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Edo, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
раскрутка сайтов The Benin stowaway teenager, Daniel Oikhena, has asked that he be allowed to go home to be with his mother and resume school. The teenager, who hid in the wheel compartment of an Arik Airline Lagos-bound plane from Benin last month, has been in the custody of the Edo State government since he […]
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Headlines
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Niyi Osundare is Professor of English at University of New Orleans, United States of America. A celebrated poet, essayist and columnist, Osundare is every interviewers delight. In this interaction with WOLE EFUNNUGA and KEHINDE OYETIMI, Professor Osundare delves into issues of national and transnational concerns. Excerpts: YOU just finished the celebration of the 50th remembrance […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar Wednesday took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, noting that his former boss lied that he risked jail if he travels to the United States of America, USA. In a statement Wednesday by his media adviser, Garba Shehu, Atiku Abubakar who noted that Obasanjo’s statements […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
By Emma Amaize WARRI — THERE was apprehension in Owhase community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State over the alleged kidnap and killing of three citizens by members of the Ovwian vigilante group. The victims, an apprentice welder with Omote Fabrication Company, Enerhen, 28-year-old Onome Emakpor; 27-year-old shoe mender with workshop at Ekete Inland, […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
By Wole Mosadomi Minna — Their joy knew no bounds when they parked to their new house last Saturday. It was a day they had looked forward to and they took the final decision to move into the new apartment in Gbeganu area in Minna, Niger State last Saturday. The Adewales Though not completed, the […]
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House, Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
By EMMANUEL AZIKEN, CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, BEN AGANDE, HENRY UMORU & IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI LAGOS—AFTER months of bickering that has polarised the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), 22 senators and 57 members of the House of Representatives elected on the banner of the party, yesterday, dragged Tukur to court over moves to declare their seats vacant on […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked nine cabinet ministers amid serious divisions in the governing party. Two weeks ago, seven of the country’s powerful state governors and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar formed a splinter-group in the PDP. They were angry after their allies were disqualified from party elections. BBC Nigeria analyst Naziru Mikailu says the […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi; and others in the new Peoples Democratic Party to ignore the threats by those parading themselves as ex-militants in the Niger Delta. A group of former militant leaders had issued a warning to Atiku […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, on Monday obtained the leave of an Abuja court to apply for an Order of Mandamus to compel the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, to make available information on the health of Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai. Falana sought the leave of the Abuja Federal High Court to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
The Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy says it has arrested a Cameroonian and nine Nigerians for stealing crude oil in Bayelsa State. A statement on Sunday by the Command Operations Officer, the CNC, Commodore Emmanuel Enemor, said the suspected oil thieves were arrested by the operatives of the Forward Operating Base of the […]