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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Friday, October 12th, 2012
As sharp practices rock relief camps From EMMANUEL ADEYEMI, Lokoja Government officials and greedy individuals may have taken advantage of the flood disaster on Kogi State to enrich themselves, Daily Sun gathered. A discreet survey carried out on the flood disaster in the state revealed that figures on those affected were grossly amplified while bogus […]
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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, October 12th, 2012

By AKEEB ALARAPE A Kabo aircraft conveying Nigerian pilgrims had to make a forced landing in Sudan capital, Khartoum on Wednesday after being denied entry into Saudi Arabia. The aircraft with Reg. No. N9-1143, was conveying pilgrims from Kaduna State but denied landing by the authorities of the King Abdul-Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, due to […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, October 12th, 2012
From TONY JOHN, Port-Harcourt A sister of one of the four University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) students brutally murdered last Friday in Umuokiri village, Aluu, Rivers State, has narrated how her younger brother and his friends were lynched. Miss Ibisobia Elkanah, elder sister of Tekena Friday Elkanah, revealed yesterday that policemen visited the scene where […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Friday, October 12th, 2012
A woman, Mrs. Sekinat Akewusola, on Thursday jumped into Osun River. PUNCH Metro learnt that the woman jumped into the river from the bridge located at Oke-Gada, Ede, minutes after giving money to some beggars. Some of the beggars said they saw the woman when she jumped into the river. Head, Disaster Management Unit, Nigeria […]
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Headlines
Friday, October 12th, 2012
Mohammed, the first son of ex-Minister of Power and Steel, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, has died in a power bike accident. PUNCH Metro learnt that 34-year-old Mohammed died on October 1 on his way to Abuja after participating at a bikers’ convention in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Mohammed, according a source, had told his […]