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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
AFP – South Africa’s superstar sprinter Oscar Pistorius appeared in court on Friday to face murder charges. He has been accused of murdering his model girlfriend on Valentine’s day. Twenty-six-year-old Pistorius, known worldwide as “Blade Runner” because of his carbon fibre prostheses, arrived at the Pretoria magistrate’s court in the back of a police van […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013
By Odimegwu Onwumere / Rivers, Nigeria / Feb. 23, 2013 – Dr. Dennis O’Grady tells us in “Bottom Line – Personal” that change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn’t all bad — not by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life — to keep us moving… to keep us […]
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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
By Eric Ojo Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja Thursday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to participate in the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of Africa and South America. President Jonathan is listed among the keynote speakers at the summit which will take place on Friday, February 22, 2013. […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
From UBONG UKPONG, Abuja The State Security Service (SSS) yesterday paraded a suspected terror kingpin and two of his lieutenants. The security agency said that the suspects were backed by Iranian terrorist group. They had planned to site a cell in Lagos State.Their target is the South-West where they will launch attacks and cause unrest […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
A federal high court, on Friday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to furnish Mr Boniface Okezie with details of properties recovered from Mrs Cecilia Ibru within 72 hours. Ibru, former Managing Director, Oceanic Bank Plc, was convicted of mismanagement of depositors’ funds and reckless grant of credit facilities in October 2010. Some […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
FEBRUARY 23, 2013 BY JOHN ALECHENU, ABUJA 1 COMMENT The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Nigeria on Friday officially denied links to terror suspects paraded by the State Security Service in Abuja, on Wednesday. The denial came 48 hours after the affair was made public. In a statement sent via e-mail to […]
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Legislature, Senate
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
The endless rift between the Presidency and National Assembly over the 2013 budget took a new dimension Thursday as the National Assembly vowed to override President Jonathan’s veto next week. Zakari Mohammed, chairman House Committee on Media and Public Affairs who spoke at a press briefing in Abuja, noted that “the constitution demands 30 working […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Ten persons, including a two-month-old baby, were killed on Friday morning when gunmen attacked Kogwom village in the Vwang district of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau, a spokesman for the Special Task Force said. Two other persons, who sustained serious injuries, have been admitted at the Christian Hospital, Vom. Lt. Kingsley Egbo, Assistant […]
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Headlines
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
The Federal Government has announced Julius Berger AIMS Consortium as the preferred bidder for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge that is to connect Delta and Anambra states. The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, stated this in Abuja on Friday after hours-long meeting with delegates from the consortium and various government agencies. According […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan will receive President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil on Saturday in Abuja and hold talks with her on the further expansion of trade and economic relations between Nigeria and Brazil. President Rousseff’s official visit to Nigerian is in furtherance of efforts to boost economic and developmental cooperation between Nigeria and Brazil which were […]
