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Articles, Columnists, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Friday, April 18th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 18, 2014 – The initial response of the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, to the death of twenty one young job applicants, including four pregnant women, at the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment test, at different stadia in the country epitomized the government of Goodluck Jonathan. His earlier […]
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Headlines
Friday, April 18th, 2014
There is a difference as Yusuf Bala Usman reminded us in a persuasive book many years ago, between the expression of religious identity, which is healthy, and the manipulation of religious identity, a cynical elite stratagem to gain or retain power. What is on display in the ongoing debate about the prospects of an All […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, April 18th, 2014
The Peoples Democratic Party has criticised governors of the All Progressives Congress for shunning President Goodluck Jonathan’s meeting to discuss the security challenges in the country. This is contained in a statement by Mr. Olise Metuh, PDP National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja on Thursday. The statement quoted Metuh as saying that the action […]
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Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, April 18th, 2014
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on Nigerians, irrespective of religious persuasions to use the occasions of Good Friday and Easter celebrations to pray for the nation. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr. Olise Metuh, PDP National Publicity Secretary, in Abuja on Friday. Metuh also urged Nigerians to rededicate themselves […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Ahead of the coming Easter celebrations and carnival, the Police in Lagos have assured the residents of adequate security throughout the festivities saying every measure has been put in place by the security agencies to ensure the safety of the people. Briefing newsmen after the week’s State Security Council meeting presided over by the State […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News
Friday, April 18th, 2014
The First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday in Abuja distributed medical items to the hospitalised victims of Nyanya bomb blast. The blast which occurred on April 14, in Nyanya, a suburb of the FCT, was officially reported to have claimed 75 lives. The First Lady was represented by the National Coordinator of her NGO, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Wole Soyinka
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka some academics and researchers have expressed worry over unchecked influx of foreigners into Nigeria’s territory. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday at the end of a three- day colloquium organised by the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding. Soyinka, who is […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Party Politics
Friday, April 18th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday adjourned an enlarged meeting with state governors on security challenges facing the country till Wednesday. The adjournment was necessitated by the absence of the All Progressives Congress governors. Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State told State House correspondents that the meeting was adjourned till 4pm on Wednesday to give […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, April 18th, 2014
| credits: File copy The Principal of the secondary school in Chibok, Borno State where over 100 girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents has described as false, the claim by the Defence Headquarters that only eight of the pupils had yet to regain their freedom. The denial on Thursday by the principal, Mrs. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, April 18th, 2014
Helen Ukpabio A Nigerian preacher, Helen Ukpabio, a self styled witch hunter, could be banned from the UK following calls to Home Secretary Theresa May that she is a risk to youngsters. Ukpabio who founded the controversial African Evangelical Franchise Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries in Nigeria, has published her views around the demonic possession of […]
