in connection with attack on Eyn Church in Biu, paraded in Maiduguri, Borno on Thursday (21/6/12).

The Boko Haram suspects have been in military detention facilities since the commencement of the state of emergency in the North-Eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
Vanguard gathered that in some instances, attempts have been made by

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National Chairman, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party,  Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday said he was not aware of any member of  the  PDP   defecting  to another party.

Tukur said this while  fielding questions from journalists after  meeting behind closed  doors with  the PDP Senate caucus and  the  Central Working Committee of the party.

Aggrieved members   of the PDP in the Senate  such as

Kidnappers seize corps member, contact family

Ayobami Jaiyeola

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into the kidnap of a 29-year-old National Youth Service Corps member, Ayobami Jaiyeola.

Relatives of the victim told PUNCH Metro that she was last seen while leaving her elder sister's house at Dideolu Estate in the Oniru area of the state in the evening of Friday last week.

When our correspondent visited the victim's home on

Winning the Nobel didn’t affect my writing— WOLE SOYINKA

Nobel laureate, Professor. Wole Soyinka, is not somebody you meet every time, not to talk of interviewing. But at one of the programmes of the just concluded Ake Art and Books Festival held at June 12 Cultural centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, tagged In the Shadow of memory: An audience with Wole Soyinka, afforded four undergraduates the opportunity to meet him and ask questions on his

Kim Kardashian Had Nose Job, Botox & Breast Augmentation — Docs Say

Kim has had multiple plastic surgeries including breast augmentations and a nose job, says a plastic surgeon in a new report. See what a friend says the reality star had done to her famous butt and what a source tells HollywoodLife.com about this report below!

How Actor Sanyeri Allegedly Turned His Wedding Into A Begging Circus.

When guests gathered together for the much anticipated wedding of Mukaila Olaniyi Afonja(a.k.a Sanyeri) and his soul mate Awawu Omolara Jimoh little did they know they were up for a big surprise .
Let me remind you that the couple have been living together for almost eight years now and has two children to show for it.
The wedding took place at the