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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Two suspects accused of raping a female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano State have been remanded in prison custody by a Kano Chief Magistrate Court. The suspects, Abba Garba 18 and Abubakar Sulemain, 17, were remanded in prison custody over their alleged complicity in the rape incident that took place […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The Nigerian Community Association Thailand (NCAT), an umbrella body of Nigerians living in Thailand, has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan, saying they deserve a better deal from the Nigerian ambassador to the Asian country. They alleged that the ambassador, Umaru Suleiman Azores, in collaboration with another Nigerian, Mr. Jerry Chike Obinabo have made life difficult for […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Benue, Party Politics, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has blamed the intolerance exhibited by Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue state and his henchmen for the violence that rocked the Logo Local Government Area of the state, leaving many dead and several houses burnt. In a statement issued in Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday, the party also accused […]
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Africa & World Politics
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The death of Steve Jobs, the Apple Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer, on October 5, 2011 has created a great vacuum in the Information Technology (IT) industry. His demise at the age of 56, after a protracted battle with pancreatic cancer and having undergone a liver transplant, has robbed the world of a great […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
A team of legal practitioners has petitioned the attorney general of the federation and the director general, Department of State Services to unmask the identities of five men who allegedly raped a female student of the Abia State University, Uturu and bring them to book. There has been wide condemnation of the act, since the […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Family of traditional ruler of Obuofia autonomous community in the Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Obiora Igwesi who was kidnapped last Friday in Enugu has expressed worry over the failure of the gunmen to establish contact with the family. A close family source who spoke to Daily Sun in Enugu expressed […]
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Legislature, Senate
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Senate has directed Committees on Interior, Employment, Labour and Productivity to investigate the abuse of expatriate quota by foreign multinationals operating in the country. The committees have also been mandated to conduct a public hearing on all allegations surrounding the matter. Sponsor of the motion, Senator Wilson Ake told the Senate that there were avalanche […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The Federal High Court in Gombe presided over by Justice Babatunde Quadir yesterday granted bail to former Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Danjuma Goje who is facing corruption charges. The former governor and three others were arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an 18-count charge of looting N24.18 billion. […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in its bid to stamp out criminality from the Niger Delta region has intensified the war against illegal oil refinery and bunkering with the arrest of 14 suspected bunkerers. The South- south governors had recently at its forum meeting in Yenagoa, agreed to tackle the problem of illegal refineries […]
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EFCC Politics, Nasarawa, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State has ordered former governor of the state, Aliyu Akwe Doma and eight other accused arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over money laundering charges to be remanded in the Commission’s custody till tomorrow. The order by the court presided over by Justice Marcel […]