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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Seriki Adinoyi The Plateau State Police Command Tuesday said it recovered a cache of arms and Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) set to be detonated in the suburbs of Jos, the state capital. The state commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Olakpe, who disclosed this in his office while briefing journalists, said the force made the discovery […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
By Ndubuisi Francis For the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to effectively coordinate development activities in the Niger Delta region, all stakeholders, including oil companies, private sector, and local communities must buy into the region’s evolving action plan. The activities of all federal institutions operating in the region should also be streamlined with those of […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Doyin Okupe Says power supply will stabilise by 2014 The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, Tuesday described the merger of opposition political parties on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a weak association that would crumble and disappear by 2014, a year to the […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, State News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi / Ibadan, Nigeria / April 23, 2013 – AS PROFESSOR BASHIR ADEKUNLE OKESINA BECOMES UNIOSUN VICE-CHANCELLOR There is no disputing the fact that the paths leading to the appointment or re-appointment of a Vice Chancellor in most Nigerian universities today is highly contentious and not without its ups and downs. The Rivers […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

By Prince Charles Dickson /There is no disappearing trick better than the availability of a dense forest to disappear into; there is no sacrifice more efficacious than having many people on one’s side; there is no “The gods have elevated me” that is higher than the back of a horse. During the week”…Former […]
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Headlines, Uncategorized
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, William Kumuyi, has declared that the only antidote to the various challenges plaguing the world and Nigeria in particular is a closer relationship with God and a life devoted to his will. He said this at the church’s fourth edition of the special miracle service held […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a guardian, Edwin Alagbaso, for allegedly torturing a 12-year-old rape victim. Alagbaso, who used razor blade, knife and an iron rod to punish the victim, blamed her for “causing the rape”. A 22-year-old man, Uche Chibueze, who raped the minor, was also arrested by the police. PUNCH Metro […]
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Headlines, Party Politics
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
BY GBENGA OKE & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO …Opposition must work harder, says Aliyu Leading figures in the emerging mega-opposition political party, All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday, vowed to make sacrifices to dethrone Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over what they claimed was the legacy of waste and wantonness inspired by PDP. They spoke even as Governor Babatunde […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
By CHIOMA OBINNA A new weekly poll has revealed that approximately 7 in 10 Nigerians (66 percent) had malaria at least once in the past one year, and about 13 percent treat the ailment with local herbs such as Agbo, Dogonyaro, Neem leaves etc. The report released by NOI Polls Limited also showed that 90 […]
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Borno, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

BY NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI—No fewer than 185 persons, including women and children, have been killed and more than 2000 houses destroyed in an intense fighting between the military and suspected members of Boko Haram sect in Baga, a fishing community in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. Soldiers were said to have bombarded the […]