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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Monday, July 2nd, 2012

Nollywood actress, Uche Jombo is a darling of the big screen and has been so for over a decade now. Ever since she cut her teeth into acting in 1999 with her first movie ‘Visa To Hell’, she has improved her craft with every production and has had a steady climb up her professional ladder. […]
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House, Legislature, Oil Politics
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
July 2, 2012 by Niyi Odebode and Ade Adesomoju L-R: Otedola, Lawan and Tambuwal | credits: File copy The $620,000 bribery scandal involving a federal legislator, Farouk Lawan and businessman, Femi Otedola, has entered a new phase with Otedola asking a court to order Lawan and three others to pay him N250bn in damages. The […]
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Bauchi, Borno, Headlines, Kaduna, Kano, National Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Sokoto, State News, Top Stories, Yobe
Monday, July 2nd, 2012

National Youth Service Corps members | credits: Corps members posted to Yobe, Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Bornu and Bauchi states have asked the National Youth Service Corps to redeploy them from these trouble states. The corps members, who expressed sadness as they received their call-up letters for the Batch B NYSC service year, said they […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
THE Jigawa State police command at the weekend foiled arm robbery attempt targeted at a prominent GSM dealer in Dutse. Reports from the state indicated that one of the suspects had been arrested. Two others were said to have escaped. Confirming the incident to Nigerian Tribune, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Theopholus, said […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
AS over 9,941 Nigerians are serving various jail terms abroad, the Federal Government, alongside the legislature, has said that it will not condone illegality by its citizens living abroad. This was the consensus reached between the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs led by its chairperson, Honourable Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje and the Ministry of Foreign […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Written by Olawale Rasheed, Abuja Monday, 02 July 2012 AS part of a soft approach to the ongoing Islamist insurgency, the Federal Government has commenced discreet contacts with moderate Islamist salafists who, while sharing similar thoughts with the Jihadi salafists within the Boko Haram sect, are opposed to armed struggle. Previous efforts at reaching the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
(AFP)—Masked gunmen killed 17 people and wounded dozens in gun and grenade attacks on two churches Sunday in the Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia, officials said. As Kenya vowed not to be deterred, Washington extended its support to the east African powerhouse and the Vatican expressed concern that attacks on Christian […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Two soldiers, two policemen and three suspected members of the Boko Haram sect are believed to have died during a military raid at the weekend on Boko Haram hideout in Damaturu, the police said. Gunshots were heard at about 6pm on Saturday, the official curfew time in the Yobe State capital, as members of the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan has been living up to his promise of zero tolerance for corruption, the Presidency said yesterday. It added that Dr. Jonathan has takes various measures in his push against corruption, in a statement by his media adviser Dr. Reuben Abati. Abati was reacting to “reports, comments and agitations aimed at creating the […]
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Headlines
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has threatened to act “with firmness and determination” against anyone collaborating with a West African force that might intervene in north Mali. Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a leader of AQIM, which is one of the armed Islamist groups controlling the huge territory for the past three months, warned Saturday that no one […]