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Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News
Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Odimegwu Onwumere / NNP / May 20, 2013 – It was Hubert H. Humphrey (American 38th US Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69) and US Senator from Minnesota (1949-64, 1971-78). 1911-1978), who said that the essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Jimoh Babatunde with agency report Former Nigeria’s President ,Olusegun Obasanjo, took the 40 percent cassava flour inclusion in bread to Tanzania recently as he urged the Tanzania President to promote the use of cassava in confectioneries in his country to transform agriculture. He noted that the use of cassava flour in bread would stimulate […]
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Raw Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Bishop Isaac Owusu Bempah, Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, has labeled two of Nigeria’s celebrated pastors as partners in winning souls for the devil. In the godly words of the controversial Owusu Bempah, the founding President of Believers’ LoveWorld Incorporated also known as “Christ Embassy”, Dr Christian Oyakhilome (popularly known […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, May 20th, 2013
The National Publicity Secretary of the apex socio-political group of the North, Arewa Consultative Forum, Anthony Sani, tells LEKE BAIYEWU, why the region rejects the state of emergency declared by the President Why does the ACF think the state of emergency in the northern states might not work? The state of emergency might not work […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Workers of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency on Sunday vowed to paralyse activities in the aviation sector, including flight operations, on Monday (today), after a meeting between their union leaders and NAMA management over salary dispute ended in a deadlock on Friday. The planned industrial action is coming on the heels of a 14-day ultimatum […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Monday, May 20th, 2013
The Police and Special Task Force in Plateau have put their operatives in Jos, the state capital, on high alert following reports that members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, fleeing from military onslaught in Borno State have been sighted in Bauchi and other neighbouring states. There was high presence of riot policemen as […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Rangers defender Ugonna Uzochukwu scored the match winner three minutes from full time to give the Nigerian representatives 1-0 win over CS Sfaxien in the CAF Confederations Cup played inside the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu. Uzochukwu got the red card minutes later after he picked up his second booking of the day but it […]
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Legislature, Senate
Monday, May 20th, 2013
THE Senate is to debate the proclamation of the state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday. This came after the Senate confirmed that it had received the communication on the proclamation of the emergency rule in the states. The upper legislative chamber is expected to vote for […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Monday, May 20th, 2013
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mariam Aloma-Mukhtar, has warned that judges who do not deliver up to four judgments in a year risk sacking. The CJN said besides the outcome of petitions filed against judicial officers, the National Judicial Council would henceforth use its performance evaluation reports to sack unproductive and lazy judges. A […]
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American Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, May 20th, 2013
American civil rights leader and Baptist minister, Rev. Jesse Jackson, has thrown his weight behind the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to offer amnesty to members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Jackson, a two-time United States of American presidential candidate, also said Nigeria “is divided, not so much by religion, region and tribe but […]
