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Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, February 9th, 2013
About 12 governors, who are members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, may join the newly formed political party, All Progressive Congress. Our correspondent gathered that the governors were already talking with the leaders of the newly formed political party. Investigations further showed that some of the governors were already thinking of how to leave […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Saturday, February 9th, 2013
The authorities of the Nigerian Army have put a retired Major General under close watch over the allegations of nepotism against the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika. Also being closely watched are a few of the accomplices of the general, who are strongly suspected to have aided him in whipping up ethnic sentiments […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Friday, February 8th, 2013
By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO – A total of 9 female Health workers have been shot to death at two Community health centres in the ancient city of Kano by unknown gunmen in two separate attacks. Eyewitness account told Vanguard that the first offensive on the polio workers at Filin Kashu, Ungwa-Uku General area left two […]
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House, Legislature
Friday, February 8th, 2013
The erstwhile Chairman and Secretary of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy probe, Farouk Lawan and Boniface Emenalo who were remanded in prison custody last week have been granted N10 million bail each. The Federal High Court on Friday in Abuja granted the lawmakers N10m bail each and also ban the lawmakers […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, February 8th, 2013
Johannesburg: Burkina Faso’s star striker Jonathan Pitroipa, who picked up a red card in Wednesday’s semi-final, is set to play in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final after all. For Pitroipa to be able to take part the referee in Wednesday’s game had to admit he had made a mistake in booking the player for […]
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Enugu, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
The Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime, returned to Nigeria on Thursday after 140 days sojourn abroad where he reportedly attended to his failing health. The governor was said to have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from London in the early hours of the day. Chime left the shores of the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
It was a black day in Zambia as 53 people were killed in a high-speed collision between a bus and a truck in Zambia on Thursday. The government said the accident was one of the country’s worst-ever traffic accidents. The bus carrying 73 passengers hurtled into an oncoming truck, leaving bloodied bodies and wreckage on […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / Feb. 7, 2013 – A city is not just a collection of buildings, streets and public spaces arranged by architectural, engineering and urban planning standards. It encapsulates and expresses the totality of a people’s way of life. Therefore, Nigerian cities are invariably expressing the totality of the Nigerian […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
The controversy triggered by Mallam Nasir el-Rufai’s comments about Jesus Christ on Twitter is instructive on several levels. Here, I shall limit myself to two immediate implications. In the first instance, it is a sordid demonstration of the deterioration of public debate in Nigeria. Given the quality of most of the arguments (sic) on display, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Oyo, State News
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
THE mystery surrounding the whereabouts of a 36-year-old woman, Kafilat Lateef, has been unravelled by the Oyo State police command, as five suspects have been arrested for allegedly killing her for ritual purpose. The suspects, who were arrested in Oyo town, were Gbenga Taiwo (35), Afeez Kareem (38), Lukman Ganiyu (30), Mohammed Saheed (45) and […]
