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Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
…MEND Claims Responsibility For Thursday’s Killings THe Joint Military Task Force (JTF), code named Operation Pulo Shield, has declared missing the Commander of the Brass Unit of its command and three others shot by suspected oil bunkers along the Brass-Ogbia waterways of Bayelsa State. JTF Media Coordinator, Lt. Col. Timothy Anthinga, confirmed to The Guardian […]
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Headlines
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
SINCE Thursday evening when the remains of Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was brought into his Umudim, Nnewi country home, crowd control became a major issue as almost everybody in Anambra State wanted to a glance former Igbo leader before his committal to mother earth. However, from Nnokwa, which is a neighbouring community to […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
A storm is gathering over the recent promotions of a few senior police officers in the country, writes ADEOLA BALOGUN Consequent upon the promotion of some of its senior officers to the ranks of Assistant Inspector-General and Deputy Inspector-General last month, a cloud of uncertainty appears to overhang the Nigeria Police Force. As […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
About 10 people died on Friday at the Otedola Estate on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway when five vehicles, including a trailer, ran into some oil pipes, which were lying carelessly on the road. The oil pipelines, which were four in number, fell off another trailer on Thursday night at about 9 pm. The trailer […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
The committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to restructure and rationalise the Federal Civil Service may have recommended a drastic pruning of the parastatals and agencies. Although the committee, headed by a former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Steve Oronsanye, was given eight weeks to conclude its work, its activities had been […]
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Governors
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Saturday March 03, 2012 Tambuwal, Speaker, House of Reps Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section House of Representatives yesterday took a swipe on state governors who are yet to conduct local government election, accusing them of raping democracy. This is coming as the House commenced moves to grant financial autonomy to councils. […]
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Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
The remains of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu were yesterday interred in the marble mausoleum at his ancestral Umudim Nnewi home, in Anambra State at exactly 2:18 p.m, which overwhelmed his widow, Bianca and she broke down in tears. The burial ceremony witnessed an unprecedented turn- out of people from all walks of life, with many […]
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Africa & World Politics, Breaking News, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 35-year-old Pakistani with 13 kilogrammes of “high grade” heroin with an estimated street value of about N120m. The anti-drug agency said the suspect, Mr. Syed Ahmed-Bukhari, was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, shortly after arriving aboard a Qatar Airways flight from […]
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Niger Delta
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Views: 70 Font Size: a / A Chairman, Federal Government Amnesty Programme, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, By Ndubuisi Francis P residential Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has admonished former leaders of the ex-militant groups in the Niger Delta to sustain the prevailing peace, which they […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday in Abeokuta said that the barrage of criticisms against the establishment of his multi-billion naira Presidential Library in the Ogun State capital has continued to inspire him to get the project completed. Obasanjo, who spoke at a regional forum organised by the Institute for African Culture and International Understanding (IACIU), […]
