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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
THE Zimbabwean prime minister went ahead with wedding celebrations yesterday despite a court ruling that cancelled his marriage license on allegations that he would be committing bigamy. Morgan Tsvangirai, 60, and his bride exchanged vows and rings at a luxury convention facility in Harare but did not sign the legal marriage register. A court on […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
The United States ordered non-essential staff to leave its embassies in Tunisia and Sudan on Saturday after both diplomatic posts were attacked and Khartoum rejected America’s request to send a platoon of Marines to bolster security at its mission there. “Given the security situation in Tunis and Khartoum, the U.S. State Department has ordered the […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, September 16th, 2012
The Federal Government on Saturday announced a naira rain for the victorious Paralympics athletes and female Under 20 footballers, Falconets. President Goodluck Jonathan announced the cash gifts at reception organised in their honour at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Each Falconet will get N1m, while their coaches and handlers will receive N1.2m each. For the paralympians, […]
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Books & Magazines
Saturday, September 15th, 2012

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Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 15th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | Sept. 15, 2012 – I must confess that the recent headline from NaijaPundit is one of the most irresponsible sensationalising journalism I have ever seen. Please be the judge. Headline From NaijaPundit THE ONLY THING SACROSANCT IN NIGERIA IS THE QUR’AN-BUHARI (Written by Vanguard Newspapers on 30 […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Letters, State News
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
By Obumselu Uzodimma Benjamin Your excellency, I am very happy for the good work you are doing in Anambra State. I appreciate your efforts to invest in what we know that works. May the good Lord guide, protect and give you knowledge and wisdom with which to impact positively on the lives of our people which will ultimately put smile on their […]
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Articles, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Columnists, NNP Columnists, Paul I. Adujie
Saturday, September 15th, 2012

By Paul I. Adujie | New York, USA | Sept. 15, 2012 –The introduction of Five Thousand Naira as a single currency note, will exacerbate already existing pressures on Nigeria’s long beleaguered national currency. It is sadly the case that Ghana, Haiti and Jamaica national currencies have better strength and international respect compared to the […]
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Africa & World Politics, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 15th, 2012

By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | Sept. 15, 2012 – How long will it take Nigerian policy makers to come out from their self imposed bubble and comprehend that policy decision they made can have adverse consequences. We all wake up one bright morning; the next thing we heard was that Sanusis Central bank of […]
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Africa & World Politics
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
By Professor Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai When Iranian foreign office diplomats were sending out letters of invitation to the Non-Allied states, they were cautiously optimistic about the responses that their government would receive, in view of the strident diplomatic stance some states have taken against Iran.There was a growing impression that Iran was isolated. On 29August, 2012, most […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
OTTAWA — Canada plans to create a new class of visa that it hopes will attract high-tech and other entrepreneurs to immigrate to the country to start new companies, officials said on Tuesday. It has put a moratorium on issuing its existing entrepreneur visa, which only required an immigrant to hire one person for one […]