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Latest Politics
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
Detectives visit crime scene By Evelyn Usman & Daud Olatunji Following the alleged confession of the suspected mastermind in the murder of a retired female Customs officer and her daughter in Ajuwon, Ifo local government area of Ogun State, detectives, yesterday, visited the crime scene. The suspected mastermind, being held alongside two others in connection […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
Fayose dedicates victory to Ekiti people Ado-Ekiti – The governor-elect of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Sunday dedicated his victory to the people of the state. Fayose said in Ado-Ekiti that his victory reflected the wishes of the people of the state. The governor-elect, who spoke through his Chief Press Officer, Mr Idowu Adelusi, described […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
*On imprisoned mother and child: It’s a crime to convert from Islam to Christianity in my country By Victoria Ojeme The Sudanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Tagelsir Mahgoub Ali, speaks on the difficulties being faced by his home country to extradite the man suspected to be behind the bombing of Nyanya, near Abuja, the FCT, […]
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Ekiti, Presidency, State News
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
By Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the newly elected governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose to be humble and magnanimous as he prepares to assume office as the goverenor of Ekiti state. In a congratulatory message to the governor elect, President Jonathan charged him to “commit himself to forming an administration […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

Bosnia coach Safet Susic, who started with just Dzeko up front despite saying after the opening defeat to Argentina he would play with two strikers, said that his side had been robbed of a goal by New Zealand referee Peter O’Leary. “I was told there was no offside but it’s not the first or last […]
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Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

By Dapo Akinrefon Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been elected Governor of Ekiti state. Ayodele-FayoseThe Returning Officer for the 2014 governorship elections and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Professor Isaac Azuzu announced the results of the governorship elections in Ekiti State declaring the candidate of the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

Debutants Bosnia and Herzegovina saw themselves exit the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ after two games, following a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Nigeria. Peter Odemwingie’s first-half goal was enough to put the Super Eagles within a point of the Round of 16. With Argentina having already sewn up qualification from Group F, the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, June 19th, 2014

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | June 19, 2014 – Politicians in Nigeria never learn, at least they never learn in time. Nigeria is now divided, not into two parts, but more. Safety of life has become very doubtful. The heart of many Nigerians is becoming calloused with deep-seated anger and hatred […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi
Thursday, June 19th, 2014

By Dr. Philip Ikomi | NNP | June 19, 2014 – Many Nigerians who are old enough to remember or whose parents were beneficiaries of the colonial dispensation look back with nostalgia to colonial rule and wish we still had the Britons in Nigeria today. After independence in 1960, Nigerians in the civil service were […]
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Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98)
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
he Federal Government on Thursday said it would, on June 25, receive the sum of €167m or $227m (About N35.2bn) from the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein as part of the looted funds recovered from the family of the late Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha. The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, confirmed […]