Fri 29 June 2012 in the news

•TRIBUNE: Rain wreaks havoc in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo •Hundreds of houses affected* 4 Operation Burst members die in auto crash in Ibadan: FOUR men of the Oyo State Joint Security Patrol Squad, codenamed Operation Burst, lost their lives with five others critically injured on Thursday morning, in an accident involving a patrol van of the security outfit with number OB-11, a space bus and a motorcycle with registration numbers Lagos MH 226 KJA and OYO KEH 196 QA* Awo Foundation set to reward service* Pastor runs mad while praying for mad man* Gunmen kill PDP chieftain, wife, son in Plateau* Reps oil subsidy probe report: Culprits won't go unpunished - Jonathan* $3m bribery scandal: Reps panel grills Lawan* Kaduna curfew: Kerosene scarcity hits Abuja* DANA air crash: Reps give airline ultimatum to pay* compensation to victims' families* Nigeria loses N455bn annually to poor sanitation - UNICEF* Court dismisses suit against cash-less policy* Robbers invade banks, police station in Taraba* Soldiers destroy 50,000 drums of illegally refined diesel* Reps worry over lack of proper alignment between gas, power sectors* 180 corps members for re-run election in Kwara* Fulani cattle rears/farmers' clashes in Oyo to be resolved •As Gov Ajimobi constitutes committe* Crisis over Ondo ACN gubernatorial candidate lingers* Nigeria still safe for investment - Jang* ICPC drags HoS staff to court over pension funds scam* FCMB launches "Committed to Green" campaign in Ibadan* 54 persons survive food poisoning in Katsina* Niger: NSCDC nabs employment fraudster* OAU:NASU/management face-off deepens¤¤| PUNCH: N96m bribe: I collected money not bribe – Lawan* PDP chairman, wife, child killed in Jos* Akeredolu's choice won't stop my ambition – Agunloye* Fashola denies Jonathan's summons report* N96m bribe: Reps make a U-turn, grill Lawan in secret* Reps give Dana July 3 deadline to pay compensation* Fuel scarcity looms in S'West, S'South* PDP panics over Edo election••
Du Pont plans $150m investment in Nigeria* Osun expects bumper maize harvest – Commissioner* Bad seeds'proliferation, impediment to food security – Agency* UBA slashes ATM charges* GTBank's Eurobond best in Nigeria – EMEA•• BBC: Barclays boss Bob Diamond says he will not resign and blames a "small number" of staff for rigging the key lending rate between banks* Germany 1-2 Italy•Mario Balotelli scores two superb goals as Italy shock Germany to book a Euro 2012 final showdown with Spain in Kiev* EU leaders agree to use the eurozone's bailout fund to support struggling banks, an apparent concession by Germany to Spain and Italy* Two-time Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal suffers a shock five-set defeat by world number 100 Lukas Rosol* China's space capsule returns to Earth after a mission which saw the country's first manual docking procedure and its first woman in space* A new once-a-day pill which combines four HIV drugs into a single daily treatment is safe and effective, according to a study* Wikileaks founder Julian Assange tells the BBC he almost certainly will not attend a police station on Friday after being served with an extradition notice•• SPORT: Britain's Andy Murray overcomes big-serving Ivo Karlovic in four sets to reach the third round of Wimbledon while Lukas Rosol outs Nadal in 5set cracker* Former England captain David Beckham is not selected for the Great Britain football squad for London 2012* Best night of my life - Balotelli•• GOSSIP: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/
Have a blessed weekend.
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