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Headlines
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
There was pandemonium at the Toll Gate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday after officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority allegedly caused the death of a 30-year-old bus conductor. It was learnt that the LASTMA officials allegedly pushed the conductor, Rasidi Alabi, from a moving vehicle. The conductor reportedly fell […]
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Headlines, South-East
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
abukoh, Enugu 11 Comments Over 150 Igbo citizens arrived Enugu from Maiduguiru, Borno State, on Thursday, three days after the same number of persons returned home due to the upsurge of Boko Haram activities in northern Nigeria. The returnees, who arrived in batches, arrived Ninth Mile Corner, Enugu town, in free luxury buses provided […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
HE United States of America’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Terrence McCulley, has denied that the US predicted that Nigeria might break up in 2015. McCulley said this in Ibadan on Thursday while speaking with journalists during his visit to Oyo State. He said, “No US government official predicted that Nigeria will break up by 2015. That […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a fake medical doctor, who worked with the name, Dr. Collins Okafor, at the General Hospital in Calabar, the state capital. The suspect, whose real name is Mr. Simeon Kejohu (34), was said to have used the certificate of a medical practitioner to secure employment with […]
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Legislature, Senate
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The trial of an alleged Boko Haram sponsor, Senator Aliyu Ndume on terrorism charges, at an Abuja Federal High Court was adjourned on Thursday following a request by the prosecution, the Federal Government. Justice Gabriel Kolawole however threatened to strike out the charges against the Senator if the government was not ready to prosecute […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has denied reports that his spokesman Abu Qada, has been arrested by the State Security Service. The denial came even as the confusion set off by initial reports of Qada’s arrest on Tuesday deepened. Qaqa, known for granting interviews and issuing statements on behalf of the group, was reportedly […]
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Niger Delta
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Hundreds of Niger Delta ex-militants in Bomadi, Delta State on Thursday gave the Federal Government a 10-day ultimatum to return the arms taken from them. The ex-militants stated that after several peaceful efforts to make the government see reasons why they should be included its the amnesty programme had failed, they were left with no […]
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Headlines, State News
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
More Stories on This Section Agony, anger, sorrow yesterday characterized the mass burial of victims of Christmas Day 2011 bomb blast, which Boko Haram claimed responsibility. They were laid to rest at the church’s premises. The Islamist sect sent 43 worshippers of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, to their early graves last December […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Asomba ABUJA— Students of public-owned universities across the country were yesterday bubbling with enthusiasm for resumption following the decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its 59-day strike. The strike was called off following what sources close to the negotiations between the union and government told Vanguard was the government’s […]
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Headlines, State News
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Shaibu ABUJA—Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has discovered that contracts for the construction of Abuja-Airport and Kubwa-Zuba roads were inflated to the tune of N38 billion. The revelation came during the budget defence of FCT, when the Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, told the committee that the two road projects had been reversed by […]