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Africa & World Politics, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Monday, December 24th, 2012
FRESH abduction has occurred in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, as four Italian oil workers were kidnapped along Pennington River, Southern Ijaw Local Government of Bayelsa State, while as of the time of going to press, their whereabouts remain unknown. The expatriates were returning from Eket, Akwa Ibom State, when the armed men accosted them […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, December 24th, 2012
THE United States has said beginning from 2013, its army brigade will dispatch small army teams to 35 African nations, as part of its plan to check the rising terror threats from al-Qaeda-linked groups in Africa, particularly with the rise of the extremist Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in Nigeria. According to a report the CBS […]
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Latest Politics, Rivers
Monday, December 24th, 2012
FORMER governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, has given an account of how former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu stopped him and the incumbent governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi from contesting the 2007 presidential election. Odili, in his autobiography due to be released in two weeks […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Monday, December 24th, 2012
FOLLOWING last Saturday’s suicide bombers’ attack on Airtel and MTN communications outfits in Kano, many Christians stayed away from attending Sunday service, just as some of them had resolved to reconsider their decision to travel down Southern part of the country to spent the Christmas and New Year celebration. This is just as the Kano […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, December 24th, 2012
The United States government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying they could be kidnapped, robbed or attacked by gunmen. The US Department of State, in a message to Americans, warned them not to embark on any trip to Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Yobe, Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Headlines, Kaduna, Top Stories
Monday, December 24th, 2012
BARELY 24 hours and few days to the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Government has uncovered secret plots by the Islamic extremist group popularly known as Boko Haram to unleash mayhem in some parts of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A highly-placed security source who disclosed this to Nigerian […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, December 24th, 2012
By SaharaReporters, New York New Kaduna State governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, has sent the name of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party chair Nuhu Bajoga to the Kaduna state house of assembly for clearance and approval. The Kaduna state commissioner of information, Saidu Adamu, today confirmed this to reporters. SaharaReporters had broken the news on Saturday […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
DECEMBER 23, 2012 BY TUNDE FAGBENLE 98 COMMENTS | credits: Something is happening in Ekiti State that needs to be told. And I will, since I bear witness to it. Quite a few folks, including my good friend and brother Femi Orebe and Sam Omatseye, both columnists in The Nation newspaper, have written volubly, extolling […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have retired several senior officers of the service. SUNDAY PUNCH’s investigation on Saturday evening showed that the exercise affected mostly generals, colonels and other middle level officers. The retirement came in the wake of the approval of 150 top officers for promotion by the Army Council on Tuesday. The Director […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
The Joint Task Force on Saturday said two suicide bombers died in coordinated attacks on MTN and Airtel offices. An online news portal, Premium Times, reports that the two attacks occurred within five minutes indicating a coordinated effort. JTF spokesman, Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed the death of the bombers to journalists in Kano on Saturday. Iweha […]
