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Adamawa, Boko Haram, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, State News
Friday, March 9th, 2012
By SaharaReporters, New York Unknown gunmen opened fire at a car dealership in Yola, Adamawa state on Friday afternoon killing the police officer in charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state. Eyewitnesses told Saharareporters that the assailants might have trailed the senior police officer to the scene. The officer, Mohammed Ali, was a […]
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General Politics, Top Stories
Friday, March 9th, 2012
By LAWANI MIKAIRU & DANIEL ETEGHE The British government yesterday deported about 120 Nigerians from the United Kingdom over alleged immigration offences, including lack of valid papers and stay permit among others. The deportees were said to have arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos aboard a chartered cargo aircraft in the early […]
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Governors, Niger Delta
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Hon. Keston Okoro, member representing Udu in the Delta State House of Assembly, DTHA has lambasted the Northern Governors for stoking needless controversy in making provocative statement that the 13 percent derivation fund met for Niger Deltans should be reviewed. Okoro who made this comment while addressing newsmen condemned the statement made by the Chairman […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The Association of Retired Ambassadors of Nigeria (ARAN) and the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) has commended the Federal Government over its firm stance during its recent row with the South African Government. This commendation was made by the two groups in two different press statements yesterday. The ex envoys under the aegis of […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, March 9th, 2012
The Boko Haram Islamic sect yesterday warned some journalists to stop or desist from misr-epresenting their views at a Media Telephone Conferencing, stressing that enough is enough. Women under the aegis of concerned mothers of Borno also yesterday protested what they termed wanton killings and destruction of public properties in the state. The women comprising […]
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Headlines
Friday, March 9th, 2012
By Daniel Eteghe Security agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( MMIA) under the aegis of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport ( MMIA), Command Friday intercepted eleven cartons of explosives weighing 95 kilogrammes which were allegedly smuggled into the country. The eleven cartons of explosives labeled catridge powder devices and chargers were flown […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano It is “inexplicable” the United Kingdom did not tell Rome of a bid to rescue a Briton and an Italian held in Nigeria, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano says, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on Friday. Islamist militants took Chris McManus, 28, of Oldham, and Franco Lamolinara hostage in north-west Nigeria […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Eighteen graduates of the Imo State University, Owerri, are said to have died in an auto crash on Thursday night. The graduates were said to be on their way to the National Youth Service Corps camp in Taraba State for their orientation programme. They were said to be intending Batch ‘A’ corps members. It was […]
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Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, March 9th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday pleaded with all those involved in unleashing violence on the nation, including members of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, to lay down their arms in the interest of the nation. He urged them to embrace peace so that they could join hands with his administration to tackle the nation’s common enemies, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, March 9th, 2012
KANO (AFP) – Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram on Friday denied any involvement in the kidnapping of a Briton and Italian who were killed during a bid to rescue them in northwestern Sokoto city. “We are not behind the hostage taking … which led to the military operation yesterday in Sokoto in which the hostages […]
