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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, July 13th, 2013

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 13, 2013 – Recently, Ralph Uwazurike, the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), called for a one day sit-at-home. I was deeply disturbed that people, especially at Onitsha, heeded his call. But then, the masses barely think, and consequently, […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Jigawa, State News, Top Stories
Friday, July 12th, 2013

Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year-old son of the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for offences bordering on money laundering, was on Friday convicted by Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court, Kano and ordered to forfeit 25 per cent of the undeclared […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Friday, July 12th, 2013

Flights have resumed at London’s Heathrow Airport after a fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet. All runways were closed for nearly 90 minutes after the fire at 16:30 BST. No passengers were aboard the plane at the time, a Heathrow spokesman said. Fifty Dreamliners worldwide were grounded in January after malfunctions […]
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National Politics, Presidency, Sani Abacha (1993-98), Top Stories
Friday, July 12th, 2013

A close aide to former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha has been acquitted of killing the wife of politician Moshood Abiola, after spending 14 years in prison. Major Hamza al-Mustapha was sentenced last year to hang for ordering the killing of Kudirat Abiola. She was shot dead in 1996, three years after the elections her […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Friday, July 12th, 2013
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 11/07/2013 Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has launched the Imo Mid-day Prayers patterned after the Catholic mid-day prayer known as Angelus. At the launch yesterday in Owerrri, Gov. Okorocha said that the prayer would begin from noon and last for 10 minutes. The governor noted that the essence of […]
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Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers, Nigeria | July 10, 2013 – In any locality, state or country where the leader is weak, not as a result of old age, but out of incompetence, such an environment is bound to grow weaker and, the people that such a leader is heading, susceptible to suffering. There would […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

Malawi captain Joseph Kamwendo has hit out at a US$10,000 win bonus being offered to new coach Tom Saintfiet. The Belgian coach is not being paid a salary and will only get the bonus if the Flames beat Nigeria in September’s winner-takes all World Cup qualifier. With Malawi players getting just US$85 for a win […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but remains in a critical condition, South African President Jacob Zuma said after visiting him. The former president and global statesman, 94, has been in hospital battling a recurring lung infection since 8 June. President Zuma’s statement urged the public to continue “providing support and showering him with love”. […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA -The alleged mastermind of the Christmas day bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and wounded 75 others at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church at Madalla, Niger State, in 2011, Kabiru Umar, a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, Wednesday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that though he was a high profile member of […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has heaped the blame for the ongoing crisis in Rivers State on President Goodluck Jonathan and asked the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against him, for failing to live up to his oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a […]