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Edo, Headlines, State News
Monday, October 31st, 2016
Okoebor (left) and Aidenojie II advertisement <a href=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=12386&m=6&c=1″ target=”_blank”><img src=”http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=12386&m=6&tp=8&d=s&c=1&vcm_acv=1.4″ width=”300″ height=”250″ border=”1″></a> TOP HEADLINES Alexander Okere, Benin The woman who was reportedly assaulted by the Onojie of Uromi in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, Mrs. Betty Okoebor, on Sunday begged the monarch for forgiveness. The traditional ruler and Ojuromi […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday said the Federal Government would soon inaugurate a $10bn infrastructural rebirth investment programme in the Niger Delta. Kachikwu spoke at a press conference he addressed inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister explained that the fund would not come from […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Police Service Commission has suspended the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the Nigeria Police Force following pressure from the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. The decision to stop the exercise was taken by the commission about two weeks ago, shortly after it […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said as part of efforts to end insurgency in the Niger Delta, President Muhammadu Buhari will meet with some stakeholders from the region on Tuesday next week. The meeting, he stated, would hold inside the Presidential Villa. Kachikwu said this in his […]
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Abia, Headlines, Health, State News
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
A medical practitioner, Dr Godwin Uwaoma, said on Monday that girls in Aba, Abia engage in active sexual activities from the age of 10, raising higher chances of contracting HIV. Uwaoma, the Chairman of the Thematic Working Group at the Nigerian Faith Based Advisory Council for AIDS, said that a 2014 research revealed the development. […]
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Headlines
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
‘Banker hires assassins to kill her ex-husband in Lagos’ The banker, Oluchi Tochukwu, and the two assassins arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired-assassins and a female banker over failed attempt to assassinate her ex-husband identified as Tochukwu Onyebuchi. The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump / AFP PHOTO / MOLLY RILEY Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump batted away a legion of polls pointing to impending electoral doom Thursday, insisting he will win the White House in 12 days’ time. Trump told die-hard supporters in the swing state of Ohio “we are going to win back […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
By Fejiro Oliver Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. Plautus In 2014, I can still remember vividly former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State celebrating his birthday, with pomp and pageantry, glitz and glamour. That day was his in Nigeria; shining as the most prominent political figure to be celebrated that […]
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Corruption Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday called its first prosecution witness before a Federal High Court in Abuja in the trial of an aide of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, Mr. Abiodun Agbele, who is being prosecuted for money laundering charges. […]
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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | October 27, 2016 – My piece today was first published by Brookings’ Institution on its blog on February 29 2016 (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/02/29/re-evaluating-the-boko-haram-conflict/). I have edited it for space. I decided to republish it following a report by the Premium Times of October 26 2016 that the Army has […]
