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Akwa Ibom, State News
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Five days after he recklessly donated two brand new Toyota SUVs to newly-wed Nigerian musician, Tuface Idibia and his wife, Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, has taken his profligacy to a new high, acquiring exotic bullet-proof sprinter luxury vans from US-based Texas Armoring Corporation (TAC).Mr. Akpabio took delivery of the armoured Mercedes Benz vans […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
There are many things unique about Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio who on Wednesday emerged as the new Pope. Here are 12 striking features about the new Pontiff. – He is the first man from South America to lead the 1.2 billion world’s catholic population. – Prior to his election, he served as an Argentine cardinal […]
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Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday dismissed the Federal Government’s bid to stop the execution of a judgment ordering it to pay N37.6bn as compensation to Odi community in Bayelsa State. The Federal High Court on February 19, 2013 had ordered the Federal Government to pay the money as damages […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News, Women Politics
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Niger State Government has inaugurated a committee to investigate the alleged cases of genital mutilation and other related issues of abuse of women in the state. Governor Babangida Aliyu stated this on Wednesday when a delegation of the state branch of the International Federation of Women Lawyers visited him in Minna. Aliyu, who said he […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Emir of Anka in Zamfara State, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan not to grant amnesty to members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar lll, had at a meeting of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam in Kaduna, last week, urged the President to grant members of the sect amnesty. […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Photos, Presidency
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Facts emerged on Wednesday that permutations ahead of 2015 were responsible for the presidential pardon granted a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, along with four others. Investigations showed that President Goodluck Jonathan had recently come under pressure by ex-militants, who have increasingly become critical of his style of leadership. It was learnt […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
There was anger at the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Wednesday over the decision of the National Council of State to pardon some very important persons convicted of corruption and other offences. Some officials of the party, who spoke on condition of anonymity, wondered the kind of message the Federal Government, […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE – A policeman and a bank official were reportedly killed in a shoot out between policemen and robbers who ambushed a bullion van along the Okitipupa -Igbokoda expressway in OndoState on Tuesday. But police authorities denied the death of the any of the four policemen that accompanied the bullion van to […]
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Headlines, Religion, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis, the first non-European pontiff of the modern era, revealed himself to the world from a balcony at the Vatican on Wednesday. Jorge Bergoglio, who served as archbishop of Buenos Aires, took the name Francis shortly after being elected by cardinals in what was apparently the fifth round of voting on […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
“In the law, being sent to prison is nothing to do with putting you in a terrible prison to make you suffer. The punishment is that you lose your freedom. If we treat people like animals when they are in prison, they are likely to behave like animals. Here, we pay attention to you as […]
