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Bauchi, Headlines, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
No fewer than 150 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who are Ogun State indigenes were evacuated by the state government from Bauchi State following the post-election violence that engulfed the state. The state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Olukoya Adeleke-Adedoyin, disclosed this while receiving the corps members at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
A strong indication has emerged that the recent post-presidential election violence which erupted in the North was carefully organised to cause unrest across the country with a view to forcing the armed forces to take over government in the country. However, a source who preferred anonymity told the Nigerian Tribune that those who allegedly sponsored […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has appealed to the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) to toe the path of honour by intervening in the post-election violence in some parts of the North by appealing to rampaging youths in the affected areas to sheathe their swords. […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Nigeria and France have begun a process of improved partnership on immigration to ensure balance in the exchange for Nigerian professionals working in that country. Nigeria’s envoy to France, Ambassador Gordon Bristolm, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Paris that the development was in line with the EU-Africa immigration cooperation pact […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
A diplomatic row is brewing between Nigeria and Spain over allegations of contempt, scorn and disdain with which the Spanish embassy in Lagos now treats visa applications by Nigerian Government officials and other Nigerian citizens wishing to visit Spain. Matters were said to have come to a head when a number of relations of Nigerian […]
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Kano, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
TO avoid being caught unawares during and after today’s election, a large number of people are relocating to Sabongari, an area predominantly populated by non-indigenes.Consequently, the price of hotel accommodation has increased by over 100 per cent. When the Nigerian Tribune visited some of the hotels at Sabongari, people were seen booking for rooms, not […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Ondo, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
About 200 National Youth Service Corps members, who are Ondo State indigenes evacuated from Bauchi State by the state government, have arrived in Akure, the state capital. Receiving them at the Government House, the state governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, urged them not to allow the incident to douse their sense of patriotism and remain committed […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The Deputy Governor (Operations) Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Tunde Lemo, has cautioned that Nigeria may be moving towards becoming a failed state if wealthy people in the society fail to give hope to the needy. Lemo made this observation in Lagos, on Monday at the launch of AlphaAmin Hope Foundation to be run […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Barely 72 after the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Alakuko, CSP Joseph Olatunmokun and two other policemen were killed by armed robbers in Lagos State,operatives of the State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),at the early hours of yesterday, killed a seven-man gang of robbers, who have been terrorizing residents of the state in recent times during […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Maiduguri — Bomb blasts have killed at least three people in Maiduguri, while at least 15 were wounded, the police said today. The police said they suspected the Islamist sect known as Boko Haram was behind the attacks on Easter Sunday night at a hotel tavern and transport hub in Maiduguri, as well as a […]
