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Armed Forces, Headlines
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Sahara Reporters has learnt of a covert plan to ‘kill’ a group of soldiers who were arrested late last year on charges of mutiny and attempted murder. The soldiers who have been held since September last year managed to reach out to the outside world via text messages, using the opportunity to reveal the conditions […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Governors, Headlines, INEC Politics, Rivers, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Except the five governorship candidates challenging the credibility of the April 11 governorship election in Rivers withdraw their cases from the election petition tribunal or fail to present material evidence like the one exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was returned winner of the election is as good […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Woman who invaded Chris Brown’s house Perez Hilton Amira Kodcia Ayeb, a 21-year-old Tunisian native living in Los Angeles, California was arrested late Wednesday after multi-talented American recording artist, dancer, and actor Chris Brown and his crew found her naked on his bed at his rented California mansion. Brown came home two days later after his birthday […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
| credits: Lukesh Poor turnout of people at the 2015 Lagos Carnival marred the event staged on Saturday at the historical Tafawa Balewa Square on the island. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, dignitaries and fun seekers at the event expressed disappointment that in spite of the publicity given it, the turnout was unimpressive. […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
The incoming government of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to address the issue of poor power supply in the country. At the recently held Lagos Business School’s Centre for Infrastructure, Policy, Regulation and Advancement and the Heinrich Boll Foundation’s forum on Nigeria’s energy future, various experts said much needed to be done […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, May 10th, 2015

By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | May 10, 2015 – I have been dismayed by three recent developments, which I believe pose very serious threat to the prevailing ‘fragile’ peace in the country. I use the word ‘fragile peace’ deliberately because even though the Armageddon predicted to follow the presidential elections of March 28 […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines, Top Stories
Sunday, May 10th, 2015

Abubakar Shekau The United States is still maintaining the $7 million (N1.4 billion) bounty it placed on the leader of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The US Department of State on Wednesday issued a list of 71 most-wanted terrorists in the world with bounties totalling $375m (N74.6bn) as “rewards for information that leads […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lloyd Ukwu, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015

By Lloyd Ukwu | Washington DC, USA | May 10, 2015 – As an American educated lawyer, the use of injunctive relief in Nigeria has never seized to amaze me. In the United States of America, and certainly, in Nigeria, an injunction is a court order by which an individual is required to perform, or […]
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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Governors, Headlines, INEC Politics, Rivers, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Prof. Attahiru Jega As the May 29 handover date draws near, fresh controversy over the election results has been ignited between the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. According to two online portals, Premium Times and Sahara Reporters, the governorship elections in the two states […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Mr. Buruji Kashamu Senator-elect and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, on Saturday, denied any past trip to the United States and ruled out any possibility of ever visiting the country in the future. In an interview with Sahara TV, which was monitored by our correspondent, the […]