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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
SENATE Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN, represents Cross River Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly. In this interview, he bares his mind on the $1 billion loan required to combat the Boko Haram insurgency and the alleged bid to stop his return to the Senate by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
*Worked in Sierra-Leone, Guinea, took ill at MMA, Lagos *Beware of fake test kits, sanitizers — FG *OAU bars foreign students from returning for semester By Lawani Mikairu, Favour Nnabugwu, Gbenga Olarinoye & Daniel Eteghe LAGOS—A South African, suspected of showing symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, as she arrived Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos yesterday, has been […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, September 11th, 2014

By HAROON BALOGUN As an avid social media user, I have been following the tweets and anger of social media users against Islam and Muslims especially when the terrorist group, Boko Haram strikes. The anger heightened again when the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, in their ungodly activity posted a video online recently showing […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Russia said on Thursday that unilateral US airstrikes on jihadists in Syria would be a crude violation of international law. “In the absence of an appropriate decision of the UN Security Council, such a step would become an act of aggression, a crude violation of the norms of international law,” said Alexander Lukashevich, a spokesman […]
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Kano, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO – Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has said the widely celebrated defection of the former EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu has earned the status of a laughing stock among PDP stakeholders in Adamawa state. Mr. Kwankwaso made the remark while receiving merit award from two distinct Non Governmental Oraganization at the Government House, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Cameroon’s claims this week that two Tuareg fighters were among the dead when troops bombarded Boko Haram positions have sparked fresh interest in the group’s links to the wider jihadi network. Communication minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary did not elaborate on the nationality of the foreigners, who were among the more than 100 killed during an […]
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Education, Headlines
Thursday, September 11th, 2014

BY AMAKA ABAYOMI, LAJU ARENYEKA, TARE YOUDEOWEI & PAUL IKUFORIJI Since the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, came into Nigeria, it has had an adverse effect on every sector in the nation. This is not just a health issue; its effects on business, transportation, religion and even education are unfathomable. Ebola’s fingerprints, especially on education, can […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA —SXTY-FIVE days after an Islamic cleric, Abdul Ganiyu Jumah and his wife, Muinat, were reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen at their residence, they were found at the detention facility of the Department of State Services, DSS in Ogun State. The couple, who were residing at 27, Fagbemi Street, Ijoko, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area […]
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Adamawa, Armed Forces, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Kingsley Omonobi, Umar Yusuf & Ndahi Marama The Defence headquarters declared yesterday that the troops were in full control of Mubi, the second largest city in Adamawa State, even as no fewer than 70 insurgents were said to have been killed by local hunters and vigilante groups. A Defence Headquarters, DHQ tweet yesterday read, “Mubi […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, September 8th, 2014

(JOS) Boko Haram militants attacked a platoon led by the son of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, shooting him today. He sustained serious injuries to his legs and was being transported to the hospital at the time of this report. Adeboye Obasanjo, an army engineer, was a Lieutenant Colonel at the 3rd Division in Jos, […]