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Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, to step down immediately, following his son’s indictment in connection with the fuel subsidy scam. In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Tukur’s […]
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Abuja (FCT), First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Turai Yar'Adua
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Photo: Sun News Publishing By: FRED ITUA, Abuja Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 22:17 Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has defended the action of the FCT administration in revoking the plot of land allocated to the former first lady, Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua’s NGO, ‘Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation (WAYEP).’ The FCT, however, […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Thirteen persons were yesterday confirmed dead in a road accident that occurred at Ohosu, in Ovia North East Local Government of Edo State on the ever-busy Benin- Ore- Shagamu-Lagos dual carriage way. Edo State FRSC Sector Commander, Kenneth Nwaegbe who confirmed the incident, said three persons were also injured. The accident involved an Anambra Mass […]
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Headlines
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Photo: Sun News Publishing By: RAZAQ BAMIDELE Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 23:26 Head of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has given insight into why the State Security Service (SSS), invited him for a chat last Monday, saying it was a clear indication that there was panic in the enemies’ camp. Bakare, who spoke […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Photo: Sun News Publishing By: TUNDE RAHEEM, Akure Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 23:22 Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area was on edge yesterday as naval officers attached to Igbokoda Forward Operational Base and some youths suspected to be militants engaged one another in a gun duel. At the end of the clash, no […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Photo: Sun News Publishing Nigeria’s Shehu Abdullahi (l) in action Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 22:09 Nigeria’s Under-20 team, the Flying Eagles, took a massive step towards reaching the third round qualifying series of the 2013 African Youth Championship after it defeated host, Tanzania 2–1 yesterday. Enugu Rangers’ striker, Alhaji Gero, netted a first-half brace, before […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Armed Forces, Columnists, Headlines, Oyo, State News
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
What looked like a normal day in Ibadan, Oyo State, turned out to be a nightmare in the early hours of 22nd of July 2012 at around 2.30am when about six soldiers of the Nigeria Army in uniform attached to the PHCN Capital Building at Ring Road Ibadan went berserk on an unprovoked savage […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Letters, State News
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Mr editor, Kindly allow me some space to comment on an issue that is uppermost in many of us in diaspora. Each time you read news about Anambra state, you hear daily accounts of kidnappings in the state. Kidnapping is the greatest issue disturbing many of us. Surprisingly, our kith and kin in Toronto did […]
