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Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has withdrawn the statement credited to him that he had an intimate relationship with the wife of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu. Fani-Kayode, also a former Minister of Culture, in a statement by his lawyer, Mr. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
The African Union wants the ICC to drop the charges against Uhuru Kenyatta Continue reading the main story Related Stories Kenya ICC witnesses ‘disappear’ AU accuses ICC of ‘hunting’ Africans Kenya poll violence suspects Kenyan MPs have approved a motion to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) following an emergency debate. A bill to this […]
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Headlines
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
A pregnant woman, Oluwaseun Ogunsanya; her husband, Olumide Ogunsanya, and one other, have been taken before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly forging and altering a company’s certificate of incorporation to steal N14, 068, 926. Oluwaseun, 34, a nurse, appeared in court in the same cloth with her husband on Thursday. The incident was […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, South-East, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | September 5, 2013 – In his article: The bitter truth about the Igbo, Femi Fani-Kayode spectacularly exhibited his ignorance, narrow-mindedness, xenophobia and a penchant for lying. The three part article is a shameless convulsion of Nigerian history, brazenly, skewed against the Igbo. It is tendentious rubbish, just a […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan | credits: File copy SOME former militants in the Niger Delta have cautioned the ‘New Peoples Democratic Party’ and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi against stopping President Goodluck Jonathan from having a second term in office. The ex-fighters, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, on Thursday, […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Senator Andy Uba A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday struck out an ex parte motion filed by Senator Andy Uba; his brother, Chris; and three others against their suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party by the National Working Committee of the party. Justice Ahmed Mohammed struck out the ex parte motion that […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News, Yobe
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Olusoji | credits: File copy When on April 6, 2013, Jane and Olusoji Elegbede got married in Lagos State, their joy knew no bounds. Although Olusoji was a policeman serving in Yobe State, which is fraught with security challenges, Jane did not mind living there with him. Their plan was to settle down, have […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Dozens injured as 130 vehicles crash in London | credits: File copy Sixty people have been injured as more than 130 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes in thick fog on the Sheppey crossing in Kent. The BBC reported that eight of those hurt in the collisions, which took place in […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
The police in Bayelsa State on Thursday arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl to death. It was learnt that the suspect, whose name was not disclosed, is an aide of a former Chairman, Community Development Committee, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. Though the police said they were waiting for […]
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Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief & Ben Agande ABUJA—The Dangote Group Wednesday made history by signing of a combined $ 9.05 billion facility agreement with a consortium of local banks and international investors for the establishment of a refinery, and petrochemicals cum fertilizer complex in Nigeria. Agreement Under the agreement signed at a crowded […]
