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Latest Politics
Monday, March 26th, 2012
A cabal within the Federal Civil Service may have started frustrating the reform being carried out in the pension scheme in Nigeria amid death threats being sent to the Pension Reform Task Team chairman, Mr Abdullahi Maina and other members. No fewer than 120 different individuals were said to have issued death treats to Maina […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, March 26th, 2012
MORE facts have emerged on why the Al-Qaeda in the Sahel region established an operational base in Nigeria, even as an Al-Qaeda suspect in an Algerian prison has confessed that the sect is planning attacks in Nigeria and four other nations to commemorate the first year of Osama bin Laden’s death. Nigerian Tribune had reported […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Monday, March 26th, 2012
US nominee for World Bank chief Dr Jim Yong Kim __________________________________________________________________ Although President Barack Obama waited until the last day to announce the US nomination for the office of World Bank President, no sooner he released a name had the full weight of US government started campaigning actively for the College President, Dr Jim Yong […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Senegalese opposition presidential candidate Macky Sall addresses media after casting his ballot. By Issouf Sanogo (AFP) Heaven is not reached at a single bound, but we build the ladder by which we climb. By: Kolai More Quotes | Submit Quote DAKAR (AFP) – Macky Sall’s political career appeared to have peaked under Abdoulaye Wade, where […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Nigeria’s Flamingoes yesterday at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta booked their place in the 2012 Fifa Under17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan. Nigeria’s ticket came off a well-rounded victory from the nation’s campaigners against their Zambian counterparts, Junior She-Polopolo whom they hit 5-0 in the final fixture of the global event. The coach Peter Dedevbo […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists, South-West
Sunday, March 25th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | March 25, 2012 – On 18 March 2012, I read the shocking news of the “suicide” of Egba high Chief Oluwole Olumide in Ogun State, Nigeria. Whilst I do not have any affiliation or special interest in Ogun State, and do not know any of the protagonists, […]
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Anambra, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
Anambra is set to become the cleanest state in Nigeria. This was disclosed by Governor Peter Obi yesterday during the commissioning of refuse disposal vehicles, compactors receptacles, ANIDS school buses, totaling over 500 million naira at the premises of Innoson Motor Manufacturing Company, Nnewi. Obi commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his interest in private enterprises […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
KANO-(AFP) – Suspected members of Boko Haram Islamist sect set off a suicide car bomb Saturday during a military raid on their hideout in the northern city of Kano, police said. The army chief of Kano state Brigadier-General Iliyasu Isa Abba said the explosion was a desperate act aimed at avoiding capture. “It was a […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
HANOVER, New Hampshire (AFP) – Dartmouth College students, returning from spring break, were divided over President Obama’s decision to nominate their president to lead the World Bank. Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American who became the first Asian-American to lead a prestigious Ivy League university, began his tenure at Dartmouth in 2009 as something of a […]