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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
An Indian court on Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a tribal woman as a punishment for “dishonouring” her community. The 20-year-old woman was gang-raped on orders from tribal village elders who objected to her relationship with a man from a different community. The attack took […]
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Headlines
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
CAUGHT—Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, S-Africa. INSET: The Bombardier Challenger jet. Much ado has been made about recent events in South Africa concerning the Nigerian-owned jet that was found loaded with millions of dollars and that was in the process of procuring arms and a fighter helicopter for the Nigerian military and security agencies. As a former […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo Barely, one week after the Synagogue incident, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, sent experts to the scene of the collapsed six storey building at the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, SCOAN, to commiserate with the church leaders. The team was also sent to conduct immediate investigation into the immediate and […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
Two Russian fighter jets recently entered a US “air defense identification zone” and were intercepted by American warplanes near Alaska, two US defense officials said Friday. Although Russian aircraft have entered the zone previously it was “the first time in a long time” that fighter jets passed through the area, a defense official, who spoke […]
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Headlines
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
CAUGHT—Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, S-Africa. INSET: The Bombardier Challenger jet. Much ado has been made about recent events in South Africa concerning the Nigerian-owned jet that was found loaded with millions of dollars and that was in the process of procuring arms and a fighter helicopter for the Nigerian military and security agencies. As a former […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
Despite the United States government efforts at tightening the noose on Nigerian pregnant women who have formed the habit of travelling to the US to deliver their babies, more pregnant celebrities are steadily jetting out of the country to do so. The latest celebrity who has joined the train is actress Nuella Njubigbo. She’s currently having swell […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Friday, September 19th, 2014

There are strong indications that efforts of the Federal Government to ensure amicable settlement of issues surrounding the $9.3m seized by South Africa have failed. South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority, in an email to our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday, said that the matter was still under criminal investigations. There were reports on Wednesday that […]
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Armed Forces, Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 19th, 2014

By Dr. John Oshodi | NNP | Sept. 19, 2014 – The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, should publicly offer profound apologies to all women and girls in the nation having recently declared a militarized form of domestic threat against military personnel wives. Just a few weeks ago, while addressing soldiers […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, North-East
Friday, September 19th, 2014
Abuja – The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has urged northern elders and youths to strive to ensure that peace reigned in the region for development to thrive. Maku made the call on Friday in Abuja at the Ministerial Press conference where the Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, appeared to present the score […]
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Headlines
Friday, September 19th, 2014
Ahead of the January 2015 for the implementation of the new auto policy, the Nigeria Customs Service has begun the collection of additional 70 percent on new vehicles and thirty five percent on fairly used ones. The introduction of the new rate on new vehicles also pitched Customs agents against officers at the Port Terminal […]