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Headlines, Rivers
Friday, September 12th, 2014
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The people of Ubima in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State have been thrown into mourning following the murder of Mr. Sabinus Odu, an uncle to the state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. Odu, the Vice-Principal of Community Secondary School, Aluu, was killed earlier in the week by some suspected […]
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Arewa House, Armed Forces, Headlines, Niger Delta
Friday, September 12th, 2014
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah | credits: www.nigerreporters.com The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Friday in Kaduna denied alleged plan to enlist 10,000 former Niger Delta militants and ex-service men to boost the fight against the current insurgency in the North-East. The Northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum, had […]
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Headlines
Friday, September 12th, 2014
The collapsed building at Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos | credits: NEMA LASEMA A six-storey building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Ikotun, Lagos, collapsed on Friday with no fewer than 50 persons feared dead. The building, which was under construction, was initially a two-storey building before the addition of four […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 12th, 2014
by Olaleye Aluko There was confusion on Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos on Friday morning when residents woke up to the sight of a woman hanging on a tree. The woman, popularly called Kate in the area, was found dead in a black sweater and orange skirt under a pear tree. Our correspondent, who also visited […]
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Headlines
Friday, September 12th, 2014
TB Joshua’s Church collapses, many feared dead Friday 12th September , 2014 4:55 pm A rescue operation is underway in Lagos after a building linked to Nigerian preacher T.B Joshua’s megachurch collapsed. This is according to the country’s emergency relief agency. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the building — a guesthouse for foreign […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 12th, 2014
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake. Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete acted “negligently” when he fired shots through a toilet door, but in the “belief that there was an intruder”. She said the state had failed to prove […]
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Latest Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, September 11th, 2014

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bashir Wali, has confirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan did lead a massive 600-man delegation to the United Nations General Assembly last year, as reported at that time by SaharaReporters.Ambassador Aminu Wali It was the world’s largest, he also confirmed. He described the size of Nigeria’s delegations to the General […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 11, 2014 – One of my recent articles, “The problem with the striking doctors”, elicited a number of responses from my readers. Some of them called me on the phone, some texted in their messages and others e-mailed me. They were almost evenly divided between those who thought […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Theophilus Ilevbare
Thursday, September 11th, 2014

By Theophilus Ilevbare | NNP | Sept. 11, 2014 – These days, nothing strikes a bout of panic and paranoia than the thought of Ebola Virus Disease. Its been decades since a disease or calamity of such proportions threatened our relationships, businesses, sports and our very existence. In the midst of all the trepidation came a […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, September 11th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 11, 2014 – The horrifying effects of the dreaded viral disease, Ebola fever, dawned heavily on Nigerians on July 25 when a man, who took ill during a flight from Liberia to Nigeria, passed on at a private medical facility in Lagos. The victim, Patrick Sawyer, a […]