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Lagos, State News
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Respite has finally come to tenants in Lagos as the state governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has signed into law a bill that will make it unlawful for a landlord or his agent to demand or receive from a sitting tenant rent in excess of six months. The law, which explicitly harps on the rights and […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The Nigerian Army has carried out a major shake-up involving over 30 senior officers from the rank of Colonel to Major- General. The changes are coming on the heels of the first anniversary of the current service chiefs on September 8, 2011. Those affected in the new postings in the top echelon of the army […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
THE investiture of the ailing Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, by Igbo Youths Movement (IYM) was almost disrupted in Enugu on Wednesday, as about 1,000 youths suspected to be members of the outlawed Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), who came to witness the event, were arrested by the police […]
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National Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

The 20th Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, could easily be mistaken for an ordinary man when one hears him speak. He cracks jokes freely and takes special interest in making you feel that he is just one of you. But the Sultan is also a practical man as he does not hide […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, yeterday, doused the tension generated by his recent verbal war with former president Olusegun Obasanjo, saying he would not hesitate to embrace him whenever they meet. Babangida exchanged greetings with aviation correspondents on his way to Minna after he had paid a condolence visit to the family of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Fighting raged yesterday as Mohammed Gadhafi’s troops fought back near his Tripoli compound a day after it was captured. Pro-regime snipers cut off the road to Tripoli’s airport, fired at motorists near the capital’s port and launched repeated attacks on Gadhafi’s sprawling government compound, stormed by thousands of rebels Tuesday. Still the opposition fighters claimed […]
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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

By Hakeem Babalola, Budapest, Hungary – August 24, 2011 – The newly appointed Nigerian ambassador to Hungary, Mr. Charles Ononye, has promised Nigerians living in the country that their welfare is of the utmost importance – both to the embassy and the Nigerian government in general. Ononye disclosed this and many other pressing issues during […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The celebrated love story of 18-year-old Bashir Ayuba Umar and 65-year-old Ai Maikare came to an end recently when the latter accused the former of stealing her sewing machine. Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune in Gusau on Tuesday, the embattled teenager said being accused of theft by his wife was his saddest experience in life […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has advocated death penalty for corrupt government officials. ICAN President, Professor Francis Ojaide, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja, during his courtesy visit to the Office of Auditor General of the Federation. Professor Ojaide, who said no ICAN member had been found guilty of corruption stated […]
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Imo, State News
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The Imo State police command, at the weekend, rescued a teenage boy of about 16 years old, who was ab ducted from Lagos by two of his brothers and sold to the wife of a pastor. The state Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) Mr Linus Nwaiwu, who briefed newsmen, gave the names of the suspects […]