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Armed Forces, House, Kaduna, Legislature, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
BY CHARLES KUMOLU NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, wants President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians who authorised the military to prevent some governors of the All Progressives Congress,APC, from attending the final governorship election campaign in Ekiti State, describing the action of the army as unconstitutional. He also called on the National Assembly to set […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News, Wole Soyinka
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
BY CHARLES KUMOLU NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, wants President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians who authorised the military to prevent some governors of the All Progressives Congress,APC, from attending the final governorship election campaign in Ekiti State, describing the action of the army as unconstitutional. He also called on the National Assembly to set […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to a baby daughter in prison Continue reading the main story Related Stories Sudan death row child ‘traumatised’ Listen Sudan case reignites apostasy debate Sudan country profile A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for abandoning her Islamic faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC. Meriam Ibrahim’s […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
A high improvised explosive device went off around 2pm Monday afternoon at the premises of Kano School of Health Technology located along Gida Murtala–B UK Road at time the school is in session, killing about 7. wp_posts
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Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Sokoto State Government has spent about N70m on the construction of the first phase of the Almajiri school in Dange-Shuni Local Government Area, the Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Tukur Alkali, has said. Alkali told the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto that the project was part of measures to offer children access to quality […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
The new Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Ghanashyam Rangaiah, on Monday disclosed his government’s readiness to establish more Indian hospitals across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Rangaiah told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the initiative was to make India’s medical facilities accessible and affordable to Nigerians in various communities. […]
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Latest Politics, North-East
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representative in Nigeria, Ms Angele Dikongue-Atangana, on Monday said there were currently about 650,000 internally displaced persons in North-East Nigeria. Dikongue-Atangana told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that an intelligence assessment carried out in May had blamed their displacement on the recent crises in the North-East. “According […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
The pain and shame of Chibok Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North Everything about this agrarian community hurts. The pain that flows from the abduction of the innocent school girls coupled with the inability of the security agencies to locate and secure their release almost two months after they were seized by malevolent gunmen, torments the […]
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Headlines
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
By Tony Ubani The on-going World Cup is proving to be more than just a soccer fiesta as many organised groups from various parts of the world have been capitalising on the global fiesta to initiate social campaigns aiming at correcting anomalies. The campaigns have been aimed at highlighting peculiar plights in the society and […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, National Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
By Sam Eyoboka THE Tuesday arrest and detention of 486 northern Muslims suspected to be Boko Haram sect members by the army in Aba, Abia State has continued to elicit reactions as the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday, lashed out at the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI), urging security agencies to disregard protests on the […]
