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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, May 19th, 2014

Seyi Gesinde with Agency Reports May 19, 2014 – BOKO Haram, the terrorist group that abducted over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, may have abandoned its prisoner swap for Chibok girls position, as it plans to begin the release of the girls from next week. According to Telegraph, a United Kingdom (UK) newspaper, it […]
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Headlines, Tafawa Belewa (1960-66)
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Dr Jeleel Tafawa Balewa is a son of the late first Prime Minister of Nigeria, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. He speaks on how Nigeria should handle the Boko Haram insurgency; the main problem facing the country and how he has been pressurised to contest the presidential election, among others. Excerpts: HOW would you introduce yourself […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Former Head of state and presidential candidate in 2011 general elections Major General Muhammad Buhari has counselled the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to organise a credibly free and fair elections come 2015. He made the plea in Boko, Zamfara State while commissioning a 78 km road project executed by the state government as part of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Not less than 29 people were killed in an attack at a market in Ngurosoye village in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday. Sunday Tribune gathered on Saturday that the insurgents came in hundreds on motorcycles and six Hilux vans and began shooting sporadically as they threw rocket launchers on traders in […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Sunday, May 18th, 2014
AS diplomatic paperwork is being concluded to repatriate Abubakar Sadiq Ogwuche, co-mastermind of the Nyanya motor park bombing in which scores of citizens died and hundreds wounded, the Federal Government, on Thursday, announced the arrest of his father, Colonel Agene Ogwuche (retd). Ms Marylyn Ogar, spokesperson for the Department of State Security Services (SSS), revealed […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Sunday, May 18th, 2014
Leon Usigbe – Paris and Moses Alao with Agency Report PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that the war against terror has blown into a full scale war, which has now taken the lives of about 12,000 people. Addressing the Regional Summit on Security convened by France President, Francois Hollande in Paris, on Saturday, Jonathan said […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, May 17th, 2014

Photo: Présidence de la République – P. Segrette President Francois Hollande of France welcomes Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan to the Elysee Palace for Saturday’s talks on Boko Haram. The Islamist extremist sect Boko Haram is the focus of an anti-terror summit set to get under way in Paris. Nigeria’s President Jonathan is on hand with […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Saturday, May 17th, 2014

NOLLYWOOD star actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has expressed deep concern over the poor state of infrastructure and services at one of the nation’s international airports. The actress, who was on her way to Cyprus, took to her Twitter handle during the week to exclaim: “At the international airport, and it’s as hot as hell!!!!!! Why? […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Saturday, May 17th, 2014
DESPITE the increase in cases of jungle justice being meted out to suspected kidnappers and ritualists lately, most especially in Oyo, Ogun, Osun and other states, some desperate ritualists are still not deterred by these horrible deaths, as an unidentified young man in Ilobu community, in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, met […]
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Arewa House, First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan
Saturday, May 17th, 2014
THE Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said the response of the Federal Government, particularly President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, to the abduction of over 200 students by the Boko Haram from Chibok, was disappointing. ACF, in a statement signed by the Secretary General, Colonel John Ubah (retd) and made available to newsmen in […]