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Friday, August 16th, 2013
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode | credits: File copy Mr. Femi Fani Kayode’s sequel, “The bitter truth about the Igbo”, which appeared as a three-series article in The PUNCH earlier this week, did not disappoint in the least. We must remind ourselves that this article is part of Fani-Kayode’s efforts to prove […]
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First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories
Friday, August 16th, 2013

The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, especially its Central Business District, was in lockdown on Thursday. The city played host to a women event, involving about 10,000 females, organised by the wife the President, Patience Jonathan. Security personnel blocked all the access roads to the Eagle Square where the event, entitled ‘Celebrating Nigerian Women for Peace […]
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Friday, August 16th, 2013
Oluwaseun Ogungbemile The abduction of a five-year-old girl, Oluwaseun Ogungbemile, at the Redemption Camp of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has thrown her parents into panic. It was learnt that the girl, in company with her parents, had gone to the camp at Kilometre 46 on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, to attend […]
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Headlines, Plateau, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
Plateau State Governor, Mr. Jonah Jang, has dragged his predecessor, Senator Joshua Dariye, before the court. The governor is demanding a N10bn compensation for libel and defamation of character. Joined in the suit is Beacon Newspapers, published in Jos, the state capital. In a suit filed at Jos High Court, Jang, through his counsel, Sunday […]
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Governors, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
THE efforts of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to douse the tension among the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have failed. Obasanjo met with the governors on Tuesday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to intervene in the crisis rocking the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. A major decision at the meeting was […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, August 15th, 2013

In a spate of six months, Nigeria lifted a second trophy on South African soil after the Super Eagles defeated hosts Bafana Bafana 2-0 in the 2013 Nelson Mandela Challenge on Wednesday night. The first trophy was won in February when they grabbed the African Nations Cup under the same coach, Stephen Keshi. The first […]
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General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Top Stories
Thursday, August 15th, 2013

A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a drowning President, who distorts facts. El-Rufai, in a statement on Wednesday, insisted that Jonathan had resorted to ethnic and religious politics to score some political points. The President’s spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, on Sunday described el-Rufai as […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
A key member of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, Momogu Bama, has been killed by the Joint Task Force in Borno State. He met his death the same day with his father, Alhaji Abatcha Flatari, described as one of the spiritual leaders of the sect in an operation between the sect members and the […]
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Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
Pastor Mrs. Foluke Adenike Adeboye (Nee Adeyokunnu). Blessed with rare gifts of administration, planning, hospitality, counseling, mentoring, ministering comfort, care, and encouragement to many, bringing hope, love and succor to the hopeless. Endowed with immense initiative, and great capacity for hard work. A missionary and minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. A powerful intercessor, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
Supporters of two Nigerian students who have been evading authorities by hiding in Regina churches were planning a national day of action Monday. Victoria Ordu and Ihouma Amadi were ordered deported last year after they violated their student visas by working for two weeks at a Wal-Mart. The two had been studying at the University […]