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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela’s foundation has vowed to press ahead with upcoming 95th birthday celebrations, as the global peace icon underwent a twelfth day in hospital Wednesday for a recurring lung infection. On the frail icon’s July 18 birthday, various charity organisations and businesses will paint schools, hand out food parcels and books, and run […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE — A female member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Fola Olasehinde was, yesterday, suspended indefinitely for being in possession of fetish objects including miniature coffins. The suspended member is representing Ose council area of the state constituency. Her indefinite suspension was announced on the floor of the House by […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan has called on state governors not to shy away from signing death sentences passed on convicted criminals saying that as leaders, their responsibilities include doing both the “sweet and the ugly part” a long as it is sanctioned by law. In a message at the Villa Chapel to commemorate […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, Zamfara
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
KANO (AFP) – An armed gang has raided a northern Nigerian village and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a state official said Wednesday. The attack saw gunmen move house to house as well as take positions atop a hill and open fire, the official said. Houses were […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

By Henry Umoru …Fundamentalism, corruption threaten democracy — Shonekan ABUJA — FORMER President of Ghana, Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings, Monday said if Nigeria and other parts of Africa must get it right and strengthen democracy, corrupt politicians must not be allowed to go scot-free. This came as former Interim Head of State, Chief Ernest Shonekan, […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN— THE remains of an 82-year-old retired Inspector of Police, Elder Samuel Ekhoruyimen, who was allegedly abducted by some youths of Ewudu village in Ovia North- East Local Government Area of Edo State have been discovered in an ‘eveil forest’ near the village. However, his remains suggest that he was buried alive […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
BY GBENGA OLARINOYE Ile-Ife — Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, yesterday, reportedly apprehended a female student of the institution (names withheld) who allegedly attempted to flush her new born baby down a toilet. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the popular Moremi Hall of residence on the campus. The incident, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Police operatives at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday declared a former Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, and her son, Samson Adebisi Ojikutu Jnr, wanted for allegedly obtaining N130 million by false presentation. A statement signed by SFU’s spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), which was made available to […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson has hailed the efforts of the people of Amatu and Ogbolomabiri in Ekeremor and Nembe local government areas for securing the release of two hostages, including a French national, abducted by suspected kidnappers. The governor praised the leaders of Bassambiri in Nembe as well as Azuzuama, Lobia 1 and 2, […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
The police in New York, the United States (US), on Tuesday arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a Nigerian cab driver in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn in downtown New York, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Uro Ama Orji, 54, from Ebonyi State, was stabbed in the eye with an […]