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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The South-South Youth Assembly has condemned what it described as media attacks on the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, by a group in Kaduna under the aegies of Northern Emancipation Network. In a statement by the group’s president, Mr. Ben Jaja, and Secretary, Mr. Joseph Tenelaibe, on Thursday, the group condemned the northern […]
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Headlines
Friday, August 9th, 2013
As breast cancer is common in women above 45 years of age, so is prostate cancer in men above the age of 60. Prostate cancer is a disease which affects only men and it affects the prostate — a gland in the male reproductive system. Statistics by the National Cancer Registry estimate that one out […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Friday, August 9th, 2013
Some policemen have urged the Police Headquarters to stop an alleged illegal deduction from their monthly salaries. The call came barely 24 hours after the police authorities announced the dismissal of a police sergeant, Chris Omeleze, having been caught on video demanding a bribe of N25,000 from a motorist in Lagos. The policemen who have […]
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Women Politics
Friday, August 9th, 2013
At a time that threats against the life of the girl-child seem to be getting compounded, an actress, Funmi Fiberesima, is digging into unresolved questions that surround genital mutilation. Her maiden film, titled Onikola (facial mark doctor), is due to hit the screen soon. “Onikola is a film that brings to light the harmful side […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Oil Politics
Friday, August 9th, 2013
A legal practitioner, Mr. Ajibola Oluyede, who is a counsel for a subsidy fraud suspect, Mr. Seun Ogunbambo, on Thursday, described the declaration by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Ogunbambo as a wanted person as unconstitutional. Oluyede said in a statement that there was no basis for declaring his client wanted because there […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Rivers, State News
Friday, August 9th, 2013
THE lawmaker representing Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Mr. Ogbonna Nwuke, has condemned the arrest and detention of suppoters of Governor Rotimi Amaechi in the Peoples Democratic Party in his constituency. In a statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt on Thursday, Nwuke accused the police of bias in the political crisis […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, on Thursday vowed to uphold the integrity of the police, saying he would not preside over a corrupt Nigeria Police Force. He was reacting to the recent dismissal of a police sergeant, Chris Omeleze, who was caught on video, demanding a bribe of N25,000 from a motorist. Abubakar […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Friday, August 9th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that Nigeria would disappoint all those who predicted that the country would break up in 2015 by continuing to remain one indivisible entity. “For those who are predicting that this country will separate in 2015 based on the fault lines as of the time of amalgamation, they will know […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, August 9th, 2013
Protest broke out at the Kuje Prisons near Abuja on Thursday over alleged preferential treatment of three Lebanese inmates by officials of the facility. The protest took place just as the Defence Headquarters said that over 1,000 suspected members of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, were in detention facilities in the country. The Lebanese […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News, Yobe
Friday, August 9th, 2013
Operatives of the Joint Task Force are detaining two professionals, a medical doctor and a lawyer, allegedly for their roles in the prevailing violence in the area. The authorities of the Defence Headquarters are silent on the issues that culminated in the arrest of the doctor and the lawyer. It was gathered that while the […]