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Abuja (FCT), Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah Emirates Airline has received approval from the Federal Ministry of Aviation to increase its daily passenger flights route to include Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The airline, in a statement, said the approval would assist the company to further meet the […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
| credits: Chukky Nwakky The wave of sacking that characterised the banking sector a couple of years back has not abated as the axes are dangling on more workers, ADEMOLA ALAWIYE writes Indications have emerged that more bank workers will lose their jobs in 2014 following cost-cutting measures about to be introduced by the […]
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Presidency, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, were absent from Tuesday’s National Council of State meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Although Amaechi, through his Chief Press Secretary, David Iyofor, said he could not attend the meeting because he was out of the country, […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Feb. 4., 2104 – “Nigeria, March/April 1978: The Minister for Education, Col Ahmadu Ali under the Obasanjo Military administration, had just announced that the Federal Government of Nigeria intended to increase the cost of feeding for University and other tertiary institutions’ students. At the time also, students pay […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Feb. 2, 2014 – During each monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Port Harcourt, I am amazed at the quantity of ‘pure water’ sachets and plastic bags that are raked out from various drainages in the city. I immediately conducted a quick investigation into this menace. I was shocked […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
By Femi Kehinde After two weeks of nationwide consultation with his supporters, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has resigned fromPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) and formally joined APC. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar In a statement made available to African Examiner and titled: After consultation, it is time to move to APC. Let the bridge-building continue, Atiku said he has […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
Over 100 people were arrested in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, during a protest against this summer’s World Cup which will be hosted in the country. Around 2,500 people took to the streets on Saturday for the demonstration which ended in clashes with police late in the night. In some of the most dramatic […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
Views: 1853 A British man sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly claiming to be the Prophet Muhammed has appealed the sentence. Muhammed Asghar, 69, who is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, was handed the sentence a week ago by a court in Rawalpindi after he was accused of claiming to be the Prophet Muhammed in […]
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Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Nwabueze Jonathan Emenike, State News
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
By Nwabueze Jonathan Emenike | Guinea, West Africa | Feb. 2, 2014 – “Someone asked me, ‘how can I find a good business opportunity?” I replied, ‘go and look for adversity.’ If you can handle adversity, you will find opportunity. Adversity and opportunity are two inseparable twins.” This is credited to Ajaero Tony Martins in […]
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American Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
Views: 55,650 A 20-year-old Nigerian boy by name Isaac Anya Ojiabo Jr. has been charged with first- and second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon after his mother was found dead in their palatial home in Forest Hill, Baltimore, USA. A Baltimore Sun report said he was taken into custody after allegedly stabbing his […]
