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Headlines, Osun, State News
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
An Osun State monarch, has been arrested and arraigned in an Osun State Magistrate Court for allegedly raping a corps member. The royal father, who was arrested on March 28 was said to have forcefully had sex with the 23-years-old corps member at his Osogbo residence on March 25. The monarch appeared before Magistrate Olalekan […]
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Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has said he cancelled the proposed Lagos metro rail line project that was initiated by the government of Alhaji Lateef Jakande because he did not want to take more loans or devalue the naira. The Lagos metro rail line was designed by […]
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Elections 2011, National Politics
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday washed its hands off the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct the National Assembly elections on April 2. It said after its weekly meeting in Abuja that INEC, which it described as an independent body, was granted all its requests prior to the botched elections. […]
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General Politics, Ogun, State News
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State yesterday said it had started investigating the state Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel for anti-party activities, just as it insisted that the governor had a secret meeting with the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Addressing a press conference in Abeokuta, the state capital yesterday, the […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – April 7, 2011 – As attentive readers of my notes will have noticed it is not our habit to write about people. We even do our best to refrain from naming protagonists when admonishing or approving, as we firmly believe that given where we are today only a […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Tongues are wagging in Kano as officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday night, impounded a consignment of military uniforms and bullet-proof vests at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, The arrest, which is coming a few days to the National Assembly elections has since raised critical questions as to the motive […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Under-23 Olympic Dream Team’s Chief Coach, Austin Eguavoen, has invited six foreign-based and 14 home-based players for the second leg of the All Africa Games and 2012 England Olympic Games qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea billed for Malabo this weekend. According to the the media officer of the team, Arafat Aliu, PSV Eindhoven’s midfielder, Rabiu Ibrahim, […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Security agents have begun a manhunt for those behind the bomb explosion that rocked Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Tuesday. The explosion had triggered fears among of the opposition parties ahead the rescheduled National Assembly elections on Saturday. The blast suspected to be from a dynamite, was thrown into the premises of Latik Hotel […]
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Akwa Ibom, State News
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
It was jubilation galore among civil servants in Akwa Ibom State yesterday following the announcement that beginning from April, 2011, the workers would start enjoying the new minimum wage of N 18,000. Governor Akpabio announced the decision in Uyo during the sixth Delegates Conference of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. Akpabio noted that in less than […]
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Books & Magazines, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, Press Releases
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Nigerian Professor’s Personal and Scholarly Study of Post-Colonial Africa Spanning the chronological events between 2004 and 2009 which have helped to define Nigeria and Africa, From My Heart raises important socio-political questions at the heart of Post-Colonialism. What leashes have kept Nigeria from fulfilling the expectations of her people? Can a country which spends more […]