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Rivers, State News
Monday, February 6th, 2012
By AZOMA CHIKWE Concerned about the deadly impact of cancer, which is the number one killer of mankind, and the lack of facilities to save the lives of sufferers, especially the underprivileged, some concerned Nigerians have undertaken to establish the first comprehensive cancer prevention, treatment, research and training institute in Nigeria, known as the Port […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Super Eagles’ camp at Bolton White Apartment in Zone 7, Abuja came alive yesterday afternoon with, at least, 21 players in camp as at 5p.m, other nine players were expected before the close of the day, team coordinator, Emmanuel Atta revealed. Those already in camp as at press time include, Chigozie Agbim, who currently skippers […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Nigerian Police
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Cadet officers comprising Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents who reported for training early last month at the Police Academy [POLAC] in Wudil, near Kano, have been thrown into panic as a result of intelligence reports which indicated plans by members of Boko Haram, to attack the institution. Also penciled down for attack by the sect is […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Monday, February 6th, 2012
From PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi Relatives of a 56-year-old man in Bauchi State whose eyes were plucked by suspected ritualists in Bonjiji village have appealed to the inspector general of police to fish out the people who carried out the dastardly act. The victim, Malam Umar Bojinji, who is currently receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa […]
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Governors, INEC Politics
Monday, February 6th, 2012
By CHIDI OBINECHE Uncertainties surrounding the conduct of the governorship elections in Bayelsa State on Saturday February 11, 2012, were last night laid to rest as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INCEC) said it would go on as planned. The death of the governorship candidate of Mega Progressives Peoples Party (MPPP), Chief O. Ebakunmo Ogbegetebe, […]
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Headlines, South-East
Monday, February 6th, 2012
By Dan Onwukwe ( 08023022170 dan_onwukwe@yahoo.com ) Tuesday, February 07, 2012 The scene at many motor parks in Kano in recent weeks has had a distressingly foreboding smell. It typifies what is happening in many other states in the North. In droves, they are leaving. Some have lived in these places for over 30 years. […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Sounding tough and unrepentant, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday served notice of bigger attacks on oil installations. MEND had last weekend blew up Agip truck line in Brass, Bayelsa State, resulting in a loss of 4,000 barrels of oil per day even as the Joint Task Force (JIF) said […]
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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, February 5th, 2012

By Femi Fani-Kayode, NNP, Feb. 5, 2012 – I am sad and troubled for our nation. I just cannot sleep when I consider the amount of innocent blood that has been spilt in the 24 hours before I wrote this piece. Kano, Bayelsa, Bauchi….it goes on and on. So much blood, so much hate, so […]
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Africa & World Politics
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
RIVALRY between Nigeria and South Africa, and a deep diplomatic cleavage in the African Union, may have led to the failure of the AU to elect a substantive chairperson for the AU Commission after four rounds of voting that ended without the emergence of a winner last Monday in Addis Ababa. Informed Diplomatic sources considered […]
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Boko Haram, National Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Sunday, February 5th, 2012

By Sam Eyoboka and Olayinka Latona IN a rare display of anger, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, on Friday night, adopted a spiritual way out of Nigeria’s current security challenges, urging the mammoth crowd of worshipers, who attended the February Holy Ghost Service, to pray to […]