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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Today, the country has more or less concluded election 2011, and although there was an outbreak of violence in the 12 Northern states over the outcome of the Presidential election of April 16, reports of election malpractices, protests about results in Ika North, Anambra Central, Plateau state, pre-election tension in Akwa Ibom, “an inconclusive” Gubernatorial […]
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Anambra, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News, Top Stories
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Miss Vivian Chidinma Anumba is one of the lucky corps members who survived the recent Bauchi mayhem, where many young people serving their fatherland were butchered. The female corps member, who hails from Uzoako community, in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, read Banking and Finance at Federal Polytechnic, Oko and was serving at […]
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Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has attributed the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West during the last general elections to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ladoja, who was a member of the PDP’s Board of Trustees, apportioned the blame in a post-election press […]
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Bauchi, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
The Governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda, stunned journalists at the Government House, Bauchi, on Thursday when he said he too was attacked as a member of the National Youth Service Corps in Ibadan. Yuguda reasoned that the corps members, who were murdered last week in the state, only fulfilled their destinies. He […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Top Stories
Friday, April 29th, 2011
NIGERIA has made history by organising a credible, transparent, free and fair general election for the first time. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Terence McCulley, gave Nigeria kudos at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja, during the presentation of the United States President Award to a Naval officer, Commodore Adeniyi Osinowo, who distinguished himself while serving […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, April 29th, 2011
SUPER Eagles defender, Taye Taiwo has made the decision to leave Marseille for Italian table-topper, AC Milan on a free transfer at the end of the season, according to L’Equipe. The defender has an expiring contract at the Stade Velodrome and has been linked with several major European clubs in the past few months. Taiwo […]
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Headlines
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Friday, 29 April 2011 A drama played out at the interntional wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, on Thursday, when the family members of a 27- year- old lady who died under mysterious circumstances in Saudi Arabia rejected her corpse. The body of the lady, which was flown to the Lagos airport from Saudi Arabia […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, April 29th, 2011
The Nigeria’s Under-20 national team has been drawn in Group D of the FIFA Under-20 World Championship and will play against Croatia, Saudi Arabia and Guatemala. Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will kick off their World Cup campaign against Concacaf representative, Guatemala, in the Colombian city of Armenia on July 31. On August 3, John Obuh’s men […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Poised to eradicate incidents of tax evasion in the state , the Lagos State Government has expanded its drag net, recovering N20 Billion from tax defaulters in the state, even as it took a swipe on the proposed amendment to the personal Income Tax by the National Assembly. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Those who knew Kabiru Adewunmi could easily imagine the 16-year-old flashing his pearl-white smile as he and five friends from his native Nigeria walked to a Chatham-neighborhood convenience store after celebrating a playoff win Tuesday night by the Chicago Bulls. As much as he cheered on his adopted hometown’s team, the youth’s real passion was […]
