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House, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
The National Assembly has accused the Federal Government of lacking the political will to deal with offenders under the Anti-Money Laundering Act. The Senate and the House of Representatives said it was the government’s lack of the will to go after money launderers that was responsible for the non-enforcement of the Act. Nigeria’s name is […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Some 10,500 Nigerians sought asylum in 2011 in industrialised countries compared to 9,500 in 2010, according to a report released by the United Nations Refugee Agency. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, ranked Nigeria 10th on the list of asylum claimants to the world’s richest countries in 2011. Afghans […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Obafemi Martins | credits: File copy Obafemi Martins scored his first goal of the season for Rubin Kazan on Sunday to sink moneybags Anzhi Makhachkala in their Russian Premier League game. It was Martins’ third start in six appearances for the club but he was substituted in the 57th minute. Martins’ goal came in […]
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Enugu, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
A luxury bus conveying secondary school girls from Enugu to Lagos State was attacked by armed robbers at the Okeodo end of Ore-Sagamu Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday. The students numbering 42 were of Holy Cross College, Enugu and had hired the bus belonging to Ekene Dili Chukwu Group of Companies with registration number Lagos […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Emmanuel Emenike | credits: File copy Super Eagles and Spartak Moscow forward Emmanuel Emenike has been fined $17,000 for an obscene gesture towards fans of Dynamo Moscow during a Russian Premier League derby last week after he was racially abused. The Russian FA also slammed a suspended sentence on the former Fenerbahce player until the […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
World Health Organisation, WHO, has rated Cross River State high for being the only state in the South-South zone to inaugurate a task force on immunization, which shows its determination to tackle primary health care delivery programme. A WHO expert, representing donor partners in the state, Dr. Sylvester Maleghemi, stated this in a goodwill address […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
By Tina Akannam The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has so far invested US$45.5 million as intervention fund in various projects in private and public sectors of the Nigerian economy, the President of the bank, Mr. Bashir M Ifo, has disclosed. Ifo disclosed this Thursday, in Jigawa State, […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Rangers have reclaimed top spot in the Nigeria Premier League after a 3-2 home win over 3SC in Enugu. They now have 32 points from 18 matches to move back to the summit of the NPL after Enyimba were held to a 1-1 draw by Akwa United at home and Kano Pillars fell 1-0 at […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
By BARTHOLOMEW MADUKWE LAGOS – The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has dragged two Britons before a Federal High Court, Lagos, over alleged forgery of Nigerian visa and impersonation of the Director of Citizens and Business Department, Ministry of Interior, Mr. Adetayo Sode. The accused, Ian Cunliff and Ofir More, were said to have conspired to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osita Ebiem
Sunday, April 1st, 2012

By Osita Ebiem | NNP | April 1, 2012 – In recent time it has become a full-time job for some dubious and dishonest Nigerians to deny the Biafra Genocide also known as Nigeria Genocide in Biafra. Some go to the ridiculous extent of saying that it never happened. Such ones are wishful thinkers. They […]