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Presidency
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
The leadership. Of the PDP has said that Nigerians owe former President Olusegun Obasanjo a lot for his foresight and undiluted belief in the unity of the country. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ and former President of Nigeria, eating bread with 50 per cent cassava content; and IITA Scientist, […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
-Punch A policeman went berrserk and shot two of his colleagues before shooting himself at Lala Village of Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. In Rivers State, a police corporal shot an inspector over an undisclosed issue at Trans Amadi area of the state capital, Port Harcourt. The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
-Punch The police on Tuesday arraigned a 25-year-old furniture maker, Shola Adeboyo, of Lugbe Village, Abuja at an Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court charged with abduction. The police prosecutor, Cpl. Pascal Njoku, told the court that the offence was committed on January 27, and was reported to the police by one Boladale Bolale of […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
MARCH 6, 2012 BY ADELANI ADEPEGA Nigerian Air Force has established a unit called the Quick Response Force to combat Boko Haram, ethno-religious crises, kidnappings and evacuation of refugees from disaster zones. The unit comprising 70 officers in Minna, Niger State will also be involved in the search and rescue of air crash victims, airborne […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
MARCH 6, 2012 BY ADE ADESOMOJU 295 COMMENTS Mohammed Fawehinmi | credits: File copy Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of the late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, has sued President Goodluck Jonathan and heads of the national security agencies for the increasing spate of bombings in the country. Fawehinmi also asked Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
ask Foreign Affairs Minister to invoke the tenets of reciprocity BY EMMAN OVUAKPORIE ABUJA – THE Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mrs Nnena Elendu-Ukeje,Tuesday asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Gbenga Ashiru to invoke the tenets of reciprocity in tackling the present face-off between Nigeria and South Africa. The House […]
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EFCC Politics
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has submitted a bill to the National Assembly to legalise the controversial concept of plea-bargaining. Chairman of the commission, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, made this known on Monday, in a paper delivered at a training programme organised by the National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC), Abuja branch, in collaboration […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
No fewer than 20 people were burnt to death in a road accident that occurred yesterday, when two 18-seater buses collided and caught fire at Iwaraja-Ijesha junction along Akure-Ife Road in Osun State. According to an eyewitness, an 18-seater bus, which was heading probably for Ekiti State or Iwaraja swerved from its lane to avoid […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Chief Areoye Oyebola has called on the Federal Government to take more drastic actions against corrupt persons to save the country from impending peril. Oyebola, a writer and journalist of great repute, and founder of the Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation, made the call during the launch of his latest book, entitled: Great Issues Nigeria […]
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Governors
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 •Akpabio Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has denied any allegation of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors ganging up against President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the election in the upcoming national convention. Daily Sun had reported that the governors had begun […]