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Cross River, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), State News
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru CALABAR— Cross River State Command of Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested a final year student of College of Education, Akamkpa, for alleged armed robbery and no fewer than 10 illegal immigrants in Calabar. State Comptroller of Immigration, Mr. Samuel Ogwiji, said the Monitoring and Surveillance team he set up carried out a […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Nigeria remained stagnant at 52nd place in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of January, 2013. The Super Eagles, however, are 9th in Africa as Cote d’Ivoire remain Africa’s number one nation but 14th in the world Meanwhile, Ghana have moved four places up in the latest FIFA ranking. The Black Stars climbed from […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
The Criminal Court of Abu Dhabi says it has jailed a Nigerian woman for one and a half years for social network scam. The court also said the woman (name not disclosed) also faces deportation. According to Gulf News, an Arab plaintiff filed a case against the Nigerian woman claiming that she had obtained almost […]
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House, Legislature
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
The House of Representatives on resumption at plenary Wednesday resolved to investigate the $1.5 billion loan obtained by the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Nnanna Raphael Igbokwe, sponsor of the motion argued that the loan was neither included in the 2013-2015 Medium Term Expenditure Framework nor the 2013 budget. Igbokwe argued that the […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
By Umar Yusuf, Yola – THERE was tragedy at the Mayo Belwa Local Government Area of Adamawa State Wednesday night when a police Inspector posted to the private residence of Governor Murtala Nyako ran amock, killed his wife and that of his land lord. An eye witness told Vanguard in Yola that the Inspector (names […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Michelle Obama’s office said Thursday it had opened a Twitter account, as the US first lady turned 49. The account is @FLOTUS, the acronym for First Lady of the United States, and it will be administered by the first lady’s staff. Tweets penned by the first lady herself will bear her initials […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Latest Politics, Party Politics
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
By GABRIEL EWEPU ABUJA — The new party coming from the merger of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, will pursue the restructuring of the country, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the CPC national leader said yesterday. Speaking at the inauguration of the CPC merger committee in Abuja, Buhari said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
By Tony Edike ENUGU-Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Alex Barde, said the Nigerian Air Force will commence deployment of Nigeria war planes to check the activities of jihad fighters in Mali on Thursday morning. Barde who paid his maiden visit to Enugu Air Force Unit, Wednesday, said the action was in compliance to President […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a $15.7 million direct loan to Lagos State, to underwrite the purchase of 32 American fire-fighting vehicles manufactured by W.S. Darley & Co. (Darley) of Itasca, Ill. The loan, which is in line with the U.S Administration’s “Doing Business in Africa […]
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House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal has survived an impeachment plot over purchase of 400 Camry cars for house standing committees. Some section of the media had reported that some aggrieved members are plotting to impeach the speaker alleging frauds in the purchase of 400 cars for committees and high handedness of […]
