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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 1st, 2011
GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, yesterday, swore in 25 Commissioners and 12 Special Advisers to serve in his new administration with a warning to them to avoid corruption and laxity or face an early exit from the cabinet. Addressing the officials shortly after they were sworn in, the Governor said that even though much […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, July 1st, 2011

KADUNA — President Jonathan Goodluck , Friday, said his government would use all legitimate means at its disposal to deal with the menace of increasing terrorism occasioned by bombings and killings carried by the Boko Haram militant Islamic sect. “Enough is enough”, the President warned in his speech read on his behalf by the Vice […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, July 1st, 2011
THE Federal Government yesterday sent a strong warning to the Boko Haram sect, which has claimed responsibility for the spate of bomb blasts and killings in some northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). President Goodluck Jonathan, who described the activities of the group as no longer acceptable, said the patience of the Federal […]
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Headlines, Top Stories
Friday, July 1st, 2011

A Nigerian stowaway who flew from New York to Los Angeles with an expired boarding pass in someone else’s name was carrying at least 10 different boarding passes, according to the FBI agent who took him into custody. Not one of the boarding passes was in the name of Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, who acknowledged sneaking […]
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Headlines
Friday, July 1st, 2011
ORGANISERS of the friendly international between Nigeria and Argentina on September 6 are considering providing a chartered aircraft to fly the Super Eagles from Madagascar to Dhaka. But they have also warned that the country risks paying compensation of around a million dollars if it withdraws from the game. Acting Secretary General, Nigeria Football Federation […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, July 1st, 2011

NIGERIA’S Super Falcons yesterday, at the Frankfurt Arena, lost their second consecutive match in the ongoing 2011 FIFA Women World Cup when they went down to host, Germany by 0-1 in a second group A match. Having lost their first match to France last Sunday in Shinsheim, the Falcons have crashed out of the competition […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, July 1st, 2011

SUPER Eagles’ chief coach, Samson Siasia, was slammed by Nigerian football fans in Germany over what they alleged as disrespectful attitude of the coach to national solidarity. News of Siasia’s coming to boost the morale of Super Falcons, ahead of yesterday’s Match number 9 of Germany 2011 FIFA Women World Cup against Germany in Frankfurt, […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Friday, July 1st, 2011
IN order to reduce the level of unemployment among youth in the country, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has trained over 1,940 corps members and empowered 1,267 with N314 million. It has also mobilised over 95,000 corps members for the Batch-B orientation across the country. This is the highest number since the inception of […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Friday, July 1st, 2011
A former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described the death of retired Supreme Court Justice, Anthony Aniagolu, as another major defoliation of Nigeria’s judicial tree. In a statement issued by his media office in Abuja, the former vice-president said with Aniagolu’s death at 89 years, a brilliant star had set in the nation’s judicial galaxy. […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Friday, July 1st, 2011
The Nigerian Army has refurbished 80 abandoned armoured tanks in various state of disrepair in readiness for its security operations of maintaining law and order in synergy with other security agencies. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika, who disclosed this while answering questions from newsmen on activities lined up for the 148th anniversary […]