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Ekiti, Governors, Headlines, Judiciary, State News
Saturday, September 27th, 2014
The All Progressives Congress has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Ekiti State Governor-elect Ayodele Fayose for allegedly leading a band of thugs to beat up a Judge and then instigating his supporters to attack and burn down the opposition secretariat in the state. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Troops from the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri have recorded yet another decisive victory over Boko Haram insurgents attempting to seize Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Maiduguri residents welcoming soldiers after they returned with APC’s taken from Boko HaramSaharaReporters learnt that soldiers stationed in Konduga yesterday repelled an attack by Boko Haram fighters […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, September 26th, 2014
By: JULIET EBIRIM Ahead of the Independence Day celebration: Elders compare the state of the country now and what it was prior to independence Our politicians are not sincere — Akpan F.I Those days, you could buy something with equivalent of 20kobo and still have change. The monthly earnings were less than equivalent of N100 and it was […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, September 26th, 2014
A DESPERATE Bulawayo woman, Catherine Ndlovu, who allegedly paid thousands of dollars to visit Nigeria, seeking divine intervention for her hospitalised daughter has been reported as one of the 115 people confirmed to have died after the collapse of a church building owned by the pastor, TB Joshua. Yesterday, the family of Ndlovu, 40, accused TB Joshua and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Harare – The Zimbabwe students union on Friday demanded the resignation of authorities at the country’s top university after it awarded a “miraculous” doctorate to President Robert Mugabe’s wife. The PhD was granted to Grace Mugabe, a 49-year-old former typist in the president’s office, two weeks ago — just months after she enrolled for the course. Mugabe’s wife […]
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Headlines
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Lagos – A 34-year-old man, Fabian Anyanwu, who allegedly assaulted and raped a 22-year-old Cameroonian lady, on Monday appeared before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Anyanwu, a resident of 721 Road, D Close, Block 2, Festac Town, Lagos, is standing trial on a two-count charge of assault and rape. The prosecutor, Cpl. John Iberedem, […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Fifty fleeing members of the Boko Haram sect were said to have been apprehended by soldiers in Biu, south of troubled Borno State. Security sources revealed that the insurgents who were travelling from the Damboa axis of the state hid in atruck going to Gombe. A security source told journalists that the arrested men were in the custody […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye The Ogun State commissioner of police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, has said the command arrested 220 armed robbers and killed 37 others during shootouts with his menbetween January and September 2014. The police boss, who spoke at the state police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, during a parade of some suspected cultists and robbers, […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba | credits: saharareporters.com The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, has summoned the chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, Jide Awe, and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, Makanjuola Ogundipe, over the Monday’s attack. At a peace meeting held in his office in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, the Police […]
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House, Legislature
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Deputy Minority Leader, Mr. Suleiman Abdulrahman-Kawu | credits: http://www.ackcity.net Angry All Progressives Congress members in the House of Representatives staged a walkout on Tuesday in protest against a failed debate on the controversial $9.3m seized from two Nigerians and an Israeli by the South African authorities on September 5. The two Nigerians and the Israeli had flown […]
