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Armed Forces, Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, September 15th, 2014
KANO State governor, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Sunday, said the Nigerian military was competent to tackle the insurgency problem in the country. Kwankwaso, a former Minister of Defence between 2003 and 2007, stated this during a media chat with journalists in Benin City, Edo State, adding that the army was as competent as he left it in […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics
Monday, September 15th, 2014
THE Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has labelled the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan a failure. The pan-Northern organisation, in an open letter to the president, issued to journalists in Kaduna, on Sunday, said the state of insecurity in the region had deteriorated under the watch of the Presidency. ACF said it reached that conclusion at […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba
Monday, September 15th, 2014
TARABA State governor, Danbaba Suntai, on Saturday, returned to Nigeria after several months of medical trip to London. Suntai, who was involved in an air crash in 2012, returned after 10 months of medical trip abroad, but on his return, the Taraba State House of Assembly, said he was unfit to assume duties, then the […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Monday, September 15th, 2014
THE Nigerian Army, on Sunday, declared an Alpha jet (NAF 466) belonging to the Nigerian Air Force missing around Adamawa State. According to the Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, the plane, which had on board two pilots, went missing while on operational mission. “The aircraft, with two pilots on board, left Yola at […]
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Headlines, Religion, Top Stories
Monday, September 15th, 2014
THERE seems to be no end yet in sight for the controversy surrounding the building collapse that occurred at the premises of the Synagogue Church in Ikotun area of Lagos, as themanagement of the church reportedly flew in a team of foreign experts to carry out search and rescue operations. The workers who were fully kitted […]
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Articles, Columnists, Gigi Don-Pedro, Headlines, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 13th, 2014
Dear Ebola, I trust this letter finds you well in spite of the troubling fact that same cannot be said of those you have visited in Nigeria and in the West African sub-continent. It appears to me that you are a Nigerian of Yoruba origin; I say this because your name, “BOLA“, is truly Nigerian. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 12th, 2014
An integrated payments company, Interswitch, says it has offered ten Nigerians who had interest in technology and Information Technology full year scholarships to the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Accra, Ghana. A statement made available to Saturday PUNCH by Ayeni Adekunle on behalf of the company said the Interswitch-MEST partnership, which marks the first time non-Ghanaian […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Friday, September 12th, 2014
National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed | credits: File copy The All Progressives Congress has accused the presidency of not saying the truth in its response to the condemnation of President Goodluck Jonathan’s relationship with Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, alleged to be sponsoring Boko Haram. The party’s position was contained in a statement […]
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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 […]
