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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Security agents on Tuesday killed Uzairu Abba Abdullahi, a textile merchant suspected to be a leader of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, during a five-hour gun duel. His pregnant wife, who was at his residence in Hotoro, Nassarawa Local Government Area when the team stormed the building, was also shot dead. After the battle, […]
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Gombe, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
In continuation of its humanitarian assistance to victims of the post-election violence, the Dangote Foundation, on Monday, commenced the disbursement of money and relief materials to 187 families in Kaduna and Gombe states respectively. The Dangote Foundation had earmarked about N350million for victims of the post-election crisis in some parts of the North. The latest […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
THE Bauchi State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday, paraded two suspected drug dealers arrested with 70 kilogrammes of Indian hemp, following a tip-off from members of the public. Addressing journalsists while parading the suspects, the state commander of the agency, Mr Sule Momodu, said the command was informed on […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
QUEEN’S Park Rangers coach, Mark Hughes said getting Nigerian international, Taye Taiwo to play for him is a coup of sort. Hughes yesterday told the club’s website he had courted the left back for three years before capturing the player finally. Hughes was keen on the Nigerian left-back while managing both Blackburn Rovers […]
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Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
FORMER Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has said he will not consider asking for presidential pardon over his conviction until he has exhausted all judicial processes to clear his name. He insisted, during a visit to the State House on Tuesday, that he never committed the crime […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
An explosion ripped through the house of the Minister of Niger Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe, located at Ogbobagbene in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State in the early hours of Tuesday destroying properties worth millions of naira. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the explosion was masterminded by gunmen who attempted to forcefully enter the home […]
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Ebonyi, State News
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
A group of protesters numbering over 2,000, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful demonstration in major streets of Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, against the state government’s alleged demolition of their houses in Agbaja community of Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state. The protesters, comprising the aged, men, women, youths and children, marched through the […]
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Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
THE Court of Appeal in Ibadan has up- held the election of Senator Hosea Agboola of Oyo North Senatorial District, as the appellate court, on Tuesday, upheld an appeal filed by the senator, asking for the dismissal of a petition filed by Dr Wale Okediran of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The court held […]
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Arewa House, Headlines
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Disturbed by the mass killings in Kano by the Boko Haram sect, the Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has advocated that the Federal Government should declare a season of forgiveness for all members of the group and urge them to surrender their arms so as to commence a genuine dialogue that could lead to peace and […]
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State News, Zamfara
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Tambari, has disclosed that a suspect had been arrested in connection with the recent murder of four policemen in the state. Spaeking with newsmen in Gusau, the police boss said the suspect was helping the police in their investigations. On the recent media report in a national […]
