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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, April 5th, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | April 5, 2014 – Troubling times are here in Nigeria. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina announced on Wednesday, March 25, 2014 a decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) chaired by the Vice-President, Namadi Sambo: Due to incessant clashes between nomadic […]
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First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Nigerians saw how it all happened. They saw how people waved President Goodluck Jonathan’s pictures before TV cameras in the Saharawi Republic. The entire event could have been mistaken for a rally, one of those political party rallies in Nigeria where female attendees traditionally create their own planet, singing praises and painting the venue green, […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Some delegates participating in the ongoing National Conference were on Thursday in Abuja divided over the feeding arrangement by the leadership of the confab. While some of them expressed disappointment about the poor quality of food, others said they wanted the food to be monetised to enable them to source for food outside the conference […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Ten Nigerians have been hospitalised in South Africa, while 25 shops owned by Nigerians have been looted following attacks by organized gangs. The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from Pretoria on Friday that the attack began last week in Johannesburg and […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics
Friday, April 4th, 2014
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government, the State Security Service and the police to immediately release the passport of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi. The court, in a judgment it delivered on Thursday, also directed the respondents, including the police, to pay N50m […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Scores of people were on Thursday killed in a Fulani settlement near Keana, in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in a gun duel between soldiers and suspected Fulani cattle breeders. Many were also said to have been wounded during the incident which occurred barely 24 hours after the military deployed troops in Benue […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Friday, April 4th, 2014
There was pandemonium in the Akinremi Estate, Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday after some youths discovered a baby factory around Vulcaniser Bus Stop. The incident comes barely two weeks after eight women were rescued from a baby factory in the Akute area of the state. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Metro that the youths, who thought […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
At least six passengers on board a boat were feared dead after it capsized in a lagoon in the Majidun area off Ikorodu in Lagos State on Wednesday evening. However, 22 others, who also fell of the boat were rescued by local divers. The development occurred barely two weeks after 13 people died at the […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
The unofficial-official position of President Goodluck Jonathan’s government on women can be summarised thus: Thirty-three-one-thirds. This figure reflects the size of the national cake that should compulsorily be handed to women. It is reflected in the composition of Jonathan’s cabinet and that’s one of the few campaign promises he can boast he fulfilled. There is […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
A Nigerian court has awarded about $300,000 (£180,000) in damages to suspended central bank chief Lamido Sanusi after he filed a harassment case against the government. The court also ordered that Mr Sanusi be given back his passport, and he should not be detained unlawfully. He was briefly detained in February, soon after his suspension. […]
