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Headlines
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Nine years after Pa Ogbueshi Raphael O. Adibe, 91, joined the revered octogenarian club in Obosi, Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State dubbed Ito Ogbo, his amiable wife, Ogbueshi Nwanyi Benedette Nwaelie Adibe, has also made it into the group. The Obosi community organises a cultural festival every three years when all those who […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Minister of Power, Prof Bart Nnaji has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government in its efforts to fix the power sector. The minister, who made the appeal in Lagos on Monday during a press briefing on the activities of his ministry in ensuring a stable power supply in the country, assured […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The Joint Security Task Force, yesterday in Kano, confirmed that it has killed one of the suspects in the Sunday’s attacks on Christian worshippers at the Bayero University in Kano. The security operatives equally announced the arrest of his compatriot, who had earlier escaped in the course of the exchange of fire between the sect […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) on Tuesday urged Nigerians to look beyond politics in reacting to the allegations of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Owoeye Azazi against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on the state of insecurity in the country. Azazi on Friday at the South South Summit in Asaba, Delta State, […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has engaged the civil servants in Bayelsa State in the current war his administration is waging against corruption. This is just as he said the Senior Secondary Board, the Environmental Sanitation Authority, the Health services and the Local Government areas are places his administration would probe in its bid to smash the […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Atleast 10 persons have been killed and more that 20 houses destroyed as gun men invaded six Berom villages in Riyom Local Government of Plateau State between Monday night and yesterday morning. Residents of the affected villages which include Gwarim, Tahoss, Bangai, Sopp, Angwa Werem and Danjol have fled the areas and are taking refuge […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The nation seems to be at a very bad point now that prominent citizens and elders who had been quiet about the scary security situation are now talking. It was a harvest of lamentations and condemnations for the bad turn things have taken in the country especially in security. The venue of the discourse is […]
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Governors, House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

If the push by lawmakers sails through in a fresh amendment of the 1999 Constitution, the President, his deputy, all governors and their deputies may lose immunity from prima-facie criminal cases. Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution presently confers immunity on the President and governors. The extant section 308 (a) states: “No civil or criminal […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Nigeria’s Sunshine Stars and Al Ahly of Egypt are trapped in Bamako, following renewed fighting between armed factional rivals in Mali. On Sunday, Sunshine played a 1-1 draw with host, Djoliba, in a CAF Champions League Round of 16 clash. Ahly lost by a lone goal to another Malian team, Stade Malien, in the same […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Sunny Chris Okenwa
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

The Nigerian press, from all indications, is very vigorous and world-class. We cannot forget the historic roles played by certain great Nigerians, living and dead, in positioning and re-positioning the Nigerian media — making it one of the most vibrant in the African continent. Great men like the late Dele Giwa (who was bombed to […]