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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Kaduna, Ogun, Party Politics, Presidency, State News
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
Chief Meni Jonathan | credits: thestreetjournal.org Ogun State Government Ibikunle Amosun, his Kaduna State counterpart, Patrick Yakowa, and the Congress for Progressive Change have expressed their condolences to President Goodluck Jonathan on the death of his younger brother, Meni. Meni, 45, died at the National Hospital, Abuja on Tuesday. Amosun, in a statement by […]
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Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
Zack Orji | credits: Nollywood actor, Zack Orji, reveals what he has been doing off the stage, in this interview with GBENGA ADENIJI Consistency is one of the features of the acting industry. In fact, the majority of its players know that being regular faces, coupled with a good talent, can considerably earn them […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
The Football Association has cleared referee Mark Clattenburg of using “inappropriate language” towards Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel. But Mikel, 25, has been charged by the FA with misconduct following his involvement in the incident. The Blues had claimed Clattenburg directed racial language at Mikel in their home defeat by Manchester United. Clattenburg said it […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
-Punch Ajmal Kasab India has executed the sole surviving Pakistani gunman who participated in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, VOA reports. The execution came days before the fourth anniversary of the attack, which killed 166 people and has been described as India’s worst-ever terror strike. The execution of Pakistani militant Mohammad Ajmal Kasab was […]
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National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has alerted President Goodluck Jonathan to a looming acute fuel shortage if the Federal Government fails to pay N1.13trn subsidy owed it (NNPC), The PUNCH learnt. The NNPC top management, led by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and the corporation’s Group Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, reportedly […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
GAZA CITY, (AFP) – Life in Gaza began returning to normal on Thursday with a public holiday to mark a ceasefire that ended a violent eight-day confrontation with the Israeli military. After days and nights cooped up at home, their buildings rocked by an unrelenting Israeli bombing campaign and the sound of outgoing Palestinian rocket […]
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Latest Politics, United Nations
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
By Ben Agande Abuja — The Federal Executive Council, FEC, chaired by the Vice President Namadi Sambo, yesterday, approved contracts worth N199.19 billion in various sectors of the economy. Of this amount, road construction and rehabilitation across different geo-political zones of the country took the lion share of N176.13 billion while the construction of terminal […]
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Abuja (FCT), Education, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
THE authorities of the University of Abuja, on Tuesday, closed down the university indefinitely, over students’ rampage that prevented the conduct of the second semester examinations. The exams were billed to commence on 19th of November, but could not hold because of the two-day protest that led to the shutdown of the institution by the […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Some concerned Christians of Northern Nigeria extraction have cautioned their counterparts in the Northern Christian Elders Committee of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to stop criticising the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, who spoke against the acquisition of private jets by clergymen. In a statement signed by their leader, Yahuda Peter, they […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
A group of notorious gunmen in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday night waylaid Fulani herdsmen at Bisichi village and opened fire on them, killing 12 cows while 12 of them were also hit by the assailants’ bullets. According to a statement issued by the Special Task Force (STF) in charge […]
