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Abdulsalaami Abubakar (1998-99), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Limited, a firm in which the former Head of State, Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar, is the chairman, is in the lead to acquire three of the juiciest electricity distribution companies in the country. The electricity distribution companies are Eko, Ikeja and Ibadan. Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing was prequalified to take […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Ex-Niger Delta militants undergoing reintegration have donated N52.7m to flood victims in the region. A statement from the Head of Media and Communications of the Presidential Amnesty Office, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, as saying the money was donated by 26,358 beneficiaries of […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
The police on Tuesday announced a major breakthrough in their investigation into the lynching of four University of Port Harcourt students. The videotaped lynching of the students sparked outrage nationwide and the clip of the killings went viral on the Internet. The IG disclosed the arrest during a security meeting with Chief Executive Officers and […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
CNN Poll: Nearly half say Obama won showdown Posted by CNN Political Unit Hempstead, New York (CNN) – Give a slight edge to President Barack Obama. Forty-six percent of voters who watched Tuesday night’s presidential debate said that the president won the showdown, according to a CNN/ORC International nationwide poll conducted right after Tuesday night’s […]
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Abuja (FCT), Akwa Ibom, Headlines
Monday, October 15th, 2012
The parents of Lucy Ukpong who was reportedly shot dead by policemen in Abuja on Friday will on Monday (today) visit the Federal Capital Territory Police Command to demand justice for the killing of their daughter. The Ukpongs, who reside in Akwa-Ibom State, were scheduled to arrive in Abuja on Sunday to meet with their […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Enugu, General Politics, Nollywood (Film Industry), State News, Top Stories
Monday, October 15th, 2012
A secondary school teacher, Mrs. Gloria Ayogu, on Sunday said she would consider legal actions against Nollywood actor, Nkem Owoh, popularly known as Osuofia, if he failed to pay damages for allegedly demolishing her house in Enugu State. Ayogu, a widow and an employee of Federal Government College, Enugu, has since 2008 been at war […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, October 15th, 2012
Father of one of the students murdered by a mob at Aluu, River State, Mr. Mike Toku, has described as a deliberate cover-up the continued denial by members of the community that they had no hand in the killing of his son, Lloyd Toku insisted that his son and three other students of the University […]
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Headlines
Monday, October 15th, 2012
A popular Yoruba musician, Ogundare Foyan-mu, is dead. The Ijala composer, aged 80, died on Saturday morning at his residence at Taraa, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, having spent about 67 years on the stage. Foyanmu became famous for his dexterity in Ijala and produced his first album in 1956. Before his demise, he had already produced about 20 […]
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Articles, Columnists, First Ladies, NNP Columnists, Patience Jonathan, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Monday, October 15th, 2012
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | October 15, 2012 – It is a well known fact that Africans guard the individual self (problem) jealously with most matters of the heart not known to be spoken with even family members, unless perhaps such matters had gotten out of hand. It is therefore, understandable why the […]
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Africa & World Politics
Monday, October 15th, 2012
Targeted: Malala Yousafzai, 14, spoke out about suffering under the Taliban regime THE schoolgirl shot in the head and neck by the Taliban is being brought to the UK for treatment. A British medical team has flown to Pakistan to help doctors looking after 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai and will now transfer her to the UK for […]
