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Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Abuja – An Abuja Magistrate Court has ordered that a 23-year-old commercial sex worker, Charity Achibong, be remanded in prison for biting off her lovers tongue. Achibong of Jabi village, Abuja, appeared in court on a one-count charge of causing hurt contrary to section 245 of the Penal code. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Clement Egwu, […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
The Police Service Commission, PSC, Thursday, confirmed Mohammed Abubakar as the Inspector General of Police. It will be recalled that Abubakar was appointed Acting Inspector General of Police on January, 2012 by President Goodluck Jonathan. MD Abubakar, Police IG In a statement issued then by Dr Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
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Biafra, Latest Politics
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
ENUGU-A pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionist Movement, BZM, announced, yesterday, that it had commenced the process to launch the struggle for a State of Biafra with the international community, saying that the formal declaration of the new Biafra Republic had been slated for November 5. This came as Conference of Igbo Youth Organizations, CIYO, warned that […]
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Bauchi, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
THE current activities of the dreaded Boko Haram sect could trigger a broad sectarian conflict in Nigeria, an international Christian-Muslim delegation said on Wednesday in a report. The 12-member joint delegation was led by World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, Olav Fyske Tveit, of Norway and Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, chairman of the […]
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Abu King Shulwa, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Thursday, July 12th, 2012

By Dr. Abu King Shulwa | Makurdi, Benue | July 12, 2012 – The bribery scandal of $620,000 between Farouk Lawan and Mr Femi Otedola of Zenon Oil seems to have taken a new turn as an Abuja High Court reportedly granted an injunction preventing the government from implementing the recommendations of the subsidy ad […]
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Breaking News, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
RIVERS, Nigeria, July 12 (Xinhua) — Police in southeast Nigeria’s Rivers on Thursday said more than 100 persons were feared to be burnt to death, while many were injured while scooping fuel from a fallen tanker in the early hours of the day. Spokesperson for the state police command Ben Ugwuegbulam confirmed the incident to […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, July 12th, 2012

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 12, 2012 – Without being hyperbolic, I can state that leadership is everything. It is leadership that builds or destroys a nation. No wonder, the 18th Century French philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau, wrote that “… no nation would be other than what the nature of its leaders […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Women Politics
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Nigerian-Canadian Ex Beauty Queen, Singer and Composer, Foluke Akinremi Canadian-born Nigerian beauty Pageant Winner, Foluke Akinremi, releases a free gift single, “What God Has + 2gether” online for her loving fans. “What God has + 2gether” is a celebration song for anyone in love walking down the aisle for the first time. It’s a tribute […]
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Articles, Fisayo Soyombo, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

LAGOS, July 07, (THEWILL) – It was an unsolicited intrusion. I was myself taken out by illness when a friend’s message came in, explaining that George Egbuchulam had been in and out of hospital for months and the doctor eventually pronounced a N2.5million kidney transplant plus an over-N3m post-surgery maintenance the ultimate solution to his […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | July 11, 2012 – Chicken cannot at this late date bemoan its lack of teeth, and when it sees the snuff seller, it enfolds its wings. (Everything at its proper time and when one sees potential danger approaching, one should take precautions). I am writing this week’s […]