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Boko Haram, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
FOLLOWING the spate of insecurity being experienced in some states in the northern part of the country, the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has directed corps members posted to five of the affected states but who are yet to collect their call-up letters to report at the NYSC Directorate Headquarters, Abuja, for […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
A 52-year-old father of 14 children was among five persons arrested by the Delta State police command on Wednesday for allegedly stealing a seven-year-old boy named Trust in God. The boy was stolen from his mother’s residence at No 2 Idumuisioji Obi Quarters at Umunede last Monday. Acting on information, detectives were detailed to fish […]
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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
The High Sharia Court sitting in Kaura in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State has sentenced four adults to six months imprisonment for fornication and are to be given 30 strokes of the cane each. Those convicted were Badamasi Ibrahim, Mudi BB, Zainab Abubakar, and Maryam Nasiru. The prosecutor told the court that […]
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INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
THE National Electoral Commission (INEC) would soon introduce measures to regulate the use of money in politics, its chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, has said. Jega said on Wednesday, adding that the measures were part of the reform process introduced by the commission. He spoke on the topic “Improving Elections in Nigeria: Lessons from 2011 and […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
A female corps member from Edo State, Shemahu Momodu, has been delivered of a baby girl on the first day of registration at Katsina State orientation camp. The state NYSC coordinator, Mr Ebenezer Afolalu, who disclosed this at the swearing-in ceremony of the 2012 batch “B” corps members, on Wednesday, said the corps member gave […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, warned again that there would be serious consequences should the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rig the 2015 elections. He observed that Nigerians, this time round, would not allow them to occupy offices illegally without […]
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Headlines
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
IN view of an earlier prediction by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) of impending heavy rains attached with storms, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Wednesday, issued a circular to pilots and airline operators in the country, to exercise restraint while the period lasts. NCAA in the circular cautioned pilots and operators against being in […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Justice Steven Adah of a Federal High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday, restated his interim order suspending the renaming of the University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University, Lagos pending the determination of the motion on notice filed by the students. At the resumed hearing of the matter, Justice Adah also restated his earlier […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Justice Charles Achibong of a Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced three chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State to six months imprisonment for flouting a court order. In a ruling on Wednesday, Chief Ireti Oniyide, Tunde Oladunjoye (now media aide to Agriculture Minister, Akin Adesina) and Honourable Fasiu Bakene (all […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
THE United States government has said Nigeria deserves effective and accountable security forces to counter violent extremism in the country, as well as a coordinated campaign to deliver economic development. This is even as it observed that violent insecurity being experienced in the country was a barrier to its economic growth. US ambassador to Nigeria, […]
