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Latest Politics
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
A daughter of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, the undeclared winner of the 1993 presidential election, Hafsat Abiola-Costello, on Wednesday said that her father was greater than ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, hence Abiola needed no recognition by the former president. This is coming after Obasanjo’s statement on Saturday, acknowledging that the late acclaimed winner […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
By Abiodun Alade Coach Stephen Keshi has announced the list of the 23 players to represent the country at Brazil 2014 World Cup. There is no major surprise, except the ommission of AFCON’s hero, Sunday Mba, CHAN”s MVP, Ejike Uzoenyi and Obinna Nsofor . Other dropped players were Daniel Akpeyi, Nnamdi Oduamadi,Joel Obi and Nosa […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has promised to relocate the abducted Chibok schoolgirls to other parts of the country on their release to conclude their secondary school education. The governor said the state government would shoulder the responsibility of sponsoring all the girls to schools in Abuja, Kano, Lagos, Kaduna or any other states […]
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Headlines
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Kingsley Egbejule A school teacher on Friday persuaded an angry mob not to lynch a middle-aged man who was accused of attempting to kidnap two pupils. The victim, Kingsley Egbejule, was eventually dragged to the Iponri division of the Lagos State Police Command. The incident occurred on Apapa Road in the Ebute Meta area […]
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Headlines, State News
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has challenged state governors to tell Nigerians what they do with the huge allocations they receive regularly from the Federal Government. According to the minister, many of the states get monetary allocations that far outweigh the annual budget of some neigbouring countries to Nigeria. Okonjo-Iweala spoke on Sunday […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect on Sunday bombed a bar and a brothel located near a major military base in Mubi, Adamawa State and killed over 60 people. Sources told saharareporters that explosion rocked the popularly bar located at Kaban, a few kilometres to the headquarters of the Special Operations Battalion (SOB) of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
About 70 per cent of buildings on Edgerton Crescent, in London are owned by Nigerians, the Chairman, New Nation, an empowerment-oriented group, Mr. Charles Dukwe, has said. He added that citizens of the United Kingdom avoided buying houses in the area due to their expensive prices. The philanthropist spoke with newsmen in Port Harcourt on […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Some of the 219 schoolgirls still in the custody of Boko Haram insurgents have taken ill, according to a prominent Australian cleric, Dr. Stephen Davis. Davis, a hostage negotiator, said the online publication of a British newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, was hired by President Goodluck Jonathan to broker the release of the girls. According […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
There are indications that the need to feed the over 200 students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14 has put pressure on the Islamic terrorist group to steal food items and loot communities close to Sambisa Forest in the North East. Saturday PUNCH investigations revealed that the violent […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta, South-South
Saturday, May 31st, 2014
BY Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South FORMER national chairman of the Association of Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, ATROMPCON, and the paramount ruler of Seimbiri Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Charles Ayemi-Botu, aka Lion of the Niger, spoke to Saturday Vanguard on the reign of terror by Boko Haram and what […]
